2025 Events Calendar
Children and Young People Who Hurt Others – Growing Empathy
14th August 2025
9.30AM TO 12.30PM
IMPACT SPECIALIST WORKSHOP (ONLINE)
Teachers, caregivers, social workers, youth workers, case workers, support workers, professionals and practitioners who support, teach or care for children and young people who hurt others.
Adopting a personalised, growth-focused and intentional approach to understanding and responding to children who hurt others.
Understanding aggressive or hurtful behaviours within a child or young person’s context (including instability, developmental, disability, trauma and other life circumstances).
A deep understanding of ‘under the surface’ factors that inform and drive hurtful behaviours, including feeling states, meeting needs, level of awareness, developmental skill level and mindsets.
Areas of growth intent (or focus of scripts, strategies and intervention) for children and young people who hurt others.
“Responding rather than reacting to behaviour” and balancing behaviour management versus behavioural growth.
Relationship-focused scripts, strategies and methods to ‘respond to the needs’ of children and young people who hurt others, and grow their capacity to regulate their feelings and express empathy.
Dr Ivan Raymond (Clinical Psychologist)
Jessica Wagner (LBI Neurodiversity Affirming Practice Lead)
Free – Personnel associated with member agencies. Please register through Eventbrite.
$75.00 – For non-member agency personnel. Please register through Eventbrite.
$45.00 – For non-member agency personnel where 4+ tickets are purchased. Please email info@lbi.org.au for this ticket option.
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IMPACT Advanced – Intentional Practitioner/ Coaching (2-Day)
2nd and 3rd of September 2025
9.00AM TO 4.30PM
IMPACT ACCREDITATION WORKSHOP (ADELAIDE)
Anyone at the Introductory Accreditation level of the IMPACT Program, and would like to progress to the IMPACT Coach level.
Pre-Requisites
The pre-requisites for this workshop are one of two pathways.
1. Completion of the 2-Day IMPACT Respond Rather Than React (Introduction to Intentional Trauma-Responsive Practice)
or
2. Completion of the following:
- 1-Day IMPACT Foundations
- 3-Hour Specialist IMPACT Workshop on Trauma (or imminent completion).
- Completion of a Growth Action Plan with feedback from a local IMPACT Coach and/or Trainer
Content
This course provides trainees the core knowledge and skills to apply intentional communication and strategies to respond to the changing and diverse needs of clients (children, young people or adults), and by doing so, increase the probability that safe and higher impact learning, growth or behavioural outcomes will be delivered through the supporting adult relationship.
It brings focus to:
- Advanced Growth Action Planning, including through the building blocks of (1) awareness, (2) skills and (3) mindsets.
- Deeper levels of ‘under the surface’ reflections.
- Skills in intentional coaching conversations.
- How to apply introductory IMPACT content to advanced and more complex levels.
For additional information on the IMPACT Coach accreditation role, click here.
Dr Ivan Raymond (Clinical Psychologist)
Early Bird – $600.00 (GST Inc)
Normal Rate – $680.00 (GST Inc)
10% discount for 4 or more registrations.
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IMPACT Foundations Train-The-Trainer Accreditation Workshop
18th of September 2025
9.00AM TO 4.00PM
IMPACT ACCREDITATION WORKSHOP (ADELAIDE)
IMPACT Coaches who are committed to be local IMPACT Trainers in their communities.
Detailed Information
For detailed information on the pre-requisites and IMPACT Train-The-Trainer Accreditation, please download this document.
Dr Ivan Raymond
Contact LBI Foundation for more information.
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Thriving Versus Surviving Family Contact
25th September 2025
9.30AM TO 12.30PM
IMPACT SPECIALIST WORKSHOP (ONLINE)
Teachers, caregivers, disability workers, social workers, youth workers, case workers, support workers, professionals and practitioners who provide support for children and young people within family contact arrangements.
The role and importance of family contact in the lives of children and young people, with a focus on identity and healthy processing of experiences.
