Diversional Therapy Australia
National Conference 2015
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16th & 17th October 2015
(& pre-conference workshop 15th October)
Mercure Gold Coast Resort
Gold Coast QLD
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Dr Carmel Harrington BSc, PhD, LLB, DipEd
Managing Director Sleep for Health
Daniella Greenwood Bachelor of Health Science (Leisure & Health)
Strategy and Innovation Manager, Arcare
Wellness through Leisure
Diversional Therapy Australia is the peak professional body for those working in the field. DTA’s annual conference is open to all
diversional therapists, recreation or leisure therapists, activity officers, DT assistants, academics, researchers, students and those
interested in the professional practice of diversional therapy and care through leisure. The conference will showcase best practice,
update knowledge and skills, provide networking with your peers from across Australia and reinvigorate your professional life.
“Wellness through Leisure” embraces the essence of DT practice and a selection of local, interstate and international speakers will
present papers on contemporary professional issues for both the practitioner and the profession. A Trade Exhibition with a range of
exhibitors from around the country will provide opportunities to find new and innovative resources or perhaps even pick up an old
favourite directly from the supplier. Please note there will be no trade exhibition during the pre-conference workshop.
Key Note Speakers
Conference Keynote – Opening Speaker Day 1 Friday 16th October 2015
Dr Carmel Harrington BSc, PhD, LLB, DipEd Managing Director Sleep for Health, Researcher, Author
Dr Carmel Harrington is an Australian sleep scientist whose eye-opening insights into sleep health have helped improve the health and well-being of
thousands of Australians and introduced sleep health into many wellness programs. With a PhD in Sleep Medicine from Sydney University, a paediatric
sleep research post at Westmead Children’s Hospital, numerous academic papers and two best-selling sleep books, Carmel has issued a wake-up call
to a chronically sleep deprived nation. Carmel regularly speaks at health and educational conferences, to business leadership groups right through to
lifestyle and consumer events. Most recently, she has lectured on the role of sleep in neuroscience and leadership at the Heads of Australian Industry
national conference 2015 and is scheduled to speak about the connection between wellness and sleep at The Happiness and its Causes Conference
2015, and to present at VIVID on the relationship between sleep and the creative brain. She has made numerous television appearances in Australia and
the USA raising sleep awareness.
Conference Keynote – Opening Speaker Day 2 Saturday 17th October 2015
Daniella Greenwood - Bachelor of Health Science (Leisure & Health), Strategy and Innovation Manager, Arcare
Daniella is National Strategy and Innovation Manager for Arcare. Key areas of responsibility include leisure and lifestyle management; research;
stakeholder engagement; and the development and implementation of Arcare’s Relational Approach and Dedicated Staff Assignment Model.
Daniella is a published author and presented the results of her work at the2015 Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference in Perth and to federal
Parliamentarians. She has presented to the Pastoral and Spiritual Care of Older People (PASCOP) seminar series, the Australian Association of
Gerontology national conference, and is a keynote presenter at this year’s AACQA Better Practice seminars around the country.
Pre conference workshop
We have focussed our Preconference Workshop on the theme:
Activities, Activities, Activities - a Feast of Takeaway CAFÉ (Creative Activities For Everyone) ideas (includes booklet of Activities to keep)
A whole day of activities – full workshopping through many with lots of extra ideas to take away with you.
The DTA Takeaway CAFÉ’s have become an integral and well represented aspect of all DTA workshops. We know the demand for more activity
ideas is high on the list of what we need as Diversional Therapists and Recreational Officers and this workshop delivers just that.
This workshop will work through another swag of our popular Takeaway café ideas including some practical, hands on experiences working the
activities and with demonstrations of other activities that you can do with no or very few resources. If you attend this workshop you will take
away a booklet of all the activities (all different from last year’s workshop) as a resource that you can refer back to. Don’t miss out on this
excellent practical workshop that will feed your need for activity ideas and more!
