Overview

Psychologists for Peace warmly invite you to attend this webinar featuring renowned speaker, Dr Judith Locke, presenting on the topic: Are current neoliberal parenting ideals setting humanity up for failure?

In her presentation, Dr Judith Locke, clinical psychologist and registered teacher, will look at the current care environment in parenting, child wellbeing and education, particularly the changes in perceptions of what constitutes an ideal childhood and schooling experience. She will reflect on the causes of these changes and why well-intended practices of care may be making children less capable and confident, and more likely to view the world through a purely self-interested or overly dependent lens. Critically, she will reflect on what this means for their relationships with others and their shared humanity, and how - as psychologists - we may be able to turn this around.

Learning Outcomes

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

• Identify how and why perceptions of what constitutes an ideal childhood and schooling experience have changed over time.
• Identify the impacts of these changes on styles of care provided, and, in turn, on children's self-confidence and capability, and the lens through which they view the world, and
• Identify ways that psychologists in particular can influence these practices so that today's children can become capable of, and confident in, facing life's challenges and being contributing, prosocial members of their communities.

Presenter(s)

Dr. Judith Locke

About the presenter(s)

Dr. Judith Locke is a registered clinical psychologist, registered teacher, and former school counsellor. She speaks to parents, teachers, and students, throughout Australia and internationally, on topics related to modern parenting, family wellbeing, and academic environments. Judith is the author of two best-selling parenting books, The Bonsai Child and The Bonsai Student, with the Bonsai Child also being published in China. Her latest book is Raising Anxiety (co-authored with Dr Danielle Einstein). Judith has a private practice and works with families in Australasia. Her psychological commentary features regularly in the media, including writing a weekly parenting column for The Sunday Mail for five years. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.

Notes

Target Audience

This activity is aimed at psychologists, psychology students, parents, carers and educators with an interest in the topic.

Please note:

• This is a Member Groups event. All communication will be sent to the registrants’ registered email address. This includes event reminders with details (such as the Zoom link) and any pre-event or post-event resources, if provided by the facilitators.
• A post-event email will be sent within two weeks of the event’s completion to each registrant’s registered email address. This email will include the CPD certificate, event-recording, and any additional resources shared during the session.

Duration of Access

This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registered within 2 weeks post event and available for viewing up to 90 days.

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.

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