Oceania Academy Pain Special Interest Group
This group has a focus on best practice for chronic pain identification and management for people with cerebral palsy.
Oceania Academy Special Interest Groups
What is the purpose of an Oceania Academy Special Interest Group?
An Oceania Academy Special Interest group brings together individuals with a professional interest in a particular focus area. Members of the group can join from different health fields as well as the lived experience of cerebral palsy or childhood-onsent condition. Groups meet to discuss research, advocacy, professional development and share knowledge.
If you are interested in joining an existing Special Interest group, click on the tile below to locate the relevent point of contact.
Interested in forming an Oceania Academy Special Interest Group?
Complete the Expression of Interest form, and email to info@oceaniaacademy.org.
Download the Template for developing a SIG Terms of Reference
Your proposal will be considered by the Oceania Academy Board and relevant committees.
Process for review of a Special Interest Group (SIG) proposal
- SIG proposal to be reviewed by the Oceania Academy Board.
- If applicable, the proposal will be sent for review to the relevent Oceania Academy commitee/s, who may provide feedback or seek further information.
- If approved, SIG proposal with comments from reviewers to be forwarded to the Oceania Academy Board for final approval.
- SIG proposal contact to be emailed with reviewers and boards recommendation.
- Response to include SIG’s agreement to provide a SIG Terms of Reference to the Oceania Academy, an annual update of SIG at Oceania Academy AGM, and periodic updates for quarterly Oceania Academy newsletters.
Oceania Academy Social Work and Psychology Special Interest Group
The Social Work and Psychology Special Interest Group brings together social workers and psychologists, and partners with people with lived experience. The aim is to promote the health and wellbeing of all people with a neurodevelopmental condition and their families, by embedding social work and psychology into high quality research and practice.
Oceania Academy Lifespan Special Interest Group
The Lifespan Care Special Interest Group will work collaboratively across disciplines, partnered with lived experience experts, to enhance the lifespan care of people with childhood-onset disabilities through education, connection, research, and advocacy.
Oceania Academy Early Career Research Special Interest Group
The EMCR group aims to support EMCRs within the Oceania Academy throughout their early research career through providing opportunities for networking, collaboration, mentoring and training- with an emphasis on responsiveness to the needs of the group. The group will be open to Oceania Academy members who are EMCRs.