Preliminary Programme

Activity

Time

Venue

Registration Only

15.00– 18.00

Adelaide Convention Centre

Exhibition/Display (set-up only)

15.00– 18.00

Adelaide Convention Centre

Activity

Time

Presentations

Registration

08.00- 17.00

Exhibition

08.00- 18.30

Official Opening

09.30-10.00

Keynote Dr Ben Levin
Governments, Research and the Well Being of Children

10.00- 11.00

Morning Tea

11.00- 11.30

Keynote Professor Glenda Mac Naughton
The imperatives and possibilities of  children’s rights for  wellbeing, being and belonging in education

11.30- 12.30

Lunch

12.30- 13.30

Keynote Dr Richard Eckersley
Education and wellbeing: the peril and the promise

13.30- 14.30

Breakout session 1

14.30 – 16.00

1a.
Circle Time and the Development of Social and Emotional Understanding and Healthy Relationships Skills
Dr Sue Roffey (NSW)

1b.
Pandemonium to Peace
Sharon Broadbent,
Lee Scaife,
Jenny Rossiter (SA) &
Dr Simon Petrie (QLD)    

1c.
Delivering Australia’s First National Curriculum
Professor Barry McGaw (VIC)

1d.
Sustainable Design Outcomes for Schools
Max Chester (VIC)

1e.
Wellbeing, Engagement and Learning
James Mulraney &
Michael Huggett (SA)

1f.
Becoming a Source of Belonging – Exploring a Strategic Partnership to Transform the Education Experience of Abused and Traumatized Children
Annette Bulling &
Marina Dickson (SA)

1g.
Getting rich, getting relationships:  The key to being, becoming and belonging
Donna Broadhurst (SA)

1h.
School Characteristics, Parenting and Student Mental Health : Reports from 100 Australian “Kids Matter Schools”
Dr Helen Askell-Williams,
Dr Katherine Dix,
Professor Michael Lawson &
Professor Alan Russell (SA)

1i.
Developing Resilience in the Middle Years
Dr Nan Bahr (QLD)

1j.
Bullies Who Bully in spite of Interventions
Deborah Green,
Dr Barbara Spears (SA) &
Bruce Johnson

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1k.
Constructing, Engaging and Creating
Dr Peter Clements (SA)

Afternoon Tea

16.00 – 16.30

Keynote Dr Jon Jureidini
The School’s Contribution to Children's Mental Health
Session draws on Jon Jureidini's chapter/contribution from the international book "Rethinking ADHA"

16.30 – 17.30

END OF DAY #1

Happy Hour

17.30- 18.30

Activity

Time

Presentations

Registration

08.00- 17.00

Exhibition

08.00- 17.00

Start – Introduction

08.45- 09.00

Keynote Professor Graham Vimpani AM
Promoting full citizenship through investment in child health and wellbeing

09.00- 10.00

Breakout session 2

10.00- 10.45

2a.
The Education of Roma Children in Slovakia
Juraj Dzupa, Ministry of Labour, social affairs and family (Slovakia)

Session duration - (45 mins)

2b.
The SMART Imperative - Supporting Schools to Transform the Education of Abused and Traumatized Children
Marina Dickson (VIC)

2c.
Relational Literacy
Grant Pearson &
Donna Broadhurst

Session duration - (45 mins)

2d.
Constucting Wellbeing; The Child’s Voice - Does it Belong?
Elspeth Stephenson (SA)

Session duration - (45 mins)

2e.
Achieving the Balance - Being and Becoming
Andrew Plastow (SA)

Session duration - (45 mins)

2f.
Using the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) to Develop Policies and Practices to Support Optimal Early Childhood Development
Dr Sharon Goldfield &
Mary Sayers

Session duration - (45 mins)

Breakout session #3

11.15- 12.00

3a.
Transition from Secondary School to Further Education, Training and Work – The Problems and the Policies
Margaret Sykes (ACT)

3b.
Successful Adjustment in Primary School:
A Cross-Sectional Examination into the Relationships Between Contributing Factors
Sharmila Vaz (WA)            

3c.
Values Education and Total Student Wellbeing
Professor Terry Lovat (NSW)

3d.
Developing Caring Thinking
Tina Delchau (SA)

3e.
Being, Becoming and Belonging – for Aboriginal students
Dr Kanwal Singh Neel  (Canada)

3f.
I Can Take Turns But I Have No Friends
Helen Kowalenko (SA)

