parents, families and carers:
our place in the human services, our agenda for change
NAtiONAL conference
Sydney 17-18 March 2008
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Program
Day One:
Monday 17 March
8.30 Registration
9.30 Welcome -
Jenny Shale, President, National
Federation of Parents, Families and
Carers
9.35 Introduction -
Vern Hughes,
Secretary, National Federation of Parents, Families
and Carers
9.50 Starting Points for a National Agenda for Change - Panel of five
parents, families
and carers
Bronwyn
Thoroughgood
Isaac Smith
Aileen Ryan
Anita Siegersma
Mary Beijerinck-Gooley
10.15 Group
discussion: Our agenda for change?
10.30 Keynote address (1)
Jenny Shale What
we need to do
11.00 Morning Tea
11.30 Starting Points for a
National Agenda for Change - Concurrent sessions
Stream One:
Our National Agenda for Change - further discussion
Vern Hughes
NFPFC
Stream Two:
Parenting and family support
Sally Brown
Circles of
Security in early childhood
Gwen Rayner
and
Lisa Hingst
Butterfly Wings Child Parent Program
Trudy James Playgroups on the Move
Stream Three: System failure in the human services and alternative models - a
family-centred child
protection system
Erica
McKinnon
Family Inclusion Network WA
Patricia Kiely
Family Group Decision Making
Stream Four: Caring for carers
Isaac Smith NSW Working Carers
Gateways
Joan Hughes CEO Carers
Australia
Naila Raiman
Carers and chronic illness
1.00 Lunch
1.45 Keynote address (2)
Belinda Epstein-Frisch
Models of family empowerment
2.15 Concurrent sessions
Stream Five:
New Funding Models
Vern
Hughes
In Control UK
Stream Six:
New Support and Service Delivery Models
Bob Lester Families in Partnership
Patricia Berruti
Australian Foundation for Disability
Melanie Greblo
Families and hospice care
Stream Seven: Families and Mental Illness
Jenni Mazlin-Law
Margaret Cook
Sandra Vidot
Stream Eight: Social and Political Leadership for Families
Jenny Shale
Aileen Ryan
3.15 Afternoon tea
3.45 Keynote (3)
Suzette
Gallagher
OAM Natural Neighbourhood Networks
4.15 Strategic Directions - Panel of four speakers
Joan Foley
Bob Lester
Kelly Knick-Parish
Richard Cabrita
5.00 Close
6.00
Drinks
Speaker: Jenny Shale
- My Story
Day Two:
Tuesday 18 March
9.00 Registration
9.30 Key Issues in the
National Agenda for Change - Panel of four speakers
Jessica Revill
Rozanna Lilley
Lynette Pearce
Alan Murnane
10.15 Keynote address (4)
Vern Hughes
- Divisive Issues, Additional Issues: Finding
a way forward, bringing everyone along:
Control
over money
Facilities or
individuals
Child care
Supported
accommodation
Education for every
child
Payments for
families and carers
11.00 Morning Tea
11.30 Key Issues in the
National Agenda for Change - Concurrent sessions
Stream Six: New Support and Service Delivery Models
Amber Conwell and
Lisa Matthews Communities for Children
Anita Siegersma A Village Model for
Children and Families
Sue Dark
Family Insight
Stream
Six: New Support and Service Delivery Models
Viviene Mangos
Adelaide Autism project
Richard Cabrita
Jessie’s Voice
Jennifer Cooper
Families and disability
Stream Nine: Refining our
Agenda
Vern Hughes
NFPFC
1.00 Lunch
1.45 The Federation -
panel of speakers
Aileen
Ryan
Bronwyn
Thoroughgood
Jenny Shale
2.15 Our Agenda for Change - Concurrent sessions
Stream Ten: Change
in funding models
Facilitator:
Vern Hughes
Stream Eleven:
Change towards genuine partnerships
with families
Facilitator:
Bronwyn Thoroughgood
Stream Twelve:
Change in schools
Facilitator:
Jenny Shale
Stream Thirteen:
A strong national voice
Facilitator:
Aileen Ryan
3.15 Afternoon tea
3.45 Our Agenda for
Change - Feedback from sessions
4.15 Strategic Directions - Panel of four speakers
Suzette Gallagher OAM
Melanie Greblo
Bronwyn Thoroughgood
Jenni Mazlin-Law
4.45 Close
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