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Concurrent Session Program - as of Thursday 23rd October 2014
Concurrent Sessions 1: Tuesday 4th November, 1:30pm-3:00pm:
Valuing Cultural and
Linguistic Diversity
Chair
Michael Austin
Building Collaboration with
Organisations and
Communities
Ricki Jeffery
Session
Room
Riverbank Room 4
Riverbank Room 1
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
Opportunities and Innovation Improving outcomes for all families
using services
Karen Horley
Family Life
Michelle Stevenson
Family Life
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
Eliciting Client Input
and Feedback
Jo Cavanagh OAM
Strengthening Men
and Relationship
Services
Jackie Brady
Supporting
Strengths-Based
Parenting
Helen Francis
Panorama Suite
Riverbank Room 2
Riverbank Room 3
Children's Voices participation, practice,
development and delivery
Jane Chia
Anglicare Victoria
Camilla Krauze
Anglicare Victoria
A partnership for Wellbeing: The future
of Family Support work
Family wellbeing through
positive engagement
Joseph Cauchi
Family Life
June McLoughlin
Doveton College
Teresa O’Brien
ac care
Louise Byrne
ac care
Lyall Willis
Centacare and Community
Partner to ac care C4C
Underneath the masculine
mask: how to effectively
engage and work with fathers
experiencing depression
Bringing up great kids':
Enabling wellbeing in
children, families and
communities
Simon Santosha
Men & Family Counselling
and Consultancy
Working with men who use
violence towards women and
children: A research
collaboration
Pat Jewell
Australian Childhood
Foundation
Bo Galant
Department for Education
and Child DevelopmentFamilies SA
Addressing meta-emotions
and family of origin when
teaching emotionally
competent parenting
Sarah Wendt
University of South Australia
Dan Moss
Uniting Communities
Fiona McDonald
Relationships Australia WA
Michael Sheehan
Relationships Australia WA
The Conference organisers reserve the right to make any changes to this program up to and including the conference days
Concurrent Sessions 2: Tuesday 4th November, 3.30pm-5:30pm:
Valuing Cultural and
Linguistic Diversity
Chair
Helen Lockwood
Building Collaboration
with Organisations and
Communities
Elly Robinson
Session
Room
Riverbank Room 4
Riverbank Room 1
TBA
Group work with parents of
a refugee background
Magdalena Kuyang
QPASTT
Kathleen McBride
QPASTT
Healthy relationships in a
new culture
Samantha Ratnam
Spectrum Migrant
Resource Centre
Lining your stones up
Karen Dawson-Sinclair
Ganyjuu
Pamela Fisher
Ganyjuu
Bridging the divide - how a
collaborative approach is
developing inter-sectoral links in
rural WA
Robin Surridge
Amity Health
Zoe Upson
Amity Health
Parentification - asset or
liability in families account.
The secret life of the Swan
Alliance
Rahat Chowdhury
Relationships Australia
NSW
Jennifer Brodie
Swan Alliance
Amanda Hunt
Mission Australia
Eliciting Client Input and
Feedback
Supporting Strengths-Based
Parenting
Karen Field
Strengthening Men
and Relationship
Services
Deborah Hartman
Panorama Suite
Riverbank Room 2
Riverbank Room 3
Developing a community informed
outcome framework
Heather Smith
Good Beginnings Australia
How engagement can help your client
relinquish the need to be right
Bill Hewlett
Relationships Australia NSW
Amelia Wheeler (Co-author)
Relationships Australia NSW
Organisational partnerships
to deliver peer support
programs for separated
parents
Andrew King
Dads in Distress Support
Services
Strong Men's program
aiming to reduce family
violence in Aboriginal
Communities
Phil Brown
NT Correctional Services,
CatholiccareNT
Evidence for the social impact of targeted
support services: meaningful community
collaboration in the Cullungutti Aboriginal
Child and Family Centre, Nowra, NSW
"I miss my little one a lot":
How father love motivates
change in men who use
violence
Jim Golden-Brown
Relationships Australia NSW
Lorraine Murphy (Co-author)
Relationships Australia NSW
Rebecca Gray (Co-author)
Relationships Australia NSW
Rebecca Gray (Co-author)
Relationships Australia NSW
Timothy Broady
Relationships Australia NSW
Irene Gaffney
Relationships Australia NSW
Pamela Lewis
Relationships Australia NSW
Kirsty Drew
Playgroup as a management tool
Kym MacFarlane
Griffith University/ Salvation Army
Rodney Holmes
Salvation Army
Melinda Nelson
Salvation Army
Increasing the visibility of children
Helen Francis
Children of Parents with a Mental
Illness (COPMI National Initiative)
Christine Gibson
Australian Centre for Child Protection
Bradley Morgan
Children of Parents with Mental
Illness (COPMI National Initiative)
Young hearts attachment program
Jennifer McKay
AnglicareWA
Lisa Farrelly
AnglicareWA
The Conference organisers reserve the right to make any changes to this program up to and including the conference days
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
Targeting the Early
Years
Chair
Jo Cavanagh OAM
Karen Field
Fiona Harley OAM
Sue Christophers
Building Collaboration
with Organisations
and Communities
Helen Francis
Session
Room
Riverbank Room 1
Riverbank Room 2
Panorama Suite
Riverbank Room 3
Riverbank Room 4
Responding to complex family law parenting
disputes: A survey of clinical presentations at
Family and Relationship Australia (FRSA)
Conferences
Royal Commission Community
Based Support services adapting to new funding
streams
Lawrie Moloney
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Matt Stubbs
Interrelate
Lisa Moloney
Interrelate
Legal Aid NSW Early
Intervention Unit - Lawyers
working with social services to
keep children safe and at
home
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
Mary Gleeson
Legal Aid NSW
Gabrielle Cantrall
Legal Aid NSW
Challenging the notion of
neutrality and impartiality in a
children's contact services
Lisa Whittaker-Nichols
Anglicare WA
Children's Contact Services How to flexible and creative
use of evidence-based
practice can support positive
outcomes for children and
families.
