| Time | Event | ||
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| 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 |
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| 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
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2. Multiple stakeholder perspective on permanency planning
Dr Clare Tilbury, Griffith University
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3. Use of medication in children for emotional and behavioural problems
Professor James Scott, Evolve, Queensland Health
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| 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 Party Location: The Plough Inn Tavern, Southbank Parklands | ||
| 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
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2. Out-of-home care
Professor Judy Cashmore, Southern Cross University
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3. Therapeutic care and interventions. The cycle of violence in families: Mechanisms and interventions
Professor Kevin Ronan, Central Queensland University
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| 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 |
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| 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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