ACWA08 - Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies Conference

Day 3 – Wednesday 20 August 2008

0930	Social disadvantage Engaging parents with special needs Bayside 102	Out of home care Contact/birth parent inclusion Bayside 105	Safety and wellbeing Bayside 103	Social disadvantage Bayside 104	Management and leadership institute for the Community Services Sector Bayside 204
0930	SP093 Sally Cowling and John Bellamy The lived experience of welfare reform: stories from the field	SP096 Mary Salveron Parenting groups for parents whose children are in care	MC01 Associate Professor Diane DePanfilis Designing and implementing a selective child maltreatment prevention program: Lessons from family connections	MC02 Cindy Blackstock Getting positive change actions off the dusty bookshelves and into the lives of children	Keynote addresses Nick Rowley Setting the scene: these are critical times Don Henry Social and political change for sustainability: lessons learned so far Colloquium convenor: Dr Jennifer Lehmann
1000	SP094 Gaye Mitchell Engagement and intervention when children are at risk: What works, and what else can we try for those who don’t engage - Lessons from practice research	SP097 Cathy Humphreys Infants in care and family contact
1030	SP095 Jan Williams and Jennifer Newton Framework matters - From welfare recipients to residents in control	SP098 Margarita Frederico Traumatised children’s view of their social world: The application of the Social Network Map for children who have experienced abuse and neglect
1115	Morning tea
1145	Safety and wellbeing Engaging parents with special needs Bayside 102	Out of home care Carer/birth family relationships Bayside 105	MC01 Associate Professor Diane DePanfilis continued Designing and implementing a selective child maltreatment prevention program: Lessons from family connections Bayside 103	MC02 Cindy Blackstock continued Getting positive change actions off the dusty bookshelves and into the lives of children Bayside 104	Keynote address Sue Salmon Influencing public policy: the role for community services – but beware the demons.
1145	SP099 Stephanie Taplin Parental substance use, child protection and drug treatment services	SP101 Heather Lovatt Moving from exclusive foster care to inclusive family support - Making a difference early
1215	SP100 Vanessa Gonzales Working together along the continuum: Managing escalating risk of harm in early intervention cases	SP102 Rosamund Thorpe It’s not just the missus - Male foster carers challenge the myths, and reflect on the realities of their role
1245	Lunch
1330	Building community capacity Family based services Bayside 102	Social disadvantage Bayside 105	Building community capacity Bayside 103	Social disadvantage Responding to indigenous children, families and communities Bayside 104	Keynote addresses Caitlin McGee Thinking frameworks for action in response to global warming. Patrick Crittenden Organisational change management for sustainability and wellbeing
1330	SP103 Bernadette Burchell One step at a time: Engaging with complexity through integrated family services	WS04 Pat Hansen Family inclusion network NSW Chair: Pat Hansen Presenters: Rosamund Thorpe and Jane Thomson	MC03 Robert Chaskin Building community capacity: strategies and challenges for children, youth and families	SP106 Matthew Duggan Delivery of culturally responsive early intervention & family support programs to aboriginal children & families: An integrated approach
1400	SP104 Marinette Dames The changing face of family services - A grassroots impression in the state of Victoria			SP107 Jane Barr 'Wangin Karobran' returning together: Responding to the needs of indigenous children / youth in out of home care
1430	SP105 Melanie White Child safety: From conversations to action			SP108 Emma Bamblett Why Promoting Staff Wellbeing is good for Aboriginal Child and Family Welfare Business
1500	Afternoon tea
1530	Building community capacity Families in non metropolitan contexts Bayside 102	WS04 Pat Hansen continued Family Inclusion Network NSW Chair: Pat Hansen Presenters: Rosamund Thorpe and Jane Thomson Bay side 105	MC03 Robert Chaskin continued Building community capacity: strategies and challenges for children, youth and families Bayside 103	Building community capacity Responding to indigenous children, families and communities Bayside 104	Panel Session Dr Jennifer Lehmann in conversation with James Reade and Paul Gilding Where to from here: The green imperative to action
1530	SP109 Karen Healy Seachangers, tree-changers or something else?: Understanding the experiences of young families who’ve made the move to non-metropolitan Australia			SP111 Lone Keast Child protection service delivery reforms in Queensland 2004-2008 - Lessons learnt and future directions
1600	SP110 Pooja Sawrikar Culturally appropriate and effective mentoring support for young migrants from the Horn of Africa in Australia			SP112 Kerry Moore Walking the same track- Building the relevance of a mainstream child welfare agency for indigenous children, young people and their families
1630	Close
1700	CAFWAA AGM Bayside 102