Annual General Meeting 2009 - APS Member Groups

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The CCN meetings are generally held bimonthly. We have spiced up the meetings with a range of professional development activities from case discussions to presentations by guest speakers. We are trying to encourage a more active Qld Section with greater member participation, and we anticipate that a greater local contribution will help lead to a more supportive, active, united and effective Queensland Section. Additionally we are trying to run a rotating professional development program with equal time being allocated to relevant paediatrics topics, adult topics and older adult topics. The professional development activities offered in 2008/2009 included Professor Justin Kenardy, Ms Debbie Anderson, Dr Geoff Boddice, Mr Owen Lloyd, Ms Elissa Morriss, Dr Ada Kritikos, Dr Sandy Brauer, Dr Karen Sullivan, Dr Jacqueline Boon, and Mr Michael Dent. The topics ranged from the relationship between paediatric TBI and PTSD; movement disorders and efficacy of attention-based physiotherapy interventions in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease; history of and careers in neuropsychology; the works of David Faust; to current understanding of mild traumatic head injury. We have also had the pleasure of hosting a day workshop by Dr Amanda Wood who presented on brain imaging research technology and its relevance to neuropsychological practice. A number of invited guest speakers included Emeritus Professor Gina Geffen who present at the Jo Wale Memorial Lecture in October 2008. It was a breath taking presentation that has taken us into Gina’s remarkable professional career. We have also had the pleasure of Dr Peter Georgious who presented on the intricacies of the aetiology, neurology and management of pain. Dr Mark Bellgrove also presented on the latest developments in ADHD and genetic studies. More recently, the College has hosted a joint evening with the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment and the Griffith University when we had the pleasure of meeting and listening to Dr Muriel Lezak and her controversial views on neuropsychological assessments. The College has also facilitated two workshops with Ms Valorie O’Keefe, Consultant Pearson PsychCorp who introduced the newly released WAIS-IV and WMS-IV. The College has also enjoyed a collaborative work with the College of Health Psychologists in facilitating shared presentations and social evenings. We look forward to our ongoing liaison. The College has secured a partnership with the Rural Stroke Outreach Service (RSOS, Queensland Health) that allows us to televise the Qld CCN presentation throughout Queensland to any Queensland Health facility, and therefore allowing members throughout the State the chance to join in as well as opening up clinical neuropsychology to other professionals. Finally, we are trying to support a CCN Qld quarterly newsletter. We hope to use this newsletter to help keep our members up to date with current and future events. Amongst the professional activities, we have also taken the time to relax and meet our colleagues more informally over a cocktail or two and use the occasions to encourage a greater link between the Qld Section of the CCN, College members and post graduate students / student members. The CCN Qld will be holding a BGM on 10 th November. We hope to attract new committee members. In the meantime we thank all our members for supporting the Queensland Section committee over the last two years. Committee APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists Queensland Section 12
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SECTION A major focus this year has been developing SA referrers’ awareness of fully-qualified neuropsychologists to whom they can refer. Rachel Roberts and her technical team developed a flyer with College Members’ contact details, and the whole Section was involved in producing a mailing list of potential referrers, to whom the flyer was sent. At the Mental Health Law and Guardianship ‘Rights Responsibilities and Rhetoric’ Conference, Emma Scamps coordinated a presentation on Clinical Neuropsychologists and Capacity Assessment with Elissa O’Connell, Rochelle Goodinson, Amie Foran and Julia Kuring. Feedback on these initiatives has been positive and we hope that referrals and services to SA patients have improved as a result. An urgent priority is the need for a clinical neuropsychology training program in South Australia. Julia Kuring and I have continued to meet with representatives of Flinders and Adelaide Universities to progress a proposal for a jointly-badged degree. Amie Foran has been active in promoting neuropsychology to 3 rd Year and Honours students, and she presented on Clinical Neuropsychology at a psychology students’ Careers Night. The SA CCN Section has also continued to run monthly CCN Clinical Meetings providing Professional Development for neuropsychologists, other psychologists and postgraduate students. Given the growing number of neuropsychologists in SA working primarily with children, Cate Cheetham’s work towards developing a paediatric discussion group is timely. Individually and as a Section we have taken part in lobbying for Medicare funding (here again Amie Foran has been active), and we have corresponded with State and Federal Health Ministers concerning the proposed de-regulation of psychological testing. Having completed two years as SA Section Chair I will be standing down at the Section AGM next month. I would like to express my appreciation to Section and Committee members for their helpful and collegial approach, and in particular I would like to thank the 2009 Conference Committee, Stephen Bowden the National Chair and the National Executive, Rachel Roberts, Section Secretary, and Julia Kuring, Section Treasurer, for their hard work, patience, good humour and great ideas. I wish them well in their future endeavours for the CCN. Linley Denson VICTORIAN SECTION I have been acting as chairperson since Diana Perre stepped down from the position. Diana has made a great contribution to the committee both as a member and chairperson earlier this year. I’m sure I can speak for the Committee and Victorian members of the CCN saying that we have greatly regretted her leaving the committee. As a new member of the Victorian section CCN committee it has been personally very impressive to learn of the hard work done by the committee, especially with regard to providing the professional development sessions. The committee has continued to organise professional development sessions throughout the year. Sessions have ranged across research, clinical assessment, rehabilitation and have included speakers from within the Victorian neuropsychological community and local neurologists. I understand a record attendance level was established with Prof Muriel Lezak’s presentation - so we even have a higher bar to aim for in the future! Student involvement in the committee has continued as well. The committee representatives this year - Louise Bannister, Mig-Yun Hsieh, Angela Jackman and Melanie Tokley have all made a 13
Page 1 and 2: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009 Agenda
Page 3 and 4: CHAIR REPORT Another busy year for
Page 5 and 6: Spending Initiatives 2008/2009
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Page 9 and 10: CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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