Description:
OPD Points: 5
Culturally Secure Practice –
Equine Assisted Approaches for Aboriginal Populations
- Date: 1st June, 2025
- Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm
- Location: Glenworth Valley Conference Centre, 69 Cooks Rd. Glenworth Valley, NSW
- Facilitator: Professor Juli Coffin
- Price: $440 ( Discounted to $360 for those attending the EAP Conference as well)
Overview
This workshop is designed to enhance your skills in providing culturally appropriate Equine Assisted Services, Treatment, and Education to Indigenous individuals, families, and communities. Participants will gain valuable insights from Professor Coffin’s years of practice and research outcomes, exploring their significance and application within this sector. Attendees will also learn the importance of engaging with research and how to effectively use a variety of tools for efficient data collection. These tools not only contribute to ongoing research but also improve practice outcomes, ensuring that services are impactful and culturally relevant. This workshop is an important step towards creating more inclusive, respectful, and effective equine-assisted programs for Aboriginal populations.Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Workshop Outcomes
- Develop culturally relevant and effective approaches to engaging with Aboriginal populations across a variety of cohorts and settings.
- Increase understanding of current culturally sensitive research informing EA practice and enhancing outcomes.
- Access relevant tools to undertake research and/ or program evaluation in your own setting to inform practice with Indigenous clients.
Assessment:
Presenter / Provider:
Professor Juli Coffin
Presenter Qualifications:
Professor Coffin is a proud Aboriginal woman, with traditional ties to her grandparents Nyangumarta country in the Pilbara region. A mother of three and multi-representative of Australian water polo, with a passion for advocacy and the betterment of outcomes for Aboriginal young people and communities.
She is recognised as a prominent Aboriginal researcher, with expertise in cultural security, education and research across a diverse range of settings including chronic diseases, community development, health promotion and Equine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Professor Coffin is strengthening evidence of culturally secure social and emotional well-being offerings in the Kimberley and upscaling with impact. The Yawardani Jan-ga Equine Assisted Learning research program, designed by Professor Coffin, is the first of its kind in the Kimberley, in Australia and the world.
Recently, Professor Coffin has been recognised as a recipient of the prestigious Ministers Award and Yawardani Jan-ga program receiving the Youth Focus for Change Award in 2021 WA Mental Health Awards. Since the program’s inception it has engaged over 2000 Aboriginal young people and over 50 stakeholders and community organisations. These numbers are growing as is the evidence base for the future of SEWB programs that work. Recently in 2024 Coffin was awarded the Australian Prize for Mental Health and a Churchill scholarship.
Educational attainments include the Vice Chancellors medal for research excellence at the culmination of Coffins PhD. Professor Coffin has been awarded numerous competitive grants spanning her career with the most recently awarded in 2020 included from Heathway and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Currently at Murdoch University, Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, where she holds the position of Ellison Professor and Head, Social & Emotional Wellbeing of Aboriginal Young People.
Learn more about Juli and her work with Indigenous communities at https://yawardanijanga.com.au/
We’re thrilled to welcome Professor Juli Coffin as your Presenter for the Culturally Secure Practice Workshop.
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Registrations via email to admin@naturebasedtherapies.com.au
