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30 November 2017

By Te Pou

Collaboration with Mental Health Commission of Canada

Our collaboration with the Mental Health Commission of Canada was reinforced when two of their health promotion managers visited Te Pou.

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24 August 2017

By Te Pou

Sensory modulation research- now and into the future

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Senior Lecturer Dr Daniel Sutton has recently received a Health Research Council grant for research into sensory modulation as an approach for people experiencing anxiety.

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8 March 2017

By Te Pou

CMDHB win national award for Safe Practice, Effective Communication training package

Te Pou congratulates Counties Manukau Health on winning the 2017 New Zealand Human Resource Award for Learning and Development Capability in the Public Sector for their Safe Practice and Effective Communication (SPEC) training package.

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1 December 2016

By Angela Gruar

Successful launch of the national Safe Practice Effective Communication training programme

Safe Practice and Effective Communication (SPEC) was launched successfully in Christchurch in November. The launch was a credit to many people who have worked hard to get to this point with the aim of achieving a national consistency of training that is pain free and prone free wherever possible.

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22 November 2016

By Angela Gruar

Safe Practice Effective Communication launch

Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui (Te Pou) is pleased to support the launch of the Safe Practice Effective Communication (SPEC) training programme at the national forum held in Christchurch on 21 and 22 November.

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20 July 2016

By Robyn Shearer

Te Pou supports alternative practices to using seclusion and restraint

Recent media coverage has highlighted the ongoing and justified public concern for service users with very high and complex mental health needs. Te Pou supports the work of the Ministry of Health and district health boards (DHBs) to understand and problem solve the many and complex variables that are impacting on both the basic human rights and health of these people, their families and the staff members working with them.

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