Day One – Thursday, 17 May 2018 Time Ballroom Tully 1 Bluewater 2 Tully 3 Bluewater 1 Rosser Boardroom 2 8:15-9:00am Conference Registration 9:00- 9:30am Conference Opening and Welcome to Country 9:30-10:30am Keynote Speaker One - Professor Kerry Arabena; Executive Director, First 1000 Days Australia. Director, Indigenous Health Equity Unit President, International Association of Ecology and Health, The University of Melbourne Morning Tea Break 40 minute papers From category to strategy: attachment theory Frances Cheverton What works, what doesn’t work: A unique family support model for working with indigenous families Nerida Andersen with Sarah Petersen and Louise Skennerton Engaging children’s voices to improve program quality Sharon Eggins Kuunchi Kakana – families together in Lockhart River Denise Hagan Together in mind – A perinatal and infant mental health day program Jean Henle with Jelena Botha and Sacha Condon “Right service, right care, right time” – Child Youth and Family Services Access Unit, QLD Health Referral Management team Deborah Elder with Julie Brooker Supportive listening environments for remote Aboriginal communities Frances Bugden and Corrine Butler 11:40- 11:45am Short Break to Switch Session Keynote Speaker Two - Dr Tim Moore; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 12:45- 1:30pm Lunch Break 1:30-1:45pm 10 Minute Presentation: Barbie Bates and Katie Roberts: If a turkey and turtle can, you can too 11:00am 12:45pm
1:45-2:45pm Keynote Speaker Three - Professor Ross Homel; Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, Brisbane 2:45-2:50pm Short Session Swap Break 2:50– 3:50pm 60 minute workshops Everybody Wins: how integrated and collaborative services deliver better outcomes in the early years Gwen Kemp , Jackie Black, B Powell, A Maher and Karina Enks, Helping young children with ASD cope with change Lynda Melville Understanding mandatory reporting: roles and responsibilities Deborah Hall and Amanda Ireland Specialised trauma educator training Marie Stuart with Shan Peng Do you know the signs? A capacity building project for early childhood Yvonne Black The Playing With Gratitude Project Rod Soper with Fiona O’Donell Does the Animal Fun Program improve the social skills of young children? AN exploration of current research into the links… Sue McLaren with J Piek and D Rigoli 3:50 – 4:10pm Afternoon Tea Break 4:10 – 4:50pm 40 minute papers Empowering parents understand their children’s experience of trauma through sensory activities Jennifer Nelson “Alone: Great, Together: Exceptional”: education and nutrition collaboration for better childhoods Alison Evans and Megan Gibson Lyn Zollo Exploring parental perceptions of a family-centred model of care in the delivery of public child development Nicole Argall with E Cox , E Johnson C Hislop and S Lefmann Judge & referee: Re-visiting family relationships after family violence Claire Stanley Every child making a confident start Hannah Simpson Collective impact: Cairns South Allan Dale with Fiona Allison Jennifer McHugh and Stewart Lockie Keeping children safe – OSHC services leading the way Fay Hadley with M Waniganayake 4:50pm Conference Day One close – 5:15 – 7:00pm Twilight networking: Drinks and canapés. The Pool Deck level 3
12:45 – 1:45pm 60 minute workshop Access for all - Breaking down the barriers to participation Sandi Lascelles Engaging with Vulnerable Families A Maternal and Child Health Action Research Project Lynette Diamant Partnerships with families: Practical steps for constructive conversations and collaborating with parents in ECEC Catherine Murphy with Olivia Clayton 'Bending the rules when words are not enough.' - Tools of the modern trauma therapist Emily Gleeson with Helen Merry ‘Paying it forward’: Capitalising on the future by building executive function skills as a basis for learning Lisa Sonter with Desley Jones Sue Southey and Leanne Hunter Children, Family Law processes and allegations of sexual assault: ensuring therapeutic responses are in the best interest of the child Beth Tinning Toilet training troubles: when to worry, why they happen and what to do Lauren Fitzpatrick with A Kenney-Behr and L Kearney 1:45 – 1:50m Short break to switch session 1:50 – 2:50pm Dr Tim Moore; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne Kuranda room Dr Charlene Smith – Policy Program Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Mossman room 2:50 – 3:00pm Short Afternoon Tea Break 3:05pm Closing addressed by the Hon Curtis Pitt Speaker and Member for Mulgrave and afternoon tea continuation. Prizes and giveaways awarded.