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CHILD AWARE APPROACHES CONFERENCE

Making Child Wellbeing and Safety Your Responsibility

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 11-12 April 2013

Families Australia, supported by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), hosted the 2013 Child Aware Approaches Conference.

The two day conference aimed to advance the goals of the second three year action plan 2012-2015 under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 the National Mental Health Reform and the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022.

The conference brought together people from government, non-government and research sectors to share innovative practices and resources and to contribute to the national campaign to make the wellbeing and safety of Australia's children everyone's business and shared responsibility.

Keynote presentations:

From anxiety to healthy awareness and acceptance of your responsibility: confronting the challenges of contemporary childhood - Professor Alan Hayes AM, Director, Australian Institute of Family Studies

Child Awareness and the National Framework: What does putting children at the centre mean? - Professor Marie Connolly, School of Social Work, University of Melbourne

The role of Place in children's wellbeing: Is the baby disappearing with the bathwater? - Adjunct Associate Professor Geoff Woolcock, Senior Research Fellow, Wesley Mission, Brisbane

Harnessing the potential outside the child and family sector to transform the lives of children -Professor Fiona Arney, Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection

Oration delivered by Megan Mitchell, National Children’s Commissioner

You can follow Australia’s first National Children’s Commissioner and stay up-to-date with Megan’s National Listening Tour via Twitter @MeganM4Kids or via Facebook by clicking here.

Watch Megan Mitchell's Oration below:

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Audio Presentations

To listen to the presentation by the Halo Leadership Development College click here

Developing Practice
The editors of Developing Practice are seeking original manuscripts for a Special Issue of Developing Practice planned for late 2013 on the theme of “Children’s perspectives”. They would like to invite papers from presenters at the Child Aware Approaches Conference who may wish to write up their conference presentation for publication. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2013. Email c.tilbury@griffith.edu.au.

The Child Aware Approaches Conference Handbook is now available. Click on the image below to view, or click here to view as a printable PDF.

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