Linden Green
Interrelate
Cathryn Hunter
CFCA
Optimising the wellbeing of
children through a national
whole school approach to
mental health promotion that
engages families and
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
KidsMatter health and
community partnerships: a
collaborative approach to
improving outcomes for
children and families
Joanna Cole
Australian Psychological
Society
The Conference organisers reserve the right to make any changes to this program up to and including the conference days
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
Targeting the Early
Years
Chair
Elly Robinson
Michael Austin
Marie Morrison
Kirsty Drew
Building Collaboration
with Organisations and
Communities
Helen Lockwood
Session
Room
Riverbank Room 1
Riverbank Room 2
Panorama Suite
Riverbank Room 3
Riverbank Room 4
Independent children's lawyers Consultation and collaboration with nonlegal professionals in family law
matters.
Dr Rachel Carson
Australian Institute of Family Studies
My Kids and Me: increasing well
being in the parents of vulnerable
children
Angharad Candlin
CatholicCare Sydney
Independent children's lawyers – a
crucial role in complex family law cases;
enhancing practices
Honouring children's rights in family
law matters - A family dispute
resolution context
Graham Russell
Legal Services Commission, SA
Nicky Davies
Legal Aid Queensland
Norma Williams
Family Relationship Centre Logan UnitingCare Community
Holistic litigation - the court as an
instrument of change
Closed doors open windows..
Helping families to better
understand when children resist
contact.
Judge Joe Harman
Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Farida Lang
AnglicareWA Joondalup FRC
Advances in Child Consultant
Training: Fostering depth and
breadth through tiered
learning.
Making a Difference Lulla's children & family
centre
Using POP programs to
enhance FDR outcomes
Claire Tarelli
CatholicCare Sandhurst
Miranda Borlini
Lulla’s Children and Family
Centre
The Antenatal opportunity benchmark 600
Gary Childs
Anglicare NT
Mat Haslett
DECD and Centacare
Children and contact in the
context of parental separation
in family violence
Building a Community from
within
Dr Jennifer McIntosh
Family Transitions
Lisa Whittaker-Nichols
Anglicare WA
Cathie Valentine
Anglicare Victoria
Cindy-Lee Harper
Anglicare Victoria,
Lynda Prout
ECHO Inc., Hills
Community Strengthening
Initiative
Building relationships to enhance
family wellbeing.
Dr Paul Aylward
Gowrie SA
Mary Scales
Gowrie SA
Community 2020 - is
transformation possible?
Jennifer Brodie
Swan Alliance
Raeleen McAllister
Shire of Mundaring
Jacqueline Ball
The Smith Family
Being a Community Partner in
Communities for Children - What
does wellbeing look like in
collaborative relationships
Kathlene Wilson
Lutheran Community Care
Robyn Richter
Lutheran Community Care
The Conference organisers reserve the right to make any changes to this program up to and including the conference days
Concurrent Sessions 5: Thursday 6th November, 1.30pm- 3:00pm:
Building the Evidence Base
Chair
Session
Room
Exploring Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
services
Marie Morrison
Riverbank Room 2
Building the Evidence
Base
Building the Evidence
Base
Ricki Jeffery
Panorama Suite
Sue Christophers
Riverbank Room 3
Cultural Fitness: Evaluating the
Effectiveness of an Indigenous cultural
training program for non-Indigenous
workers
Moving to prevention - exploring
outcomes for ATSI children through
intensive/targeted family support
services
Rebecca Feo
Relationships Australia
Jo Willmot
Relationships Australia
Evidence into Practice: Implementing a
resilience practice framework in
regional and rural Australia
Sharron Williams
Secretariat of National Aboriginal
and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
Demonstrating our effectiveness
- policy and practice changes
that support the implementation
of collecting counselling
effectiveness data in routine
practice.
Deborah Hartman
Riverbank Room 1
Tanya Spalding
The Benevolent Society, Mudgee NSW
Greg Antcliff
Director of Practice with The
Benevolent Society, Head Office
Rebecca Edwards
Manager of Community Programs, The
Benevolent Society, Orange NSW
Supporting vulnerable clients our
way
Roxanne Ross
Townsville Aboriginal & Islander
Health Service
Joanna Stout
Townsville Aboriginal & Islander
Health Service (TAIHS)
Robyn Goodman
Manager, Family Support Program,
TAIHS
Dr Jemima Petch
Relationships Australia QLD
Mapping an existing long term
service to better measure and
improve outcomes
Cheryl Hillier
Uniting Communities
Elly Robinson
Australian Institute of Family
Studies
The golden thread of
evaluation in effective
programs and practice
Alicia McCoy
Family Life
Jo Cavanagh OAM
Family Life
Drummond St. services Family
Service Model
Karen Field
Drummond street services
Exploring Issues and
Practice in Family
Law
Fiona Harley OAM
Riverbank Room 4
"Nudging" stuck mediation
clients through a brief
targeted psycho-education:
The Developmental
Advisory Service
Jamie Lee
Relationships Australia (SA)
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
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The Conference organisers reserve the right to make any changes to this program up to and including the conference days