Some of the keynote presenters have agreed to share their slides from their presentations at the AASWWE forum. These slides will be available on this website until December, 2009. You are free to download them for your personal reference. Limited public use of the presentation material is allowed, such as for student presentations or professional development seminars, however such use much involve no more than 10% of the slides from any one author and the author of the slides must be acknowledged in any public usage of these slides.

If you have any further questions about the use of the slides, please contact Karen Healy, President of AASWWE (k.healy@social.uq.edu.au)

Angela Clarke's Slides (1 megabyte)
Karen Healy's Slides (1.3 megabytes)
Jan Fook's Slides (1 megabyte)
Robyn Miller's Slides (10 megabytes)

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The AASWWE Annual General Meeting will be held by teleconference at 2.30 pm (ADST) on the 4th of December 2009. At this AGM the positions of President and three executive positions fall vacant, we invite nominations for these positions by 5pm (ADST) 1st of December 2009. If you are a financial members but unable to attend, please consider completing the proxy voting form (also attached).

AGM2009 Notice
Nomination Forms
Nomination Forms for President
Proxy Forms

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AASWWE Best Educator Awards, Closing Date, 16 November, 2009.


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AASWWE Wendy Weeks Teaching and Research Grants, Closing Date, 16th of November, 2009

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We now have over 100 registrations for the critical reflection forum .

Here is the final program for the forum. Please arrive early on the first day in order to register. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Program: Critical Reflection Forum
1st-2nd of October, 2009.

October 1

8.15-9.00am: Registration: Building B, Level 2, Caulfield Campus of Monash University.

9.00-9.30 Conference Opening –
Indigenous welcome
President opening of the conference (Karen Healy)
Local Organiser Information (Robyn Mason)

9.30-4.30 At the Cutting Edge: Latest Ideas on Critical
Reflection in Research and Practice
An interactive workshop with Professor Jan Fook

October 2

9.00-9.30 Introduction: Professor Margaret Alston

9.30-10.00 Keynote Address: Critical reflection in the context
of research and practice with Indigenous people.
Presenter Angela Clarke

10.00-10.20: Morning tea

10.20-10.50: Address by Robyn Miller on critical reflection in child protection

11.00-1.00 Interactive Workshops on:
• Mental health
• Community development
• Family violence and child protection
• Disability
• Professional Supervision and Field education
• Writing about critical reflection

2.00-2.45 Panel discussion on workshop findings (Susan Gair)

2.45-3.30 Concluding Address: Preparing Students for Critical Reflection in Practice: Contemporary Opportunities and Challenges.
Presenter: Professor Karen Healy

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We are pleased to announce that Robyn Miller will be presenting on critical reflection in child and family welfare services.

We also wish to advise that Deb Hart's workshop on the 2nd of October will focus on field education AND professional supervision.

Finally, we advise that the closing date for registrations for the forum is 25th of September.

We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne in October.

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AASWWE Forum 1-2 October 2009

Here is some information about getting to the AASWWE forum venue (Monash Caulfield Campus, Building B) and accommodation options.

* Getting to Monash Caulfield:

Go to: http://www.monash.edu.au/campuses/caulfield/travelling.html
Trains from the city (Flinders St Station) are frequent and take 15-20 minutes.

Fares and tickets: a daily Metcard costs $6.80 and lasts for 24 hours on all trains, trams and buses in Zone 1 (covers the City and surrounding suburbs). For more information go to:
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/fares-tickets/
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LOCATION

The Forum is in Building B on the Caulfield campus – map available at:
http://www.monash.edu.au/campuses/caulfield/caulcampusmap_april08.pdf
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*Accommodation options:

Novotel St Kilda (on the beach)

http://www.novotelstkilda.com.au/

To get to Monash Caulfield from St Kilda, you need to take two trams – tram 16 from Stop 31 Acland St/Carlisle St, St Kilda and then tram 3 or 3a from Stop 46 Kooyong Rd/Balaclava Rd. Get off at Stop 57 Caulfield Railway Station. Trip takes 30-40 minutes. For details, go to:
http://jp.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/metlink/

City accommodation:
Victoria Hotel, Little Collins St
http://www.victoriahotel.com.au/

Rendezvous Hotel, Flinders St
http://www.rendezvoushotels.com.au/melbourne_city/default.aspx

Ibis Hotel, Little Bourke St
http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-3030-ibis-melbourne-little-bourke-street/index.shtml

Local accommodation:
Carnegie Motor Inn (walking distance to Monash Caulfield)
http://www.carnegiemotorinn.com/

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Word versions of the forum registration and tax invoices are now available for download making online registration now available.

Please download the forms attached below and email them to Robyn Mason at Robyn.Mason@med.monash.edu.au

AASWWE Forum Registration 2009
AASWWE Forum Invoice 2009

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AASWWE will be conducting a forum on criticla reflection in social work and welfare practice and education.
The forum will be held from 1-2 October, with Professor Jan Fook as our guest speaker. in addition, leading academics and researchers will facilitate workshops on critical reflection in a broad range of key practice fields including
ƒö Mental Health (facilitator: Professor Robert Bland)
ƒö Community Development (facilitator: Dr Phil Mendes)
ƒö Family Violence and Child Protection (Facilitator: Susie Costello)
ƒö Disability (Facilitator: Professor Barbara Fawcett)
ƒö Field Education (Facilitator: Deborah Hart)
ƒö Writing about Critical Reflection in Practice (Facilitator: Professor Karen Healy

LOCATION
Caulfield Campus Monash University
900 Dandenong Rd
Caulfield East
VIC 3145

CONTACT
Dr Robyn Mason
Dept of Social Work
Monash University
Email:
robyn.mason@med.monash.edu.au

Costs:
AASWWE members (including Staff and Students of Schools that are AASWWE members)
„T $190 (two day)
„T $130 (one day)
„T $70 (two day, Student fee, for full-time students only)
„T $50 (one day, Student fee, for full-time students only)
Non-members
„T $245 (two day registration)
„T $185(one day registration)
„T $85 (two day student fee, for full-time students only)
„T $65 (one day student fee, for full-time students only)

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AASWWE is pleased to announce that on the 1st and 2nd of October 2009 we will be conducting a forum on Critical Reflection in Social Work, Welfare and Community Work.

Guest Speaker: Professor Jan Fook (our special guest on return briefly from London)

Workshops on critical reflection will be conducted on October 2, confirmed workshops include:
Professor Robert Bland - Critical Reflection and Mental Health Social Work
Dr Phillip Mendes - Critical Reflection and Community Practice
Professor Barbara Fawcett - Critical Reflection and Disability Practice
Associate Professor Karen Healy - Writing about Critical Reflection: Getting Published.

More workshops to be announced soon.
Full details, including student scholarships, will be announced in April 2009.

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This new news page is undergoing some testing but when it is complete it should provide more up to date information than the previous system.

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