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Conference Program - as of Wednesday 1st October 2014
Pre-Conference Day
Monday, 3rd November 2014
8:00am
9:00am – 5:00pm
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Registration Desk Opens
Pre-Conference Workshops – *See Workshop Schedule for more information
Welcome Event, Hall F Foyer, Adelaide Convention Centre
Main Conference Program
Master of Ceremonies: Professor Richard Chisholm AM
Tuesday, 4th November 2014 – Main Conference Day One
7:30am
8:00am – 8:30am
8:30am – 09:00am
09:00am – 09:45am
09:45am – 10:30am
10:30am – 11:00am
11:00am – 12:30pm
12:30pm – 1:30pm
1:30pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 3:30pm
3:30pm – 5:30pm
First Timers’ Breakfast
Registration Desk Opens
Main Conference Program commences
Welcome to Conference: Michael Austin, FRSA Board Chair
Welcome to Country: Uncle Lewis O’Brien (Kaurna Elder) and performance (Uncle Steve Goldsmith, J Buckskin)
Keynote 1: The Hon. Kevin Andrews, Minister for Social Services
Keynote 2: Professor William Doherty (University of Minnesota, US) – The Citizen Professional: engaging community members as agents of
healing and social change
Morning Tea
Plenary Panel 1: Are we there yet? – What it takes to build individual, family and community wellbeing in Australia
Chair: TBA
• Ms Eva Cox AO
• Ms Holly Ransom
• Mr Patrick McClure AO
• Dr Sue Regan
Lunch
Concurrent Session 1 *See Concurrent Session Program
Afternoon Tea
Concurrent Session 2 *See Concurrent Session Program
Wednesday, 5th November 2014 – Main Conference Day Two
09:00am – 09:45am
09:45am – 10:30am
10:30am – 11:00am
11:00am – 12:30pm
12:30pm – 01:30pm
01:30pm – 03:00pm
03:00pm – 03:30pm
03.30pm – 05:30pm
06:30pm – 10:30pm
Keynote 3: Chief Justice Diana Bryant
Keynote 4: Associate Professor Bruce Smyth – The high conflict post-divorce shared-time family - opportunities and challenges for practitioners and
policymakers
Morning Tea
Panel 2: Giving a voice to the child in vulnerable families –
Panel 3: Does evidence from the Social Sciences have any
opportunities and challenges for practitioners and policymakers.
relevance for Family Law? Should it?
Chair: Professor Fiona Arney
Chair: Professor Helen Rhoades
• Professor Morag McArthur
• Associate Professor Bruce Smyth
• Professor Alan Hayes AM
• Professor Richard Chisholm AM
• Professor Brigid Daniel
• Professor Lawrie Moloney
• Adjunct Professor Jennifer McIntosh
Lunch
Concurrent Session 3 *See Concurrent Session Program
01:30pm – 05:00pm |
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Practitioners Training
Afternoon Tea
Workshop: Beyond cultural safety - Aboriginal yarning about what
makes a difference *See Workshop Schedule for more information
Concurrent Session 4 *See Concurrent Session Program
Facilitators: Aunty Sue Blacklock & Winangay Resources
Conference Dinner, Adelaide Festival Centre
Dinner Speaker: Mr Andrew O’Keefe, White Ribbon Ambassador
Thursday 6th November 2014 – Main Conference Day Three
7:30am – 8:30am
FRSA Breakfast and AGM
09:00am – 09:45am
Keynote 5: Professor Brigid Daniel (University of Stirling, Scotland) - Childhood neglect and improving outcomes for children:
Integrating family support and child protection
Keynote 6: Ms Megan Mitchell, National Children’s Commissioner
Information on AIFS 2015 Early Intervention & Prevention Conference
Morning Tea
Panel 4: It Takes A Community To Raise A Child
Chair: Mr Alwin Chong
• Aunty Sue Blacklock & Ms Karen Menzies
• Ms Sharron Williams
• Mrs Mary Graham
• Ms Daphne Yarram
Lunch
Concurrent Session 5 *See Concurrent Session Program
Afternoon Tea
Closing Session – Where to from here?
Professor Richard Chisholm AM
09:45am
10:15am
10:30am
11:00am
– 10:15am
– 10:30am
– 11:00am
– 12:30pm
12:30pm– 01:30pm
01:30pm – 03:00pm
03:00pm – 03:30pm
03:30pm – 04:00pm
The Conference organisers reserve the right to make any changes to this program up to and including the conference days
Concurrent Session Program
Concurrent Sessions 1: Tuesday 4th November, 1:30pm-3:00pm:
Valuing Cultural and Linguistic
Diversity
Building Collaboration with
Organisations and Communities
Eliciting Client Input and
Feedback
Strengthening Men and
Relationship Services
Supporting Strengths-Based
Parenting
Improving outcomes for newly
arrived migrant children and
families: The VICSEG Family
mentoring program. Dr Myfanwy
McDonald: Murdoch Children’s
Research Institute, Judi Gray:
VICSEG New Futures
Effective, multi-organisation
collaboration in action: Working
together to produce a best practice
program for vulnerable families. Savoy
Martenstyn: The Benevolent Society,
Sydney, Jaimie Tredoux: Centre for
Health, Equity, Training, Research and
Evaluation
Children's Voices - participation,
practice, development & delivery.
