Conference Presentations - Friday

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Concurrent Session 4 (Friday 08:30 - 10:00)

ENGAGING CALD & INDIGENOUS FAMILIES
Claire Jennings & Sarah Prescott	Reading Discovery: Evidence Based Pre-literacy Program For Indigenous Vulnerable Families (Presentation not available)
Nella Arthur & Aunty Rose Bamblett	Engaging Indigenous Families: Creative Service Models As Frameworks To Successfully Engage Families Koorie Playgroup Kits
Hema Duff & Megan Clark-ash	Stories Of Our Own: Learning Through Modelling. A Structured Playgroup Model Using Culturally Appropriate Books To Successfully Engage Indigenous Families And Enhance The Skills Of The Facilitators (Presentation not available)
BUILDING RESPONSIVE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Ann Hindell & Creina Mitchell	Advanced Nursing Practices
Hettie Dubow	The Parent Infant Mental Health Initiative: Keeping The Baby In Mind When The Parent Has A Serious Mental Illness
Deborah Nemeth & Julie Maddox	Developing A Language We Can All Understand: Supporting Families And Clinicians By Removing Confusion Around Sleep And Settling Terminology
Paul Ban	Helping Families In Conflict Heal: Effective Use Of The Preparation Phase Of The Family Group Conference (Presentation not available)
SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF YOUNG CHILDREN
Melinda Polimeni	The Validity And Implications Of Parenting Capacity Assessments For Parents In Vulnerable Circumstances
Sean O’Donohue	'Don’t Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater’: Child Protection And Unborns: Practice Issues & Implications (Presentation not available)
Wendy Aspery & Vicki Blight	Protecting The Safety And Wellbeing Of Vulnerable Families In Sydney South West Area Health Service
PROMOTING MATERNAL AND INFANT MENTAL HEALTH
Carol Bennett	Beyond Baby Blues: Tackling Ante And Postnatal Depression (Presentation not available)
Melissa Faulkner	25 Years Of Child Abuse And Neglect Data From The Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane; Abuse Trends And Associated Demographic Variables
Sue Williams	The Enhanced Maternal And Child Health Program: Utilizing An Infant Mental Health Approach
Janet Little	The Promotion Of Parental Self -Efficacy During The Vulnerable Second Year: Within The Maternal And Child Health Program In The Municipality Of Bayside
Nichole Russell & Ann O’Doherty	Imagination Magic

Concurrent Session 5 (Friday 10:30 - 11:30)

ENGAGING CALD & INDIGENOUS FAMILIES
Myfanwy McDonald & Liz Mann	Utilisation Of Maternal And Child Health Services In The City Of Greater Dandenong: Engaging And Working With Vulnerable Families
Renee Bonnici	The Communication And Language Assistance Program Reaching At Risk Communities
Sheryl Sidery & Jhan Leach	The Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Mothers’ Art, Health And Wellness Group
Kerry Hodge & Rebekah Grace	Beliefs Of Early Childhood Professionals About Vulnerable Culturally Diverse Families: What Do We Know And Need To Know?
Jessica Waters & Monica Vasquez	Links To School A Collaborative Service To Promote School Readiness
Sue Dockett	“I Hated School. I Don’t Want Her To Be The Same”: Families With Complex Support Needs And The Transition To School
SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF YOUNG CHILDREN
Jennifer Crimmins	The Impact Of Community Child Health Engagement: Child Protection Outcomes For Children Of Substance Using Mothers
Jeanine young	Sleeping Babies Safely: Consistent And Collaborative Approaches To Reduce Preventable Deaths
Natalie Duma & Jill Green	Working Together To Reduce The Risk Of SIDS And Fatal Infant Sleeping Accidents In Vulnerable Families
BUILDING RESPONSIVE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Ruth Schmidt Neven	Building Relationships And Resilience For Emotional Well-being
Gaye Mitchell	Practice Research: Building Better Practice, Deeper Knowledge, More Confident Staff And A Learning Culture
Jane Caldwell	A Critical Ethnomethodological Study Recognizing Parenting Strengths In Vulnerable Families
PROMOTING MATERNAL AND INFANT MENTAL HEALTH
Susan McDonough	The Therapeutic Relationship In Interaction Guidance (Presentation not available)
Katy Curtis	Including Infants
Rita Goodman & Jo Garton	Paint The West Read: Mental Health Promotion In South West Queensland
Jane Hanckel	Nurturing The Spirit Of Childhood (Presentation not available)

Concurrent Session 6 (Friday 11:35 - 12:35)

ENGAGING CALD & INDIGENOUS FAMILIES
Silvia Mikhail & Otha Akoch	Multicultural Development Unit: A Multi-focal Approach To Engaging CALD Families
Cathy Grove & Rosemary Stewart	QEC Parenting Plus Program Evaluation
Judith Keller & Janine Regan	Growing Stronger Together: Working With CALD Families To Create Supportive, Sustainable Community Owned Playgroups
Karen Scobell	Good Practice In Child And Family Welfare Services For Aboriginal Children, Young People And Families Case Studies And Learnings From The Centre For Excellence Monograph
Julian Grant	Putting The ‘Multi’ Back Into ‘Culture’ In Child And Family Health Nursing
SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF YOUNG CHILDREN
Kimberley Flanagan & Angela Forbes	Family Services Policy Into Practice
Gaye Mitchell, Stacey Maric & Tersia Kirsten	Keeping Mother And Baby Safe: In-Home Family Services Practice With Families With High Risk Infants: Achievements And Challenges
BUILDING RESPONSIVE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Leanne Sheeran & Angela Wallis	Building A Responsive And Resilient Organisational Culture: A Case Study Of The Mitchell Shire MCH Service
Melissa Coutts & Tony Robinson	Mytime Peer Support For Families Of A Child With A Disability Of Chronic Medical Condition: Creating Opportunities For Families To Share
PROMOTING MATERNAL AND INFANT MENTAL HEALTH
Lynne Bishop & Kerryn Blackshaw	Promoting Positive Maternal And Infant Health Outcomes In An Enhanced Maternal And Child Health Program
Anthony Raitman	The Maternal And Child Health Response To Family Violence
Leanne Lewis & Delwyn Carpenter	The Raphael Centre, St John Of God Hospital Berwick, Victoria: Enhancing Parent And Infant Mental Health
Ben Bradley & Jane Selby	Group Relations In The First Year: New Understandings Of Infant Psychopathology And Its Treatment
Michelle Bampfield	The Use Of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing With Parents With Infants In The Neonatal Unit Who Have Experienced An Unexpected Traumatic Event At/or Shortly After Delivery