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Children & young people

Family wellbeing & parenting

Service systems

Developments in policy

Family violence & abuse

Program innovation & evaluations

Out-of-home care

Families & the family law system

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

WEDNESDAY 25 JULY
0800	Registration opens
0900	PLENARY SESSION
Room	Room 105/106
0900	Welcome to Country – Aunty Diane Kerr, Wurundjeri Tribe Conference opening – Anne Hollonds, Director, Australian Institute of Family Studies
0930	Ministerial Address – The Hon Dr David Gillespie MP, Assistant Minister for Children and Families
1000	Keynote address: Families: What, So What, Now What? Nora Spinks, CEO, Vanier Institute of the Family, Canada
1100	Morning tea
1130	Breakout 01	Breakout 02	Breakout 03	Breakout 04	Breakout 05	Breakout 06	Breakout 07	Breakout 08
Room	Room 101	Room 103	Room 105/106	Room 107	Room 102	Room 104	Room 108	Room 110
Facilitator	Jenny Renda	Tasneem Chopra	Ruth Weston	Bruce Smyth	Jen Lorains	Esta Paschalidis-Chilas	Kay Patterson	Rebecca Armstrong
	Parenting and early education	Symposium NSW reforms for outcomes Sponsor	Symposium Family law and financial matters	Symposium What matters in Australian Family life education and support?	Symposium Children’s Ground: Evidencing system and service reform led by First Nations families	Symposium Cultural diversity matters: Optimising outcomes for migrant and refugee families Sponsor	Symposium Elder abuse	Program evaluation snapshots
1130	From being ‘at risk’ to being ‘a risk’: Journeys into parenthood among disadvantaged young mothers Megan Blaxland	An overview of reforms for outcomes in NSW The Hon Pru Goward MP	Australian family property law: ‘Just and equitable’ outcomes? Belinda Fehlberg, Lisa Sarmas	Symposium outline Couple relationship education in Australia: Going, going, gone Bruce Smyth	Symposium outline Evidencing systems reform with families Jen Lorains, Felicity Hayes, Veronica Turner, Lorrayne Gorey	Innovative service responses for migrant and refugee children and families Stephen O’Neill, Settlement Services International	Developing an Australian definition of abuse of older people Rachel Carson, Briony Dow, Luke Gahan, Lixia Qu	Improved outcomes for families and children by linking research to practice – the final stage of the implementation of Wanslea’s Practice Framework- Continuous Quality Improvement Pauline Dixon Empowering parents / empowering communities: The benefits and challenges of delivering parenting programs in community languages Colleen Turner Understanding our Impact – RAV’s journey towards outcomes-focused thinking Anastasia Pana Data Exchange – Innovative Outcomes Reporting Robert Stedman Watch This Space – An innovative approach to educating teachers about young carers Zoi Triandafilidis, Daniel Glaubert Evaluation of an early parenting program for young parents (to 25 years) Cecily Strange Models of belonging: Intergenerational care for families Jennifer Cartmel Family 100 WA Research Project: Understanding the lived experience of entrenched disadvantage Susan Young
1150	Choosing supplementary education: Variables that influence parents to enrol their Australian school-age children into academic programs outside of school time Mariko Francis	Their Futures Matter Tahn O’Brien	Effective community based, court ordered, lawyer assisted property conciliation Andrew Bickerdike	Parenting education in Australia: A rapid evidence assessment update Michelle Macvean		“Hub” approaches to achieving resilience in migrant and refugee families Kenny Duke, ACCESS Community Services	Estimating the extent of elder abuse using existing national surveys Ilan Katz
1210	Driving quality – a case study of raising the quality of early childhood services in the Northern Territory using the values chain Susan Edwards	The NSW Practice Framework Kate Alexander	Small claims, large battles: Rebuilding financial security for vulnerable women in the family law system Tania Clarke	Preventing and responding to conflict and violence: A family life education perspective Daryl Higgins	What does an authentic approach to ‘families leading the way’ really look like? Mel Kean, Felicity Hayes, Veronica Turner, Lorrayne Gorey	Understanding the barriers to migrant women’s economic and social participation Wendy Cisar, Spectrum	Respecting Elders – A Preventative and Treatment Strategy for Elder Abuse Jenni Dickson
1230		A Commissioning for better outcome approach Deidre Mulkerin	Have the financial consequences of relationship separation changed for older Australians? A comparison of two cohorts Lixia Qu, Matthew Gray, David Stanton, David de Vaus Discussant Ruth Weston	Discussant Denise Lacey		Ageing in refugee and migrant communities Despina Haralambopoulos, MiCare	Discussant Kay Patterson
1250	Session reflections
1300	Lunch: poster displays and exhibition
1300	Lunchtime presentations
Room	Room 103
	Stories from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset — Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Learning Sciences Institute Australia (Australian Catholic University), and the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (Australian National University)
