See the evolving schedule and presenter line-up here and stay tuned for the news on Cultural Mentors, Special Guest and Keynote Speakers.
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Sunday 14 April
3pm – 5pm: Registration / check-in open
5pm onwards: Dinner, opening ceremony and evening entertainment
Sample Day (except for Wednesday Immersion Day)
Sunrise Sessions (optional)
Breakfast
Cultural Grounding
Guest Spotlight Session
Morning Tea
Wisdom Sharing Sessions
Lunch
Explorative Workshops
Afternoon Tea
Immersion Circles
Dinner
Evening Entertainment, Poetry, Dance and Song
Friday 19 April
11am: Forum concludes
11.30am: First shuttle departs
Spotlight Sessions
Tim Baker
SALTWATER THERAPY: How surfing and the ocean has helped me manage a stage four cancer diagnosis
Tanya Ginwala
Restor(y)ing our relationship with the natural world and the “outdoors” – a South Asian perspective
Luke Mabb
Decolonizing systems: Bringing an indigenous perspective into the health system
All Forum Sessions
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Adventure to Thrive – a capacity building program for children, young people and those that support them
Johanna Bechtle, Kylie Agnew
Beyond Representation: People of Color (POC) working in Outdoor Education in Australia
Pei Ting Tham
Can you out-grow adventure therapy? How to tailor Adventure Therapy sessions for clients across the life span
Kylie Agnew, Johanna Bechtle
Cultural Informed Outdoor Therapy Training
Anita Pryor, Clare Raffety, Luke Mabb, Ben Knowles
Decolonizing systems: Bringing an indigenous perspective into the health system
Luke Mabb
Doubling down together: Supporting the wellbeing of people and planet through innovative nature-based practices and professional pathways.
Amanda Smith, Glenn Woods, Paddy Oregan, Clare Raffety, Anita Pryor & Ben Knowles
Finding Comfort in the Discomfort: An opportunistic approach for a growth mindset and achieving mental fortitude in unfamiliar places
Christina Gwilliam
Getting to the heart of the matter: Dyadic Developmental Practice/Psychotherapy (DDP). What it is, how it drew us in and how it fits with Outdoor Health.
Lorren Arezio, Alberto Veloso, Georgie Carr
Growing EcoPsychological Flexibility : How to Integrate Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in Outdoor Activity
Rich Thorpe
Guiding good practice for managing non-physical risk in the outdoors
Becky Harth, Ben Knowles
Igniting Fire in the Belly When the Earth is Burning: What does being “Climate-Aware” look like for Outdoor Health practitioners?
Clare Pitt, Lucy Van Sambeek
Living with dementia, connecting to nature
Pauline Marsh, Janet Thomas, Cassandra Thomson
Maastuyker Island: A therapists reflections of compassion fatigue and caring for a wild island
Georgie Carr
Mental Health Therapy in Nature amidst Extreme Weather Events and COVID-19
Cassandra Fletcher-Dunham
Nature Be In It: Let them Go and Watch them Grow – Bringing outdoor play to Australian Schools
Kara Spence
Nature’s Crescendo: Harmonizing Well-being with Music, Rhythm, and Regulation
Lili Taylor
Nature’s Love: Experiences of LGBTIQASB+ participants, practitioners and researchers telling their stories in Outdoor Health and Outdoor Therapy
Amanda Smith, Ingrid Neumann, Patrick Kay, Rell Oliver-Braddock, Emme K
Restor(y)ing our relationship with the natural world and the “outdoors” – a South Asian perspective
Tanya Ginwala
SALTWATER THERAPY: How surfing and the ocean has helped me manage a stage four cancer diagnosis
Tim Baker
Shooting Stars-Lessons we learn with and from young people through Adventure based therapeutic respite camps
Rachel Robinson
Sound Medicine Hike (Forest bathing, plant music & sound healing amongst the trees)
Catherine Marty
The health and wellbeing benefits of connecting with nature
Kate Sollis, Emily Flies, Pauline Marsh, Mae Woodruff, Megan Supplitt
Walk & Talk: A Model Developed From Self Responsibility Groupwork & Indigenous Practice
Nick Hall
When ‘adventure’ looks like ‘still and chill’ with nature. Forest Bathing evidence and application.
Bronwyn Paynter
