Events
Theme: Strengthening Care 2012: Best Outcomes
Hosted by: Foster Care Association of Victoria
Where: Sebel Hotel, Albert Park, Victoria
When: 20 & 21 October 2012
For more information visit www.strengtheningcare2012.com.au
The Call for Papers for the 2012 National Foster & Kinship Care Conference is now open. Applications close Wednesday, 1 February 2012. Download application form.
National Foster Carers Conference August 2010
Where: Wrest Point Casino, Hobart
When: 28–29th August 2010
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- Speaker list
- Looking after vulerable & traumatised children – Noel Macnamara and Mark Heland
- Developing a Carers “Tool Box” – Berry Dunston
- Carers “Tool Box” handouts – Berry Dunston
- W.A. Respite Program – Brenda Yelland
- Keynote – Bryan Jeffrey
- Trauma & post traumatic stress disorder – Bryan Jeffrey
- Children’s visitor project – Colleen Moran-Ford
- Psychological wellbeing of foster carers – Daniel McAlpine
- National standards for OOHC – Diane Caney and Rosie Crumpton-Crook
- Accredited training for foster & kinship carers – Dianne Mathieson
- Valuing the skills, knowledge & experience of carers – Gail Walton
- Innovation & sexuality education – Georgina Livingstone and Holly Brennan
- What’s the plan – Jacquie Reed
- Multi systemic therapy – Justine Harris
- Developmental home therapy – Kathryn Shutt
- Levels of Subsidies for all States & Territories and Foster Care Estimates 2000–2009 – Marilyn McHugh
- Kinship care; where does it belong – Tricia Sheahan and Frances Klaasen