Room	Room 104
	Translating practice knowledge and expertise into qualifications for the family and community workforce – Jennifer StGeorge, University of Newcastle
1400	Breakout 09	Breakout 10	Breakout 11	Breakout 12	Breakout 13	Breakout 14	Breakout 15	Breakout 16
Room	Room 101	Room 105/106	Room 102	Room 104	Room 103	Room 107	Room 108	Room 110
Facilitator	Ruth Weston	Brad Morgan	Megan Carroll	David Coall	Diana Warren	Jacqui Harvey	Catherine Wade	Kathryn Goldsworthy
	Family law and post separation	Symposium The National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health: Improving the lives of infants, children and families	Out-of-home care	Symposium Grandparents who care full time for their grandchildren	Symposium The Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme Sponsor	Family wellbeing	Symposium What matters most to parents: The evidence, opportunities, and policy implications	Service design snapshots
1400	“I’m at a crossroads”: supporting families through the Family Law System with the Family Safety Navigation Model Marie Yorston	Symposium outline Introducing the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health Brad Morgan Diagnosis in child mental health: Exploring the benefits, risks and alternatives Rhys Price-Robertson Trauma informed care: Why bother? How does it work and does it help? Nicola Palfrey National to local: Implementation to support practice Helen Francis The ‘what’ and the ‘how’: Using educational design and knowledge translation to support evidence-informed practice Derek McCormack	Service use and support for children in OOHC and their carers Ilan Katz	Symposium outline Developing a research agenda with grandparent carers: Identifying a need, stakeholders, and getting the question right Denise Gray	Overview of the Transition and Wellbeing Programme Miranda Van Hooff, Stephanie Hodson	‘Weighing up the Odds’: Young men, sports and betting Rebecca Jenkinson	Symposium outline Parenting today in Victoria: What parents say about their parenting experience and the implications for policy Jan Matthews, Catherine Wade	Using public data in designing an early childhood health service—a South Australian model Alice Steeb Measuring effectiveness in a multi-stream service delivery organisation—a reflection on processes, outcomes, and strengths-based failures! Robyn Parker, Matt Stubbs Supporting newly arrived families through flexible and tailored settlement service delivery: The National Settlement Services Outcomes Standards Nicholas Tebbey Promoting wellbeing and resilience in veterans and military families Marissa Dickins Realising the potential of co-design: Imagining a future where families’ needs drive service development Sue Leahy Responding to the needs of families: Outreach in the Tasmanian early years’ service system Kim Jose Repairing and rebuilding relationships after family violence Jeanette Miller Australian outcomes of open adoption study Susan Tregeagle
1420	What works for separated parents and caregivers making parenting arrangements in New Zealand Megan Gollop		Aboriginal infant removals: Trends, disparities and challenges Melissa O’Donnell, Stephanie Taplin, Rhonda Marriott	Informing future policy and service development for grandparent carers—accessibility, gaps and needs Mark Liddiard	From military service to civilian life: The Impact of transition on ADF servicemen and servicewomen Miranda Van Hooff	Volunteer Family Connect: Strengthening family relationships and wellbeing through social connection Kelly Baird, Jayne Meyer Tucker, Hannah Francis	Parenting trends in a digital age: A window into what matters to parents Julie Green, Derek McCormack
1440	The opportunity and challenge of interdisciplinary collaborative process as a dispute resolution process for families. Jackie Jones, David Roberts		Lifelong connections for children in permanent care: What supports families to facilitate positive birth family contact? Susan Collings, Amy Conley Wright	Western Australian grandcarer families: State-wide survey, diverse grandcarers and leadership camps David Coall, Myra Taylor, Ruth Marquis, Francesca Robertson, Michelle Jenkins	Exploring the impact of deployment to a combat zone: The impact of combat study Ellie Lawrence-Wood, Jess Styles	The importance of student and parent voice in driving school improvement—the evidence from New South Wales Ian McCarthy	Perceptions of parenting: implications for policy and practice Annette Michaux
1500			Well-being and education for children in out of home care Michelle Townsend		Impact of transition from military to civilian life on families Diana Smart, Loretta Poerio	The child safe journey; the role of organisations and families in upholding children’s rights Megan Mitchell	Discussant Kim Little
1520	Session reflections
1530	Afternoon tea
1545	PANEL SESSION
Room	Room 105/106
1545	Panel: Can we make the economy work better for families? Panellists: Dr Richard Denniss, Professor Lyn Craig, Professor Janeen Baxter, Dr John Hewson AM Facilitator: Virginia Trioli
1730 – 1930	Welcome event

