Youth Suicide Prevention

The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Level 5/50 Market Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Date: Monday 4 August Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm (Including Lunch and a $60 voucher for travel/parking costs) Location: Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, Level 5/50 Market Street, […]

Emotional Intelligence Seminar Series – 14 August

The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Level 5/50 Market Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Part 1: Emotional Intelligence and the Importance of Emotion Coaching Kids in Care Part 2: Emotional Intelligence and Emotion Coaching Anger Date: Thursday 14 August Time: 10.00 AM – 2.30 […]

Navigating Difficult Conversations – 20 August 2025

Dandenong Club 1579 Heatherton Road, Dandenong Nth, VIC, Australia

Presented by: Kinship Carers Victoria (KCV) with Megan Corcoran (Wagtail Institute)

Megan is a trauma-informed wellbeing consultant. With nearly two decades of experience teaching and leading in alternative education settings, Megan brings both expertise
and lived understanding to her work. Her qualifications include a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (researching belonging and healing after childhood trauma), post-graduate studies in Careers Counselling, a Bachelor of Education, and leadership training through Proteus and Growth Coaching International.

Big Feelings, Behaviour and Regulation – 30 August

Online Zoom
Virtual Event

Time: 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM Date: Saturday 30 August Location: Online (Zoom) Presented by: Karen Young Big Feelings, Behaviour and Regulation By participating in this webinar, carers will: gain […]

Connecting with your teen

Online Zoom
Virtual Event

Date: Saturday 6 September Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm Location: Zoom online This webinar will support carers to become more confident in: Understanding the changes that happen during adolescence, and how […]

Understanding the NDIS – for carers

Quality Hotel Mildura Grand Quality Hotel Mildura Grand, 129 - 137 Seventh St, Mildura, VIC, Australia

This workshop will help you to better understand the NDIS and maximise your success in securing and managing funding for the child/ren in your care.

One of the highlights of this workshop is gaining inside information about how decisions are made in the NDIS. You'll gain insights into how disability is defined, understand the evidence that influences decisions, and learn the best language to use for optimal outcomes. We'll even provide you with templates and tools to gather information and effectively communicate the needs of your child/ren to NDIS decision makers.

These workshops have been presented to over 2,500 people since 2018. They have all been co-delivered by Mark Ryan from the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, together with a member of the education team at the Association for Children with a Disability. The presenters bring many years of lived experience as carers of young people with disability, and as advocates in the disability arena

The session is designed for kinship, foster and permanent carers.