Education Seminars
ARCVic is committed to providing information to those most in need at the lowest cost possible and in some instances our seminars are free.
Mindfulness Based Stress and Anxiety Program
Cost: $80/$60 ARCVic Members
Download flyer pdf here (262 KB) . Book online here
Mansfield and Benalla Free Community Education Series
The Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria will be running a series of free community education sessions in Mansfield and Benalla from July 31st - August 2nd
Survive & Thrive
Wednesday 31st July, 6.30-8.30pm, Buckland Community Centre, Erril Street, Mansfield
A workshop on managing a VCE household, to develop practical skills and strategies for managing stress and anxiety. Topics include helping your family's VCE student to stay healthy and productive when preparing for and sitting exams, maintaining healthy relationships, offering practical and emotional support, maintaining a healthy productive brain, heakthy sleep and recreation and more.
Downloaded flyer pdf here (206 KB)
Parenting Anxious Children
Thursday 1st August, 10-11.30am, Mansfield Youth Centre, 7 Erril Street, Mansfield
This seminar covers topics such as understanding anxiety and normal childhood development, how personality and environment contribute, signs and symptoms n your children, types of anxiety disorders, methods and strategies to help support your children, tips on building resilience and where to go for more information and help.
Download flyer pdf here (243 KB)
safeTALK - Suicide Alertness for Everyone
Thursday 1st August, 1.30-5, Mansfield Library, Collopy Street, Mansfield
Learn how to become a suicide alert helper and be better prepared to, notice and respond to situations where thoughts of suicide may be present, apply basic TALK steps (Talk, Ask, Listen, Keepsafe), and connect the person with thoughts of suicide to suicide first aid resources that can assist them to keep safe from their thoughts.
Download flyer pdf here (202 KB)
Mansfield Anxiety Support Group
Thursday 1st August, 7.30-8.30, followed by guest speaker Michelle Graeber, CEO of ARCVic, presenting Mindfulness from 8.30 to 9.30pm, Buckland Community Centre, Erril Street, Mansfield.
Download flyer pdf here (175 KB)
Parenting Anxious Children
Friday 2nd August, 10.30am-12.00pm, Activity Room 2, Benalla Health, 45-63 Coster Street, Benalla
This seminar covers topics such as understanding anxiety and normal childhood development, how personality and environment contribute, signs and symptoms n your children, types of anxiety disorders, methods and strategies to help support your children, tips on building resilience and where to go for more information and help.
Download flyer pdf here (261 KB)
All sessions free, however bookings are essential (bookings not necessary for support group). For further information or to register, please contact Raspal Khumra on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or (03) 9830 0566.
Survive & Thrive - Managing VCE
VCE can be a stressful time, not only for the student but for the whole family. Join our presentation for parents on managing a VCE Household, to develop practical skills and strategies for dealing with the stress and anxiety of the VCE years.
Topics include:
- How to help your family’s VCE student to stay healthy and productive when preparing for and sitting exams
- Maintaining healthy relationships
- How to offer practical and emotional support
- Maintaining a healthy productive brain
- Healthy sleep and recreation
- How to help rather than hinder
- When enough is enough
Cost: $25/$15 ARCVic Members
Upcoming sessions in 2019:
Monday August 5th, 7-8.30pm. Book online here Download flyer pdf here (148 KB)
Parenting Anxious Children Seminar
Children worry about many different things. Learning to cope with their anxiety, stress and fear can be really difficult indeed, not only for them, but for also for the parents and family.
Developing an understanding of anxiety and learning some skills to manage it can make a significant difference to a family and can help empower children to have a sense of control in handling their own worries.
Join our relaxed and informative seminar which includes:
- Understanding anxiety and normal childhood development
- How personality and environment contribute
- Different types of anxiety
- The signs and symptoms for you and your children
- Management methods and strategies for you and your children
- Relaxation techniques with tips on building resilience
- Where to go for more information and help and take home material
Cost: $25/$15 ARCVic Members
Upcoming sessions in 2019:
- Wednesday August 7th, 10.30am-12pm. Book online here Download flyer pdf here (230 KB)
safeTALK: Suicide Alertness for Everyone Workshop
Presented by Michelle Graeber (CEO) and Renee Tsatsis (Helpline Coordinator)
In this 3.5 hour workshop, you will learn how to become a suicide alert helper and be better prepared to:
- Notice and respond to situations in which thoughts of suicide may be present
- Apply basic TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen, & KeepSafe)
- Connect the person with thoughts of suicide to suicide first aid help and further community resources
safeTALK is run by registered LivingWorks trainers and uses internationally standardised learning materials.
- Tuesday 10th September, 10.00am-1.30pm. Book online here
Download flyer for 2019 sessions pdf here (163 KB)
ASIST
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
Presented by Michelle Graeber (CEO) and Renee Tsatsis (Helpline Coordinator)
ASIST is the most widely used suicide intervention model in the world. In this 2 day interactive workshop, learn how to:
- Reflect on how your attitudes and beliefs about suicide affect your intervention role
- Discuss suicide with a person witht houghts of suicide in a clear and direct manner
- Build a collaborative approach to intervention focused on safe outcomes
- Review immediate suicide risk and develop appropriate safeplans
- Recognize that suicide prevention is broader than suicide first aid and includes life promotion and self care for caregivers
ASIST is run by registered LivingWorks trainers and uses internationally standardised learning materials.
- Thursday 20th & Friday 21st June. SOLD OUT
- Friday 16th & Saturday 17th August. Book online here
- Friday 6th & Saturday 7th September. Book online here
- Thursday 17th & Friday 18th October. Book online here
- Thursday 5th & Friday 6th December. Book online here
Download flyer for 2019 sessions pdf here (152 KB)
Parenting Anxious Children Seminar
Children worry about many different things. Learning to cope with their anxiety, stress and fear can be really difficult indeed, not only for them, but for also for the parents and family.
Developing an understanding of anxiety and learning some skills to manage it can make a significant difference to a family and can help empower children to have a sense of control in handling their own worries.
Join our relaxed and informative seminar which includes:
- Understanding anxiety and normal childhood development
- How personality and environment contribute
- Different types of anxiety
- The signs and symptoms for you and your children
- Management methods and strategies for you and your children
- Relaxation techniques with tips on building resilience
- Where to go for more information and help and take home material
Cost: $20
New dates TBA.
For further information please call
ARCVic on Office Line: 9830 0566
email – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