Stephania Bejma – DTA National Education Coordinator will guide the day giving hands-on experience of the activities and ideas – you can go
back to your clients and confidently introduce the activities demonstrated.
How to get to
Mercure Gold Coast
Resort
From the iconic Surfers Paradise beach to the sophisticated dining
Conference
Accommodation
Specials at Mercure
Gold Coast Resort
precincts of Main Beach and Broadbeach and out to the lush, green
Hinterland, there’s a new experience waiting for you on the Gold Coast
- as scenic and peaceful as it is fast paced and active.
The Official Gold Coast Traveller App - it is free, easy to use and
available on the App Store and Google Play!
The App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/gold-coast-travellerqueensland/id656682272?mt=8
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.
wddonline.goldcoasttourism&hl=en
Download the App and, when prompted enter your special code:
DTA2015 (case sensitive!) to receive 5% discount… our discount will
apply from 3 days prior to 3 days after our Conference! Easy!
LOCATION
Mercure Gold Coast Resort
64 Palm Meadows Drive, Carrara, Queensland
Tel: (+61) 07 5555 7700, Fax: (+61) 07 5555 7701
Email: [email protected]
Quote “DTA Conference 2015” to get discount
rate. The special runs from 3 days prior to 3
days after conference. Why not stay and make
a (tax deductible) family holiday of it?!
Mercure Gold Coast Resort DTA Conference
delegates and their partners’ rates:
Standard Room $149.00/night single including
breakfast or $169/night double including
breakfast.
Superior Room $169.00/night single including
breakfast or $189/night double including
breakfast.
Investigate and book these options directly
with Mercure Gold Coast Resort (07) 5555
7700 and quote “DTA Conference 2015”
Lots more Gold coast accommodation options
are on the link below but will all be a short
taxi ride away from the Conference venue Try
the Free App to get your 5% discount or go
to: http://www.visitgoldcoast.com/whereto-stay/
Website: www.mercuregoldcoastresort.com.au
From the Pacific Highway, take the Broadbeach/Tallai exit #77. Head
towards Broadbeach on Gooding Drive. Pass Merrimac School on the
right hand side. Mercure Gold Coast Resort is on Palm Meadows Drive,
just after the school on the left-hand side, oppositethe entrance of
Lakelands Golf Course.
Cocktail Party and DTA Awards
celebration
This event is included in any 2 day
registration. If you would like your guest/s to
attend please purchase extra cocktail party
tickets to cover their attendance. Single day
registration does NOT include the special
cocktail event. (The event will include
finger food and a welcome drink. A bar will
provide the opportunity to purchase further
drinks.) This event provides us with social
and networking opportunities and a chance
to unwind after Day 1 at the conference.
Delegates then have the opportunity to take
in the famous Gold Coast night life or relax in
the Mercure Resort tranquillity and prepare
for another full day of Conference!
Conference Package
Full registration to attend the conference
includes morning tea, afternoon tea and
lunch both days. The exciting DTA Award for
Excellence presentation Cocktail Party event
is also included. In addition, delegates will
receive an abstract booklet, delegate satchel
and access to the trade and poster exhibition.
The workshop registration includes morning
tea, afternoon tea, lunch and Activities
Booklet.
Parking
Ample Parking is available - free!
www.diversionaltherapy.org.au
Diversional Therapy Australia
National Conference 2015
Registration Form
GO ONLINE to SELF-REGISTER NOW!
Full registration for the conference includes morning tea,
afternoon tea and lunch both days, abstract booklet, delegate
satchel, cocktail event and trade & poster exhibition
Prices do not include accommodation or meals outside conference times.
Name:
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Now go to DTA Website to register directly – remember to
log in if you are a member for those special member rates!
www.diversionaltherapy.org.au
OR pay by
Account name: CONFERENCE
BSB: 062 281 Account number: 1031 8600
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Please include your FAMILY NAME followed by the INITIALS of your first
names i.e. SMITH J.D in the deposit details.
