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2024 Asia Pacific Conference (2 Day In-Person &
 1 Day Masterclass)

Join us at the Melbourne Convention Center on 13-15 March, 2024 for the Asia Pacific Safe & Together™ Model Conference!
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MASTERCLASS OPTION 1: The Safe & Together Model in the First Nations Context
This workshop will explore how the Safe & Together Model can support practice approaches with First Nations families in a more culturally sensitive way that incorporates the Aboriginal world views of being, doing, seeing, and knowing. This workshop will highlight and acknowledge the complexities of working with First Nations families affected by colonisation and domestic and family violence. 

 MASTERCLASS OPTION 2: Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers

A Deep Dive Into the Paradigm Shift Behind the Safe & Together Model

In his latest book, the Safe & Together Model revolutionizes responses to domestic violence. Author David Mandel debunks six professional myths hindering effective practices and systems. He emphasizes addressing gender double standards in parenting for meaningful system changes. This workshop will include practice exercises that will help Certified Trainers deepen their application of the Model in training and their own practice. 

MASTERCLASS OPTION 3:  An Introduction to the Safe & Together Model
In this master class, Safe & Together Certified Trainer Hayley Tuttle will introduce the principles, critical components, and other key aspects of the paradigm-shifting Safe & Together Model. Participants will learn how the Model’s concepts, skills and tools can transform individual practice, agencies culture and systems, and cross sector collaboration. Learn about partnering with survivors, keeping children safe and intervening with perpetrators as parents. Participants are guaranteed to leave the session with new practices they can implement immediately.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DAVID MANDEL

The “Myth of the Child Witness”: How professionals can align their practice with children’s experience of domestic violence

The discussion of domestic violence and children has been dominated by the concepts of the “child witness to violence” or “children exposed to violence.” While reflecting a critical pathway to harm from domestic violence perpetrators’ behaviors– seeing and hearing violence–it is an incomplete framework for fully and truly hearing the voice of the child and holding perpetrators accountable as parents. In this keynote, David Mandel will critique current assessment practices related to children and domestic violence and offer up practical, solution-driven changes to bring domestic violence policy and practice more in alignment with child survivors’ lived experiences.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DAVID MANDEL

Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: A Deep Dive Into the Paradigm Shift Behind the Safe & Together Model

In David Mandel's latest book, he explores how the Safe & Together Model revolutionizes responses to domestic violence. He debunks six professional myths hindering effective practices and systems and, and he emphasizes addressing gender double standards in parenting for meaningful system changes. This workshop will include practice exercises that will help Certified Trainers deepen their application of the Model in training and their own practice.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: NNEKA MACGREGOR 

A Fresh Breath: A day in the life of a woman you know

We know that the most common forms of physical violence against women survivors are hits to the head, face, and neck, including strangulation. What is less known is that a significant number of survivors who have experienced these forms of violence are likely also living with a brain injury as a result. In her keynote, Nneka MacGregor will address the intersection of interpersonal violence and traumatic brain injuries. By looking at a day in the life of a survivor, Ms. MacGregor will surface the complex and layered realities for women living with gender-based violence-inflicted traumatic brain injuries as they try to find safety and support while navigating systems and help frontline workers get a deeper understanding of these realities and provide strategies to support survivors at that intersection better.

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