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Dr Astrid Birgden
Dr Birgden is a forensic/clinical psychologist who has worked with both mainstream sexual, violent and drug-related offenders, and offenders with cognitive impairment. She established one of the first of four Behaviour Intervention Support Teams in Melbourne in 1990. She co-wrote the Victorian Positive Practice Framework, led the first draft of the NDIS PBS Capability Framework, and wrote the NDIS Compendium of PBS Resources. She established and managed a drug treatment prison in Sydney, and in 2022 she was the Warden of a 1200-bed jail in New Orleans (US) for 18 months. She is published in offender rehabilitation and human rights.