Jane Chia, Camilla Krauze,
Children’s Participation Officer:
Anglicare Victoria
Underneath the masculine
mask: how to effectively engage
and work with fathers
experiencing depression. Simon
Santosha: Men & Family
Counselling and Consultancy
Bringing up great kids': Enabling
wellbeing in children, families and
communities. Pat Jewell: Australian
Childhood Foundation, Bo Galant:
Department for Education and Child
Development- Families SA
Early years centres: Do they reach
the right families and do they make
a difference
Alana Laundy
The Benevolent Society, Gold Coast
Cherie Nay
The Benevolent Society, Sydney
A partnership for Wellbeing: The future
of Family Support work
Joseph Cauchi
Family Life
June McLoughlin
Doveton College
Family wellbeing through positive
engagement
Teresa O’Brien
Louise Byrne: ac care
Lyall Willis: Centacare and
Community Partner to ac care
C4C
Working with men who use
violence towards women and
children: A research
collaboration
Sarah Wendt: University of SA
Dan Moss: Uniting
Communities
Addressing meta-emotions and family
of origin when teaching emotionally
competent parenting
Fiona McDonald
Relationships Australia WA
Michael Sheehan
Relationships Australia WA
Strengthening Men and
Relationship Services
Supporting Strengths-Based
Parenting
Concurrent Sessions 2: Tuesday 4th November, 3.30pm-5:30pm:
Valuing Cultural and
Linguistic Diversity
Group work with parents of a
refugee background:
Magdalena Kuyang,
Kathleen McBride: QPASTT
Healthy relationships in a new
culture. Samantha Ratnam:
Spectrum Migrant Resource
Centre
Parentification - asset or
liability in families account.
Rahat Chowdhury:
Relationships Australia NSW
Building Collaboration with
Organisations and Communities
Eliciting Client Input and Feedback
Being a Community Partner in
Communities for Children - What
does wellbeing look like in
collaborative relationships. Kathlene
Wilson, Robyn Richter: Lutheran
Community Care
Bridging the divide - how a
collaborative approach is developing
inter-sectoral links in rural WA. Robin
Surridge, Zoe Upson: Amity Health
Developing a community informed
outcome framework. Heather Smith,
Good Beginnings Australia
Organisational partnerships to
deliver peer support programs for
separated parents. Andrew King:
Dads in Distress Support Services
Playgroup as a management tool.
Kym MacFarlane: Griffith University/
Salvation Army, Rodney Holmes,
Melinda Nelson: Salvation Army
How engagement can help your client
relinquish the need to be right. Bill
Hewlett, Amelia Wheeler (Co-author):
Relationships Australia NSW
Strong Men's program aiming to
reduce family violence in
Aboriginal Communities. Phil
Brown: NT Correctional Services,
CatholiccareNT
The secret life of the Swan Alliance.
Jennifer Brodie: Swan Alliance,
Amanda Hunt: Mission Australia
Evidence for the social impact of
targeted support services: meaningful
community collaboration in the
Cullungutti Aboriginal Child and Family
Centre, Nowra, NSW. Cindy Holmes,
Jim Golden-Brown, Rebecca Gray
(Co-author), Lorraine Murphy (Coauthor): Relationships Australia NSW
"I miss my little one a lot": How
father love motivates change in
men who use violence. Rebecca
Gray (Co-author), Timothy
Broady, Irene Gaffney, Pamela
Lewis: Relationships Australia
NSW
Increasing the visibility of children.
Helen Francis: COPMI National
Initiative, Christine Gibson:
Australian Centre for Child Protection,
Bradley Morgan, COPMI National
Initiative.
Young hearts attachment program.
Jennifer McKay: AnglicareWA, Lisa
Farrelly: AnglicareWA
Concurrent Sessions 3: Wednesday 5th November, 1.30pm-3:00pm:
Exploring Issues and Practice in
Family Law
Promoting Child Aware
Practices
Facilitating Post Separation
Parenting
Responding to complex family law
parenting disputes: A survey of clinical
presentations at Family and
Relationship Australia (FRSA)
Conferences. Lawrie Moloney: AIFS
Royal Commission Community
Based Support services adapting to new funding
streams. Matt Stubbs, Lisa
Moloney: Interrelate
Challenging the notion of
neutrality and impartiality in a
children's contact services
Lisa Whittaker-Nichols
Anglicare WA
Evaluating a child-focused service for
separated families with complex needs:
constraints and challenges. Dr Dale
Bagshaw: School of Psychology,
Social Work & Social Policy, University
of South Australia, Dr Oscar Modesto
Ramirez:
CatholicCare, Sydney
Legal Aid NSW Early
Intervention Unit - Lawyers
working with social services to
keep children safe and at home.
