Keynote speakers include Mrs Judy Huett, a person with a lived experience of intellectual disability, Professor Julian Trollor, Dr John Saul, Dr Ioan Jones, Clinical Associate Professor Robyn Wallace and Ms Kylie Hillier. A panel discussion of a case study (including restrictive practice) will allow audience engagement and learning. All GPs, allied health professionals, and practice nurses are encouraged to attend.
This event is being delivered under the Better health for people with intellectual disability – PCEP program. Primary care professionals can self-report CPD
As a result of this learning event GPs and primary health care professionals will be able to:
- Identify the types of mental, physical, and oral health conditions which are common in people with intellectual disability
- Describe core elements of treatment of common mental illnesses in people with intellectual disability
- Identify key strategies to improve communication with people with intellectual disability.
- Improve understanding of restrictive practices, consent and decision-making processes, to promote best possible health care of clients with intellectual disability
Morning Tea and Lunch will be provided.
Judy Huett – Topic – Health care for people with intellectual disability
Mrs Judy Huett is a 49-year-old woman with intellectual disability. She lives in Burnie, Tasmania with her husband Peter. Judy was born and raised in a small community on the West Coast of Tasmania where she attended primary and high school. Since then she has attained qualifications in Disability Support, Aged Care, Information Technology and Small Business Management; and completed leadership development training through Leaders for Tomorrow (2012) and Voice at the Table (2016).
Currently Judy works part-time with Speak Out Association of Tasmania in Self Advocacy Liaison and Support. This involves capacity building with her peers and the Speak Out Members’ Executive. She is admired and respected by people from all walks of life.
An accomplished leader, Judy is best known for her extensive contributions via her voluntary work that includes travelling to Geneva, Switzerland in 2013 with the expert group to talk to and present to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) and again in 2019 to Geneva as a co-lead of the Australian delegation – the first Person with an Intellectual Disability to be co-lead of a delegation to report on the UN CRPD; member since inception of the national Intellectual Disability Reference Group (IDRG) and past member of the Independent Advisory Council (IAC) that advises the Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency about the NDIS. In March 2020 she traveled to Bangladesh with Inclusion International to co-facilitate self-advocacy training with Bengali people with intellectual disability.
Judy’s long-standing commitment to promoting the human rights of people with intellectual disability and her contribution at a local, national and international levels resulted in her being awarded the Tasmanian Disability Community Achievement Award in 2010 and 2020, and the Individual Award for Human Rights in 2012.
Judy currently sits on the Roadmap Implementation Governance Group that oversees the national approach to improving the health of people with intellectual disability. Judy has contributed to many conferences and events over many years about Rights and Health including Having a Say Conference, Speak Out Conference, the Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID), Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU), and the Melbourne Disability Institute – University of Melbourne.
Professor Julian Trollor (University of New South Wales) – Topic – Management of mental health conditions in people with intellectual disability
Julian is a neuropsychiatrist and holds the inaugural Chair of Intellectual Disability Mental Health at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He also heads the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN) within the School of Psychiatry at UNSW. Julian and his 3DN team work to improve health policy, practice and supports for people with an intellectual or developmental disability. The team is involved in teaching, training, health promotion, and the development of educational resources. 3DN conducts research with high translational benefit to the disability and health sectors and provides consultancy of the highest standard, including clinical consultations, advocacy and contributions to policy and legislative reviews.
Dr John Saul (Eastern Shore Doctors) – Topic – Mental health in the local context
Dr John Saul is a practicing GP and AMA Tasmania president. After graduating from UTAS in 1983, John travelled and worked in NSW and Queensland before establishing a general practice in Lauderdale. John was joined by Dr Tim Jackson and Dr Cath Jeanneret to create Eastern Shore Doctors. John has a special interest in health promotion, sports medicine and workers compensation.
Born and bred in Tasmania, John graduated from UTAS in 1983. After travelling and working in NSW and Queensland, he settled back on the east coast of Tasmania to begin growing his general practice.
Clinical Associate Professor Robyn A Wallace (Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital) – Topic – Reasonable adjustments to
physical health care for adult patients with intellectual disability.
Robyn is a physician specialised in Internal Medicine. She has academic, policy and process development, practical, teaching, clinical experience in health and disability sectors in the area of adult intellectual disability and physical health. Robyn works as an Advisory Consultant in Health and Intellectual Disability for governments, health bodies, disability service providers, people with intellectual disability and their families, health delivery sector, NDIA, Advocacy services and other parties. This service is designed specifically to design, problem solve, innovate systems relevant to the interface of all mainstream health services with adults with intellectual disability who may or may not be NDIS participants. The Advisory service aims to directly address the Disability-Health-NDIS interface for either individuals and bodies.
In addition to this, Robyn runs a separate service called the SHAID (Specialised Healthcare for Adults with Intellectual Disability) Clinic which is a clinical service run at Calvary Hospital Hobart to review physical health of adults with intellectual disability.
Dr Ioan Jones (Oral Health Services Tasmania) – Topic – GPs role in oral health
Dr Ioan Jones has been working as a public health dentist for over 26 years. Ioan has been working for Oral Health Services Tasmania since 2010 coordinating education and training and more recently has taken on the role of Clinical Director. Ioan has always had an interest in dental education both previously in the UK and now in his new home of Australia and is passionate about increasing the knowledge of health professionals on how poor dental and oral health, has an impact on general health. As well as being a Senior Clinical Lecturer with the University of Tasmania Centre for Rural Health, Ioan is also an Associate Professor with James Cook University and Adjunct Associate Professor with La Trobe University.
Ms Kylie Hillier (Office of the Public Guardian) – Topic – Interactive discussion about consent, and decision making
Kylie works as the Guardian at the Department of Justice, Tasmania. She has been working with the Office of the Public Guardian for over 17 years and is based in Launceston.