Events - Australasian Therapeutic Communities Association Conference 2007 - Melbourne, Aust.

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Australasian Therapeutic Communities Association Conference 2007
(ATCA - 2007 Conference)

Date: 14 - 16 November 2007.
Venue: Melbourne, Australia.
Venue: Park Hyatt, Parliament Square, Melbourne, Australia
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PAST PRESENT & FUTURE – Celebrating ATCA's 21st Birthday

This year's conference will celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the Association and we plan to showcase the many positive contributions Therapeutic Communities have made to the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction in Australia & New Zealand.

The 2007 ATCA Conference will also demonstrate that Australia & New Zealand have formed alliances with international Therapeutic Community organisations and recognise the unique impact Therapeutic Communities have as an effective intervention for drug alcohol and comorbid client groups.

As the theme suggests, the conference will look at past achievements, present practice and future initiatives. These will include:

• Acknowledging the pioneers of the Therapeutic Community in Australia & New Zealand and their contribution to developing the Therapeutic Community model as a unique and successful process for addiction treatment and rehabilitation.

• Celebrating the current practitioners who are instrumental in ensuring the Therapeutic Community model is delivered within a context of practical, evidence-based responses to a myriad of conditions and presenting problems.

• Embracing the challenges as we move forward and explore the future role of Therapeutic Communities in treating complex clients in practical, sensitive and eclectic ways.

• This conference is for managers, researches, clinicians and welfare workers interested in the delivery of effective treatment to an often complex and comorbid client group.

Further information is available from the conference website at:

http://www.atca.com.au/atca%20melbourne%202007.htm