Valuable Conversations: For reducing the impact of alcohol use during child-bearing years

Presented by the Mental Health Commission and Workforce Development & Community Support and Development programs.

The Valuable Conversations training covers the following:
• Reflective practice to identify areas of practice that require development for improved client
engagement and outcomes.
• Trauma Informed Care and Practise to consider the broader context in which alcohol use
(during pregnancy) may occur.
• Motivational Interviewing to empathically explore client behaviour aound alcohol use
(including during pregnancy).
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention in the context of the National
Strategic Action Plan and a holistic prevention framework.
• Brief Interventions to combine course content with skills practice using the AUDIT-C and
‘Five As’.
• Useful resources for ease in recalling training information and strategies