Conference program
Presentation slides from selected sessions are also available.
| Time | Event | ||
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| 8.30 am | Registrations - tea and coffee | ||
| 9.30 am | Welcome by the Director-General | ||
| Official opening by Julie Attwood MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Child Safety | |||
| 10.15 am | Keynote address - Associate Professor Karen Healy -
Investing in practitioners: Creating conditions for excellence in child protection practice
Includes 15 minutes questions and answers. | ||
| 11.15 am | Morning tea - served in the main foyer | ||
| 11.45 am | Sub-keynote addresses (1-3) - conference participants choose to attend one of three topics: | ||
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1. The truth is longer than a lie - children's experiences of abuse and professional intervention
Professor Chris Goddard, National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Monash University |
2. Adoption contextualised - permanency planning
Jenny Ames, Department of Community Services, New South Wales |
3. Corporate parenting - the promise, the constraint and the challenge in caring for children and young people in care
Associate Professor Judy Cashmore, University of Sydney |
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| 12.30 pm | Lunch - served in the bistro | ||
| 1.30 pm | Working sessions/Presentations (A-F) - conference participants choose to attend one of six sessions | ||
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A. Working with children who have been sexually abused and adolescents who commit sexual offences
Annette Vasey, Sexual Abuse Counselling Service and Associate Professor Stephen Smallbone (Adolescent Forensic Assessment and Treatment Centre, Griffith University) |
B. Sticking at it - staying in child protection work
Professor Lesley Chenoweth, Griffith University; Charmaine Matebau, Manager Gladstone CSSC; and Chris Bowman, Manager Service Centre Development |
C. Outcomes for children and young people in care
K.C. Weir and Reeny Jurczyszyn, Create Foundation and Matthew Armstrong, Senior Practitioner, South Burnett-Kingaroy CSSC |
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D. Playing it safe: the challenge of safety decision making
Sue Smith, Project Coordinator, Child Safety Services Division and Cheryl Lingard, Child Safety After Hours Service Centre |
E. Parents Under Pressure program
Dr Paul Harnett, University of Queensland; and Associate Professor Sharon Dawe, Griffith University |
F. Finding and using research in child protection practice
Dr Daryl Higgins, Australian Institute of Family Studies and Leanne Black, Senior Practitioner, Rockhampton North CSSC |
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| 2.45 pm | Afternoon tea - served in the main foyer | ||
| 3.15 pm | Working sessions/Presentations (A-F) sessions above repeated - conference participants choose to attend one of the six sessions | ||
| A. Working with children who have been sexually abused and adolescents who commit sexual offences
Annette Vasey, Sexual Abuse Counselling Services and Associate Professor Stephen Smallbone (Adolescent Forensic Assessment and Treatment Centre, Griffith University) |
B. Sticking at it - staying in child protection work
Professor Lesley Chenoweth, Griffith University; Charmaine Matebau, Manager Gladstone CSSC; and Chris Bowman, Manager Service Centre Development |
C. Outcomes for children and young people in care
K.C. Weir and Reeny Jurczyszyn, Create Foundation and Matthew Armstrong, Senior Practitioner, South Burnett-Kingaroy CSSC |
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| D. Playing it safe: the challenge of safety decision making
Sue Smith, Project Coordinator, Child Safety Services Division and Cheryl Lingard, Child Safety After Hours Service Centre |
E. Parents Under Pressure program
Dr Paul Harnett, University of Queensland and Associate Professor Sharon Dawe, Griffith University |
F. Finding and using research in child protection practice
Dr Daryl Higgins, Australian Institute of Family Studies and Leanne Black, Senior Practitioner, Rockhampton North CSSC |
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| 4.30 pm | Reflections on the day - facilitated by Kathryn Mandla, A/Executive Director, Policy and Program Division, Department of Child Safety, with Professor Chris Goddard and a practitioner. | ||
| 5.00 pm | Social event- preceded by refreshments in the Waterfall Bar | ||
| Time | Event | ||
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| 8.30 am | Day 2 - Opening | ||
| 9.15 am | Keynote address - Professor Dorothy Scott -
Building bridges between policy, practice and research: a way forward with and for children and families.
Includes 15 minutes questions and answers. | ||
| 10.30 am | Morning tea - served in the main foyer | ||
| 11.00 am | Sub-keynote addresses (4-6) - conference participants choose to attend one of three topics | ||
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4. Child protection in the context of a culturally diverse society
Professor Hurriyet Babacan, University of Victoria |
5. Evidence-based practice or practice-based evidence? - an Indigenous perspective
Professor Judy Atkinson, College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University |
6. Family inclusion in child protection work
Professor Ros Thorpe, James Cook University; Mark Carey, Mercy Family Services; Karen Walsh, Micah Project; and President of QCOSS |
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| 11.45 am | Examples of good practice - conference participants choose to attend one of three topics | ||
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1. Indigenous projects - engaging elders and responding to needs in Indigenous communities
Kelly Murdock, Zonal Director, Logan and Brisbane West Zone and Jan Metcalfe, Zonal Director, Northern Zone |
2. From them and us to just us - an integrated model of out of home care
Toni Cash, Manager, Redlands CSSC and Lisa Hillan, Save the Children |
3. Therapeutic and behaviour support - reflections on positive outcomes for extreme needs young people
Colin Smith, Sunshine Coast South CSSC; Stephen Bell, Queensland Health; and Robyn Bridges, Disability Services Queensland |
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| 12.30 pm | Lunch - served in the bistro | ||
| 1.30 pm | Working sessions (G-L) - conference participants choose to attend one of the six sessions | ||
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Sub-keynote address:
I. Children's needs in out-of-home-care: practice and policy implications of research findings in which children's voices were privileged
Professor Jan Mason, University of Western Sydney |
G. Willing but not able: Working with parents who have a disability
Louise Dwyer and Glenys Carlson, Alina Families Program, Spiritus/ Anglicare, Robert Green, Disability Services Queensland |
H. Building collaborative interagency strategies
Dr Yvonne Darlington, University of Queensland and Sandra Tucker, Alderley Child Safety Service
Centre |
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J. Invitation, research, policy and practice - being in Indigenous communities
Professor Judy Atkinson, College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University; Dr Penny Tripcony, Queensland Indigenous Education Consultative Body; Cynthia Rowan, A/Director Indigenous Support and Development Branch; and Jeanette Hughes, Mt Isa CSSC |
K. Permanency planning
Claire Tilbury, Griffith University, Dr Jennifer Osmond, Griffith University and Saraya Shah, Sunshine Coast North CSSC |
L. Therapeutic interventions
Professor Graham Martin, University of Queensland and Tim Wood, Policy and Practice Development Branch |
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| 2.45 pm | Reflections on the day - facilitated by Deidre Mulkerin, Executive Director, Child Safety Services Division, Department of Child Safety with Professor Dorothy Scott and a practitioner |
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| Conference close- Norelle Deeth, Deputy Director-General, Department of Child Safety | |||
| 3.15 pm | Afternoon tea - served in the main foyer |
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- Last updated
- 15 November 2006