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E arly Bird (Paid before 31st July 2015) DTA Member $455.00
Membership #
DTA Member (Paid after 31st July 2015) $485.00
embership #
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DTA Student Member $394.00
Membership #
Presenter $392.00
Non Member $599.00
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(Payable to Diversional Therapy Australia)
Please ensure all details are completed on back of cheque/money order.
Please complete this Registration Form and post/email/
fax with payment details to:
Diversional Therapy Australia
Convention Convenor
PO Box 83 North Ryde NSW 1670
Friday attendance only $299.00
For further enquires T: (02) 9887 5035 Toll Free 1300 113 395
Fax: (02) 9887 5036 Email: [email protected]
Saturday attendance only $299.00
ABN: 84 066 487 821
Pre-conference workshop
orkshop – Activities, Activities, Activities a Feast of
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Creative Activities For Everyone to take away – includes
booklet of Activities to keep. Workshop $155 members
$205 non members
Additional Tickets are required to bring guests to the Cocktail Party (Friday
16th October) or to attend Cocktail Party on Day Rate which does not
include Conference Cocktail Party ticket) $55.00
Number of tickets:
Guest name/s:
SPECIAL! Partner’s Activity: “Men On Buses – Gold Coast
Scenic Tour” – Go on be a Tourist!
Limited to 13 passengers - book early!
Friday 16th October 9:15am – 4:30pm Tour – see the Gold Coast Wood
Turners doing their thing at Mudgeeraba, morning tea and Woodworking
demo – then on to Currumbin “Vikings” Surf Club right on the beach for
lunch (from menu at own expense). Next is Burleigh Hill for quick scenic
stop with great views of Surfers Paradise and walking track in National
Park. Surfers Paradise is final stop - visit one of many Irish pubs in Cavill
Ave and the other attractions in this tourist Mecca!
Includes local bus driver/guide morning tea, (lunch and afternoon tea at
own cost) includes gift bag with special offers
MOB ticket $49.00
Guest name/s:
Important - Conditions of Registration
The following is a condition of your registration for this event: To the extent permissible
at law (and no attempt is made to exclude or limit liability imposed by statute, such as the
Trade Practices Act, which cannot be excluded or limited), Diversional Therapy Australia
(DTA) excludes liability for and you agree to release DTA from all loss damage and injury
suffered by you as a result of:
• the negligence, occupier’s liability or other tort of DTA and any third party involved in
staging the convention, including but not limited to the owner or operator of the venue,
• caterers, sponsors, speakers exhibitors and providers of accommodation
• any changes to the format, timing or content of the conference or the identity of any
speaker;
• any utterance of any speaker or delegate at the conference, including any defamatory
utterance; and
• cancellation of the conference due to circumstances beyond the control of DTA.
You acknowledge and agree that the owner or operator of the venue, caterers, sponsors,
speakers exhibitors and providers of accommodation and other third parties who are
involved in staging the conference are not the agent of DTA and DTA will not be vicariously
liable for their acts and omissions. Also, while DTA is proud to have the trade exhibitors, the
fact of their presence at the conference may not be interpreted as an endorsement of or
assertion of affiliation or sponsorship with the exhibitors by DTA.
You acknowledge and agree that information provided in this brochure (including but not
limited to information concerning possible accommodation) is provided for convenience
and information only and you will make your own enquiries as to the suitability and cost of
such things. DTA may make changes to the format, timing or content of the conference or
the identity of any speaker without notice. DTA will make reasonable endeavours to provide
suitable replacements if speakers cannot attend, but will not be liable in that event.
CANCELLATION POLICY To be eligible for a 75% refund, cancellations must be submitted in
writing prior to 5th October 2015 . No refund will be made for cancellations after this date.
If a delegate is unable to attend due to work or personal circumstances, a substitute
is welcome to attend in their place, please notify the DTA of the change ASAP to
ensure all documents have correct names on them.