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Conference program

Day 1: Tuesday 11 November
Time Event
7.30 am Registration opens
8.45 am Conference opening
Official opening by Margaret Keech MP, Minister for Child Safety and Minister for Women; Welcome to delegates by Norelle Deeth, Director-General for Child Safety and Gail Slocombe, Exectuive Director, PeakCare Qld. - Chaired by Kath Mandla, Executive Director Policy & Program , Department of Child Safety
9.45 am Keynote address - Professor Chris Goddard, Monash University - The Silence Continues
10.45 am Morning tea
11.15 am Keynote address - Dr Howard Bath, Northern Territory Government - Neuroscience research and the transformation of child welfare
12.15 pm Sub-keynote addresses (1-3) - conference delegates choose to attend one of three topics:
1. Indigenous children's early childhood: Building the evidence base
Dr Melisah Feeny, Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
 2. Multiple stakeholder perspective on permanency planning
Dr Clare Tilbury, Griffith University
 3. Use of medication in children for emotional and behavioural problems
Professor James Scott, Evolve, Queensland Health
1.00 pm Lunch - served in Mezzanine M2-M9 Foyer
2.00 pm Workshop sessions (A-E) - conference delegates choose to attend one of five sessions
A. Side by side at the coalface: Community partnerships in research and service delivery
B. Family Responsibilities Commission - Cape York reform
C. Trauma informed care: Teaching not treating
D. Meeting our obligations: Understanding and responding to the sexuality needs of children and young people in care
E. Torres Strait Island child rearing practice: Traditional adoption
3.15 pm Afternoon tea - served in the Mezzanine M2-M9 foyer
3.45 pm Workshop sessions (A-E) sessions above repeated - conference delegates choose to attend one of the five sessions
A. Side by side at the coalface: Community partnerships in research and service delivery
B. Family Responsibilities Commission - Cape York reform
C. Trauma informed care: Teaching not treating
D. Meeting our obligations: Understanding and responding to the sexuality needs of children and young people in care
E. Torres Strait Island child rearing practice: Traditional adoption
5.15 pm - 7.15 pm Social Function: PeakCare Queensland Inc - Xmas PartyLocation: The Plough Inn Tavern, Southbank Parklands

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Day 2: Wednesday 12 November
Time Event
9.00 am Day 2 - Opening
9.15 am Keynote address - Professor Cathy Humphreys, University of Melbourne - 'Joining the dots for babies in out of home care'.
10.15 am Sub-keynote addresses (1-3) - conference delegates choose to attend one of three topics:
1. Transitioning from care
Dr Philip Mendes, Monash University
 2. Out-of-home care
Professor Judy Cashmore, Southern Cross University
 3. Therapeutic care and interventions. The cycle of violence in families: Mechanisms and interventions
Professor Kevin Ronan, Central Queensland University
11.15 am Morning Tea - served in Mezzanine M2-M9 Foyer
11.45 am Examples of good practice - conference delegates choose to attend one of four topics (1-4):
1. Evolve - interagency therapeutic and behaviour support services
2. One chance at childhood, because every child deserves the best start
3. Toowoomba multicultural child protection project
4. 101 innovative ideas in statutory child protection practice
5. Child at Risk Action Network (CARAN)
12.45 pm Lunch - served in the Mezzanine M2-M9 foyer
1.45 pm Workshop sessions (F-J) sessions above repeated - conference delegates choose to attend one of the five sessions
F. If you build it, they will come. creating a headspace for developing individual professional frameworks in child protection
G. 'Most significant change' - Collaborative practice in the child protection sector
H. Skills formation and the frontline work process
I. Engaging young people
J. Transitioning children from the child protection system to adoption
3.00 pm Open forum - 'The Future in Child Protection'
Session Chair: Daryl Higgins, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Participants: Professor Cathy Humphreys, Melbourne University; Peta McCorry, CREATE Foundation; Dr Narelle Dawson, Crime and Public Policy Research and Prevention Crime and Misconduct Commission; Queensland Aboriginal & Islander Health Council
3.45 pm Close of conference
5.30 pm - 7.15 pm Social Function: Preview screening of 'American Teen'Location: Southbank Cinemas

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Last updated
29 January 2009

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