Mary Gleeson: Legal Aid NSW,
Gabrielle Cantrall: Legal Aid
NSW
Children's Contact Services - How
the flexible and creative use of
evidence-based practice can
support positive outcomes for
children and families. Linden
Green: Interrelate, Cathryn
Hunter: CFCA
Targeting the Early Years
Building Collaboration with
Organisations and Communities
Optimising the wellbeing of children
through a national whole school
approach to mental health promotion
that engages families & communities.
Dr Katherine Dix: Principals
Australia Institute
Cradle 2 Kinder. Beverley Allen,
QEC Early Parenting Centre.Laura
Dale, The Queen Elizabeth Centre
The wellbeing classroom Integrating wellbeing and learning,
Michael Edgecomb:Schools
Ministry Group
Targeting the Early Years
Building Collaboration with
Organisations and Communities
KidsMatter health and community
partnerships: a collaborative
approach to improving outcomes
for children and families. Joanna
Cole, Australian Psychological
Society
Concurrent Sessions 4: Wednesday 5th November, 3:30pm- 5:30pm:
Exploring Issues and Practice in
Family Law
Promoting Child Aware Practices
Facilitating post separation
parenting
Independent children's lawyers Consultation and collaboration with nonlegal professionals in family law
matters. Dr Rachel Carson: AIFS
My Kids and Me: increasing well
being in the parents of vulnerable
children
Angharad Candlin
CatholicCare Sydney
Honouring children's rights in family
law matters - A family dispute
resolution context. Norma
Williams: Family Relationship
Centre Logan – UnitingCare
Community
Closed doors open windows..
Helping families to better
understand when children resist
contact. Farida Lang: AnglicareWA
Joondalup FRC
Advances in Child Consultant
Training: Fostering depth and
breadth through tiered
learning. Dr Jennifer
McIntosh: Family Transitions
Using POP programs to
enhance FDR outcomes
Gary Childs
Anglicare NT
Independent children's lawyers – a
crucial role in complex family law cases;
enhancing practices Graham Russell :
Legal Services Commission, SA, Nicky
Davies: Legal Aid Queensland
Holistic litigation - the court as an
instrument of change. Judge Joe
Harman: Federal Circuit Court of
Australia
Children and contact in the
context of parental separation
in family violence. Lisa
Whittaker-Nichols: Anglicare
WA
Making a Difference - Lulla's
children & family centre: Claire
Tarelli, CatholicCare Sandhurst
Miranda Borlini: Lulla’s Children &
Family Centre
The Antenatal opportunity benchmark 600
Mat Haslett
Department of Education & Child
Development and Centacare
Adelaide
Building a Community from within
Cathie Valentine, Cindy-Lee
Harper: Anglicare Victoria, Lynda
Prout: ECHO Inc., Hills Community
Strengthening Initiative
Building relationships to enhance
family wellbeing.
Dr Paul Aylward, Mary Scales:
Gowrie SA
Building the Evidence Base
Exploring Issues and Practice in
Family Law
Community 2020 - is transformation
possible? Jennifer Brodie: Swan
Alliance, Raeleen McAllister: Shire
of Mundaring, Jacqueline Ball: The
Smith Family
Lining your stones up. Karen
Dawson-Sinclair: Ganyjuu, Pamela
Fisher: Ganyjuu
Concurrent Sessions 5: Thursday 6th November, 1.30pm- 3:00pm:
Building the Evidence Base
Exploring Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander services
Building the Evidence Base
Cultural Fitness: Evaluating the
Effectiveness of an Indigenous cultural
training program for non-Indigenous
workers. Rebecca Feo, Jo Willmot:
Relationships Australia
Moving to prevention - exploring
outcomes for ATSI children through
intensive/targeted family support
services, Sharron Williams:
Secretariat of National Aboriginal
and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
Evidence into Practice: Implementing a
resilience practice framework in
regional and rural Australia, Tanya
Spalding, Greg Antcliff, Rebecca
Edwards: The Benevolent Society,
Mudgee NSW
Supporting vulnerable clients our
way. Roxanne Ross: Townsville
Aboriginal & Islander Health Service
(TAIHS), Joanna Stout, Robyn
Goodman: TAIHS
Demonstrating our effectiveness
- policy and practice changes
that support the implementation
of collecting counselling
effectiveness data in routine
practice. Dr Jemima Petch,
Relationships Australia QLD
Mapping an existing long term
service to better measure and
improve outcomes. Cheryl
Hillier: Uniting Communities,
Elly Robinson: AIFS
The golden thread of
evaluation in effective
programs and practice. Alicia
McCoy, Jo Cavanagh OAM:
Family Life
"Nudging" stuck mediation clients
through a brief targeted psychoeducation: The Developmental Advisory
Service. Jamie Lee: Relationships
Australia (SA)
Drummond St. services Family
Service Model
Karen Field
Drummond street services
Post separation arrangements for
families affected by domestic and family
violence: The wisdom of Winnie the
Pooh, Jon Graham: Institute of
Specialist Dispute Resolution, Rachael
Field: QUT Law School
The Conference organisers reserve the right to make any changes to this program up to and including the conference days