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We are delighted to invite you to our Listening, Learning, Leading conference and day of practice workshops on 18 and 19 November to celebrate 20 years of research and collaboration between the ACT’s Health Community Services Directorate and ACU’s Institute of Child Protection Studies.
Join us to celebrate the achievements of this long-time collaboration, to learn about new research that will shape our work in the years to come, and to hear from experienced practitioners about what works to support the lives of children, young people and families. There will also be lots of opportunities to share your experiences and to meet up with fellow practitioners. Scroll down to register.
Listening, learning, leading: Using evidence to inform best practice with children, young people and families in the ACT
A day of keynote addresses, research presentations and a panel discussion from experts across Australia. This day will focus on bringing the research evidence together to inform and support cross sector practice and conversations with children, young people and families. See full program and speakers below.
Choose from a range of 4 workshops that will support knowledge acquisition and skill development in engaging with children, young people and families. These sessions will focus on key practice areas including family violence, neurodiversity in the youth justice space and engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. You can attend one in the morning and one in the afternoon. See workshop options and speakers below.
This event is free and you can attend both days or just one day – either is fine. Do note that places are limited. To ensure that all services are represented, we will cap registrations from organisations. We will get in touch to let you know if your organisation has been capped. Register your details below and look out for an interim confirmation email. We will then be in touch by the end of October. To register, see below.
This event is primarily for practitioners, researchers and policy makers working in the ACT in a range of sectors with children and young people and their families, including: child protection, youth justice, out-of-home care, family support services, ACCOs, domestic violence and family services, health, education and advocacy services.
Stay tuned for confirmation of your registration. Contact us if you have any questions: icps@acu.edu.au
Listening, Learning, Leading
Using evidence to inform best practice with children, young people & families in ACT
| Times | Details | ||
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| 8:00 - 8:30 am | Registration | ||
| 8:30 - 9:30 am | Welcome Welcome to Country - Ngunnawal Elder |
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| 9:30 - 10:15 am | Child protection: public health and the need for prevention, with evidence from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study Keynote: Professor Daryl Higgins |
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| 10:15 - 11:00 am | Radical pragmatism: can we achieve equity in child health development in a generation Keynote: Professor Sharon Goldfeld AM |
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| 11:00 - 11:20 am | Morning tea (catered) & Networking | ||
| 11:20 am-12:05pm | Looking forward and looking back: working with and for Aboriginal children, young people and families Keynote: Aunty Muriel Bamblett, Adjunct Professor |
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| 12:05 - 12:50 pm | Utilising evidence to inform child protection policy, prevention and practice Keynote: Professor Melissa O'Donnell |
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| 1:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch (catered) & networking | ||
| 1:30 - 2:30 pm | The watchtower and the village: preventing crisis, sustaining communities Keynote: Corey White |
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| 2:35- 3:20 pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||
| 2:35 - 3:20 pm | ICPS student showcase | Neurodiversity in the Australian youth justice system: prevalence and implications Dr Hayley Passmore |
Young people's use of violence in the home: Drivers, trajectories, and opportunities for intervention Dr Hayley Boxall |
| 3:20 - 3:40 pm | Afternoon tea (catered) & Networking | ||
| 3:40 - 4:30 pm | Panel discussion: Re-imagining the child protection system | ||
| 4:30 - 4:40 pm | Closing reflections | ||
| 4:40 - 5:00 pm | Final words & thank you | ||
Four workshops, each running for 3 hours, delivered in parallel, once in the morning, then repeated in the afternoon. Choose one workshop in the morning, and one in the afternoon.
| Times | Concurrent practice workshop details (repeated in the afternoon) | ||
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 pm | Workshop 1 Aboriginal family decision making: the original Informed Safety Network and the key to child safety in Australia Presenter: Mark Hudson Presenter: Philip Graham |
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| Workshop 2 Reframing the behaviour of young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Presenter: Dr Hayley Passmore |
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| Workshop 3 Grievance, trauma, gender, shame and masculinity; understanding risk, invitations to collude and systems abuse Presenter: Rodney Vlais |
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| Workshop 4 Infants and families in care: bringing the infant and child alive in the minds of parents, workers and the system when working with domestic and family violence - from conception onwards Presenter: Dr Wendy Bunston OAM |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Lunch break (not catered) | ||
| Concurrent practice workshop details | |||
| 1:30 - 16:30 pm | Workshop 1 Aboriginal family decision making: the original Informed Safety Network and the key to child safety in Australia Presenter: Mark Hudson Presenter: Philip Graham |
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| Workshop 2 Reframing the behaviour of young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Presenter: Dr Hayley Passmore |
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| Workshop 3 Grievance, trauma, gender, shame and masculinity; understanding risk, invitations to collude and systems abuse Presenter: Rodney Vlais |
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| Workshop 4 Infants and families in care: bringing the infant and child alive in the minds of parents, workers and the system when working with domestic and family violence - from conception onwards Presenter: Dr Wendy Bunston OAM |
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| 4:00 - 4:15 pm | Closing, thank you & farewell | ||
The conference Listening, Learning, Leading will be held at the Australian Catholic University Canberra Campus (Signadou) in the Veritas Centre, Building 301. The campus is within easy reach of Canberra’s cafes, walking tracks and galleries. Just 5km from Canberra’s central business district, the campus is in Watson in the gently sloping foothills of Mount Majura, the lands of the Ngunnawal Peoples.
The two days will be held at Australian Catholic University, Canberra Campus Veritas Centre. Please note that Day 1 includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea; Day 2 will not be catered so please bring snacks and lunch or purchase from the campus Café Yala. If you are attending the practice workshops on day two, we request that you bring your own lunch and snacks. Café Yala, the campus café, will be open to purchase food and drinks, and the Watson shops are just a short drive away.
There is plenty of parking (see areas marked with the RED P in the map link below). For those taking public transport, there is a bus stop on Antill Street.
The campus has accessible parking bays and paths offer smooth access to the Veritas Centre Building 301 and within the Centre. Do get in touch if you need more details (contact icps@acu.edu.au).
Canberra Campus (Signadou)
Veritas Centre, Building 301
127 Phillip Ave
Watson ACT 2602
Link to map: https://www.acu.edu.au/locations/canberra
Link to amenities: https://www.acu.edu.au/locations/canberra/canberra-campus-amenity-map
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