ECIA NSW Conference 2011 PROGRAMME

Day 1 – THURSDAY 27^th October

8.00	REGISTRATION
	Endeavour Grand Ballroom
9.00 - 9.30	Official Opening Richard Green “Welcome to Country” Sylvana Mahmic ECIA NSW President Andrew Constance MP Minister for Disability Services
9.30 - 10.30	Keynote: Tim Moore Rethinking early childhood intervention services: Implications for policy and practice
10.45 - 11.15	MORNING TEA Poster presentations
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11.15 - 12.15	Kim Bulkeley, Kylie Irvin & Anna Minney Therapy assistants: Building capacity in rural & remote therapy services	Pamela Macrossan & Elizabeth Fulton An introduction to KU Marcia Burgess Autism Specific Early Learning + Care Centre (ASELCC)	Lesley Burnett, Simone Gerber, Kamle El Hawat & Peta Crafter Developing a parent-to-parent programme: Enhancing the capacity of families	Myrna Dominguez, Jacqueline Haidar & Kim Kliman Supporting children with Autism in a mainstream early childhood service - 5 years on	Sylvana Mahmic New funding models: What you need to know
12.15 - 1.15	LUNCH Endeavour Grand Ballroom
	Endeavour Grand Ballroom
1.15 - 1.30	Parent Line (including ECI Infoline) - Tarja Malone
1.30 - 2.45	Keynote: Robyn Mildon Supporting early childhood practice: Building our capacity to better support parents with an intellectual disability and their children
2.45 - 3.15	National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Daniel Kyriacou
3.15 - 3.45	AFTERNOON TEA
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3.45 - 4.45	Georgia Callaghan & Alison Madelaine Preschool early literacy intervention: is it necessary	Julie Cowmeadow Therapy transition programme: Enhancing the capacity of families to make decisions around therapy needs for their child	Deb McEvoy-Herbert & Vanessa Sheer Innovative service delivery provides timely empowerment for parents	Rosemary Signorelli STARTTerS Collaborative Early Childhood Services with refugee families	Margaret Ross SIt takes a community to build capacity in early childhood settings: The challenging role of an Early Childhood Consultant
5.00 - 6.00	ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP BUILDING ON KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Tim Moore

Day 2 – FRIDAY 28^th October

7.45 - 8.00	REGISTRATION
	Endeavour Grand Ballroom
8.00	BREAKFAST
8.30 - 9.15	ECIA (NSW Chapter) Review of activities 2010-11
9.15 - 9.30	Exhibits
9.30 - 10.45	Keynote: Christine Johnston Lighting the way: Inclusive communities, early childhood intervention and the role of expertise
10.45 - 11.15	MORNING TEA Poster presentations
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11.15 - 12.15	Jan Wright, Maureen Silleri, Rita Wright & Sheryn Turvey Ngroo mentoring programme ("Being included" in Yorta Yorta dialect)	Christine Morandini & Rebecca Manning Supporting children's communication development	Christine Johnston & Helen Lunn Building staff, agency and community capacity: Leading through competency frameworks and practitioner and parental expertise	Kim Roots & Marianne Brazier Making a difference: the importance of embracing the ordinary in encouraging lives of meaning and connection	Jannelle Gallagher Working together: Meeting everyone's needs
12.15 - 1.30	LUNCH Endeavour Grand Ballroom Networking group - La Perouse 1 (12.30)
	Endeavour Grand Ballroom
1.30 - 2.45	Keynote: Iona Novak Growing evidence-based early childhood intervention
2.45 - 3.15	AFTERNOON TEA
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3.15 - 4.15	Gwendalyn Webb Developing a culturally appropriate early childhood language screener for use within an Aboriginal early childhood context	Iona Novak The art and science of supporting parents at diagnosis	Karen Fermin & Jessica Kean SIBS art projects	Jane Warren, Mandy Pincham & Judy Beadman Supported playgroups: How do we measure the benefits?	Kerry Dominish Volunteering in early childhood intervention services: Strengthening communities
4.15 - 5.00	Endeavour Grand Ballroom - Plenary discussion: Christine Johnston, Tim Moore & Iona Novak