3g.
Re-engaging Chronic Non-Attending Aboriginal Students in Education: Issues and how they are being addressed through the Tjinatjunanyi Program
Dr Diane Russell &
Rev Hohaia Matthews (SA)

Keynote Jo Mason
If we get the belonging right do we contribute to the being and becoming

12.00- 13.00

Lunch

13.00- 14.00

Breakout session 4

14.00- 15.30

4a.
The Business of Boys and Brains – What’s Different about Teaching and Learning in an Early Year’s Boys Class- What’s Difference Does it Make?
Robyn Waller,
Leanne Prior,
Cathie Luke &
Dot Rowett (SA)

4b.
An Individual Planning tool to assist the implementation of the D.D.A. Education Standards 2005
Geraldine Gray &
Julie Hook (NSW)

4c.
Educating Educators for Social and Emotional Wellbeing
Keith Foggett,
Karen Stafford,
Sue French,
Jenni Gow &
Lesley Harrison (NSW)

4d.
Building Relational Values and Skills in the School Context
Michelle Nemec &
Dr Sue Roffey (NSW)

4e.
Values Education: The end-point is just the beginning. Pedare Christian College – one school’s journey towards values development
Gillian Edwards (SA)

4f.
Learning, Meditation and Neuroscience – Fostering Student Wellbeing
Jim Jackaman (SA)

4g.
Exploring the Perspectives of Australian Children Aged Between 8 and 14 to Safety, Security and Personal Wellbeing
Dr Jonathon Sargeant (QLD)

4h.
Enhancing wellbeing for children who have experienced complex trauma through a transpersonal and transformative orientation- a narrative case study approach focusing on 3 vulnerable children supported in school and home settings
Leigh Burrows (SA)

4i.
Literacy and Belonging:  Finding a Voice in the English Classroom.
Paul Anthony Cullen (NSW)

4j.
A new sense of belonging: Transforming the traditional grammars of schooling to personalise the schooling experience at the Australian Science & Mathematics School
Associate Professor Jim Davies

Afternoon Tea

15.30- 16.00

Keynote Professor Michael Sawyer OAM
The Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Problems: Implications for Policy and Practice

16.00- 17.00

END OF DAY #2

Conference Dinner

19.00- 23.00

 Speaker: Professor Philip Gammage

Activity

Time

Presentations

Registration

08.00- 15.00

Exhibition

09.00- 15.00

Start – Introduction

09.30- 09.45

Keynote Professor Christine Pascal OBE
Working Collaboratively and Respectfully With Children and Parents

09.45- 10.45

Morning Tea

10.45- 11.15

Breakout session 5

11.15- 12.45

5a.
Young Students Making a Difference
Patricia Lutz &
Wilma Sullivan (SA)

5b. 
Moral Education As An Important Medium For Achieving a High Quality of Life
Gabriella Fisarova (Czech Republic)

5c.
Pre-Prep in Remote Indigenous Communities; what we are learning in Queensland
Penny Creamer &
Lynne Moore (QLD)

5d.
Transition to School – it’s the Relationships That Matter
Jodie Field

5e.
Social and Emotional Learning for All Students
Terry Palmer (ACT)

5f.
“Feel the beat and tend the sheep”  - Childrens’ ‘voice’ in assessing the learning environment. An introduction to the DECS Observation Scales – Relationships, Active Learning Environment, Wellbeing, Involvement
Margaret Creeper &
Penny Cook (SA)

5g.
Religious Schools: Dualism Between Academic and Religious Attainments
Risti Permani (SA)

5h.
The Rite Journey – Helping Develop Healthy Young People
Andrew Lines &
Graham Gallasch (SA)

Session duration - (45 mins)

5i.
Supporting Young People: The Blue Light Living Skill’s Programme
Senior Sergeant Karen Robinson (SA)

5j.
“I felt happy because there were some black kids…” Sudanese Refugee Students: Experiences of Belonging at Schools in Africa and South Australia
Melanie Baak  (SA)

5k.
Being and Creating Community: mainstream early Childhood Services as Sites for Social Inclusion and Civic Engagement
Ginie Udy,
Kay Turner,
Rebecca Watson,
Nicole Tytherleigh &
Dr Sandie Wong (NSW)

Lunch

12.45- 13.45

Keynote Professor Collette Tayler
Constructing childhood wellbeing, identity and sense of community in an effectiveness

13.45- 14.45

Summary & close

14.45- 15.10

END OF DAY #3