Overview

The South Australian Branch is pleased to present this topical CPD event with Penny Sih.

The topics to be covered include: Learning Goals: Strategies and ideas to:

• Establish and maintain credibility with parents and carers
• Set up appropriate therapy boundaries, goals, expectations and communication pathways
• Build and support parent confidence, skills and uphold the parent-child relationship
• Cultivate helpful values
• Care for ourselves in this work

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this event, participants should be able to:

• Establish and maintain credibility with parents and carers
• Set up appropriate therapy boundaries, goals, expectations and communication pathways
• Build and support parent confidence, skills and uphold the parent-child relationship
• Cultivate helpful values
• Care for ourselves in this work

Presenter(s)

Ms. Penny Sih

About the presenter(s)

Penny Sih is a clinical Psychologist and a Team Leader at Developing Minds Psychology and Education, an Adelaide based group private psychology practice that specialises in working with children and teens. Penny has worked as a psychologist for 20 years in both the private sector and a variety of government settings including Child Protection, Community Health and Education and has always been passionate about supporting young people, their families and networks. In her current work, she provides 1:1 therapy but also a significant amount of clinical, professional and crisis supervision to psychologists, social workers and other professionals working with young people. Penny is also a talented speaker and regularly provides seminars to teachers, parents and young people to help them understand and respond effectively to the relational, emotional, behavioural and developmental needs of young people in fun, engaging, informative and non-jargonistic ways. Penny draws on a range of evidence-based frameworks and adapts her approaches to meet the needs of clients and their families. She loves to tell a story (or two) and believes engagement and connection are the foundations to learning and psychological growth

Notes

Registration includes light refreshments.

Parking onsite with some on the surrounding streets.

Target Audience

This event is aimed at all psychologists working with children/adolescents/parents.

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

The information in this presentation has been prepared in good faith and for educational purposes only. Therefore, the information is general in nature and should not be relied upon in the treatment of any condition and you should seek your own independent professional and/or legal advice concerning any specific issue. The APS accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions or decisions relating to the information. The content should not be reproduced without permission or unless permitted by law.

If you are experiencing registration difficulties please contact APS Events Support.