Event

Event

 

CPD Live – Mindful Work Day – Thriving; Not Surviving

21 May 2020 - Thu / 1 day / 2:30pm - 3:30pm / CPD Live Session at Zoom

Current uncertainties have prompted new stress reactions that may have taken us off guard and our coping reactions and responses have a direct impact on our daily productivity and the overall mental health and wellbeing of ourselves and our family members.

Learn to recognise these new reactions and how to respond; not react.

Organisers: Bar Council

CPD Points: 1
Event Code:
T3/21052020/BC/BC204068/1

Description

This CPD Live Session carries 1 CPD point.

It is free of charge for Members of the Bar, pupils in chambers, and law students, but advance registration is required. The registration fee for non-Members is RM60.

Upon successful registration, a link to the CPD Live Session will be emailed to registered participants only. Registration will close on 13 May 2020 (Wednesday).

No additional registration will be accepted once the closing date has passed, or if the CPD Live Session is full.

The CPD Department may not permit future registration if you fail to attend a CPD Live Session after registering unless you provide an acceptable and valid reason(s).

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Current uncertainties have prompted new stress reactions that may have taken us off guard and our coping reactions and responses have a direct impact on our daily productivity and the overall mental health and wellbeing of ourselves and our family members.

Learn to recognise these new reactions and how to respond; not react.

CPD Live is an initiative by the Bar Council during the Movement Control Order, so that Members and pupils are not deprived of continuous learning even at this time.

Come join CPD Live at the comfort of your own home!

Speaker

Usha Ponnudurai is a licensed counsellor currently practising at the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, Education and Languages (Masters Unit) under HELP University as the current Program Chair of the Masters in Counselling programme, where she supervises and lectures novice counsellors, and also provides mental health counselling for students and the public at large, focusing on couples counselling.

As the current need for online mental health awareness and counselling is emerging, she is active in providing workshops on how to transition into working from home and online therapy for those who are not able to cope well. She has had 11 years of experience as a counsellor; 5 of which she helmed as the Deputy Manager at the Centre for Psychological and Counselling Services at HELP University.

She also provides ongoing training for various skill sets that novice counsellors and mental health centres need to develop, including constructing standard operating procedures, documentation processes, and holistic and multidisciplinary integration systems approach to counselling for individuals, couples and families.

Terms and Conditions

A Step-By-Step Guide to Join the CPD Live Session

(1) For seamless streaming, download the Zoom app
You will be given a webinar ID and a password to join CPD Live once your registration has been confirmed.

(2) Log in to Zoom, and provide your username
For Members of the Bar or pupils-in-chambers, use the format below for identification purposes when prompted:

Full name (as per NRIC) | Bar Council membership number or petition number

For non-members, provide your full name only.

(3) Setup your space
Ensure that you have a strong Internet connection. You may use an earpiece with microphone for clarity.

(4) Mute your microphone
When CPD Live is ongoing, please mute your microphone on Zoom at all times to ensure there is no interruption from your end.

(5) You may raise questions during the Question-and-Answer session only
Please take note that no speaking is allowed when the CPD Live Session is taking place.

If you wish to raise a question, please type in the chat box and the speaker will respond accordingly.

(6) Please, do not do this
Screen recording, sharing the webinar ID and password links, reproducing the content of the CPD Live Session on any platform are strictly not allowed.

Any unregistered person may be removed without prior notice, and no CPD point will be awarded. Failure to adhere to this may result in disciplinary action by the Bar Council.

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Event Policy

Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

For events with registration fees, all payments must be made in advance, including bank charges. Registration will be confirmed once proof of payment is provided by email or fax, and full payment is received.

For events that are not organised by Bar Council, please note that you are subject to the relevant terms and conditions specified by the external providers.

Cancellation 

Cancellations must be made in writing.

If you have failed to inform the organiser on your cancellation for three consecutive times, you may be blacklisted for future events.

Refunds 

Refunds will be processed after the event is completed. This may take up to 30 business days. The conditions for refunds are as follows:

  • Full refunds will be issued if the event is cancelled or postponed by the organiser due to some circumstances.
  • No refunds for this course. However substitution is allowed.

The organiser reserves the right to modify, cancel or postpone the event, should circumstances arise that make such action necessary, whereupon all registration fees paid will be refunded.

Transferral

You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details.

Attendance 

CPD points will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.

Privacy 

The personal information that you provide to the Bar Council, whether now or in the future, may be used, recorded, stored, disclosed or otherwise processed by or on behalf of the Bar Council for the purposes of facilitation and organisation of this event, research and audit, maintenance of a participant database for the promotion of this event, and such ancillary services as may be relevant.

Disclaimer

  • Materials will be emailed only. No printed notes will be provided.
  • No recording of the event is permitted via any means at any time.
  • No part of the event content may be used/reproduced in any form without the written and explicit consent of the Bar Council and speaker(s).

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