Understanding how ‘adjustment’, ‘grief’ or ‘pain-based’ responses are expected after access, and this can still represent an opportunity to grow a child’s capacity for future positive outcomes.
Understanding the key mechanisms to support children to learn to develop a healthy relationship with both biological and out-of-home care families (or multiple family members) at the same time (no ‘splitting’ and an attachment to both).
Areas of growth intent (or focus of scripts, strategies and intervention) for children and young people with trauma histories to ‘thrive’ (or grow), as oppose to ‘survive’ family contact processes.
Associated attachment and wellbeing-responsive strategies and actions, intentionally delivered by caregivers and systems.
How to positively advocate for family contact review, where there are concerns regarding the growth potential (or harm) of family contact.
How to maintain a growth- and solution-focused mindset to family contact.
Dr Ivan Raymond (Clinical Psychologist)
Jessica Wagner (LBI Neurodiversity Affirming Practice Lead)
Free – Personnel associated with member agencies. Please register through Eventbrite.
$75.00 – For non-member agency personnel. Please register through Eventbrite.
$45.00 – For non-member agency personnel where 4+ tickets are purchased. Please email info@lbi.org.au for this ticket option.
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Stress, Vicarious Trauma, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
22nd October 2025
9.30AM TO 12.30PM
IMPACT SPECIALIST WORKSHOP (ONLINE)
Teachers, foster parents, caregivers, disability workers, social workers, youth workers, case workers, support workers, professionals and practitioners who provide support and care for clients who present with complex needs, including trauma backgrounds.
An understanding of what is ‘stress’, ‘vicarious trauma’, ‘compassion fatigue’ and ‘burnout’ and its potential impact on carers, practitioners and teachers.
An understanding of situations or events associated with vicarious trauma experiences and compassion fatigue.
Best practice strategies to build wellbeing, proactively minimise (or reduce risk of vicarious trauma) and then respond to early and later onset symptoms.
Key debriefing processes to minimise risk.
Dr Ivan Raymond (Clinical Psychologist)
Jessica Wagner (LBI Neurodiversity Affirming Practice Lead)
Free – Personnel associated with member agencies. Please register through Eventbrite.
$75.00 – For non-member agency personnel. Please register through Eventbrite.
$45.00 – For non-member agency personnel where 4+ tickets are purchased. Please email info@lbi.org.au for this ticket option.
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Neurodivergence, Autism and ADHD: From Understanding to Intentional Care, Support and Teaching
13th November 2025
9.30AM TO 12.30PM
IMPACT SPECIALIST WORKSHOP (ONLINE)
Teachers, caregivers, disability workers, social workers, youth workers, case workers, support workers, professionals and practitioners who support, teach or care for children and young people.
Understanding what is neurodivergence, autism, ADHD, FASD and intellectual disability (including diagnoses).
Understanding the developmental context (how and why) of neurodivergence, Autism, FASD and ADHD
Adopting a personalised, growth-focused and intentional approach to understanding and responding to children and young people with backgrounds of neurodiversity.
Understanding the ‘spiky’ developmental profile of neurodivergence.
Understanding what is under the surface and the core developmental “needs”.
The shared and individualised best-practice growth intents for neurodiversity, ADHD and Autism.
The foundations and features of the neuro-affirming safe base (relationship focused strategies).
Intentional responses (not reactive) for children at different points of the escalation wave.
Specific best-practice strategies for children and young people with backgrounds of neurodiversity.
Dr Ivan Raymond (Clinical Psychologist)
Jessica Wagner (LBI Neurodiversity Affirming Practice Lead)
Free – Personnel associated with member agencies. Please register through Eventbrite.
$75.00 – For non-member agency personnel. Please register through Eventbrite.
$45.00 – For non-member agency personnel where 4+ tickets are purchased. Please email info@lbi.org.au for this ticket option.
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Community Conversation (Topic to be Advised)
28th November 2025
10.00AM TO 12.00PM
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
All community partners and interested parties.
Content of forum to be co-designed with community partners and released in October 2024.
LBI Team and Community Partners
Free
Further information and registration in October 2025.