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

THURSDAY 26 JULY
0800	Registration opens
0900	Plenary session, Room 105/106 Keynote address: Protecting children: Time for a new story? Professor Brigid Featherstone, University of Huddersfield, UK
1000	Morning tea
1030	Breakout 17	Breakout 18	Breakout 19	Breakout 20	Breakout 21	Breakout 22	Breakout 23	Breakout 24
Room	Room 108	Room 101	Room 103	Room 102	Room 104	Room 107	Room 105/106	Room 110
Facilitator	Meredith O’Connor Steven Hope	Jade Purtell	Marlene Krasovistky	Jacqui Harvey	Argiri Alisandratos	Tony Pietropiccolo AM	Ruth Weston	Rebecca Armstrong
	Symposium Mental health from pre-conception to early adolescence	Foster and kinship care	Symposium ‘New age’ families: Negotiating new roles, relationships and opportunities for ‘modern families’ and avoiding the pitfalls in an older Australia Sponsor	Children and family violence	Symposium Strong families, safe children: Directions in Victorian child and family services	Symposium What really matters? Rethinking how we value Australia’s children	Symposium Recognising and facilitating multiple and differing relationship priorities after separation	Program evaluation snapshots
1030	Symposium outline Understanding the intergenerational transmission of mental health problems Elizabeth Spry	A hidden group of young kinship carers: The young and ‘care-full’ research project Meredith Kiraly	Ageing, older people and ageism – challenging assumptions about ageing and the role of older people in families and communities Marlene Krasovitsky	Including children’s voices in an anti-violence campaign Andrew Johnson	Re-imagining the boundaries Kym Peake	Symposium outline Children’s rights and needs in an adult world Linda Savage	Symposium outline How parents use ‘the best interests of the child’ to define and negotiate a ‘good’ post-separation relationship. Kristin Natalier, Priscilla Dunk-West	The Expert Panel project: reflections and results from a national workforce capacity building initiative Sharnee Moore Evaluation of a collective impact family violence prevention initiative: Learnings from the first two years Allison Byrnes Can cross-agency teams Improve the response to severe abuse for children and families: Findings from the evaluation of the multi-agency Investigation & support team (WA) James Herbert Principles before rules: Child-centred, family-focused and practitioner-led evaluation in child protection Stefan Kmit Using evidence to find out what matters to families so that we can ensure our services are responsive to client needs Shae Johnson, Beth McCann Reconnecting mothers and children after violence (RECOVER): The Australian child-parent psychotherapy pilot Leesa Hooker Not just another outcomes framework—collaborating to hold government to account for WA’s children & young people Sarah Murthy DOMINO Dataset Tim Reddel
1050	Understanding mental health as children start school Meredith O’Connor	Caring about carers: Findings from a national survey of foster and relative/kinship carers Lixia Qu	Meet the grandparents, 2.0 Duncan Young	Children living with domestic and family violence: A differential response through multi-agency collaboration Cathy Humphreys	Child and family services reforms in Victoria Argiri Alisandratos	National policy on child safety and wellbeing: Where have we been? Where should we be going? Brian Babington	Children’s experiences of ‘home’ after parental separation. Belinda Fehlberg, Bruce Smyth
1110	Mental health competence at age 11 and its assoication with health behaviour at age 14: Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study Steven Hope	Family violence in kinship care in Victoria Rachel Breman, Ann MacRae	On for young and old Renata Singer	Addressing filicide in Australia: Research and action Thea Brown	Transitioning Aboriginal children to Aboriginal community controlled organisations Raylene Harradine, Muriel Bamblett, Karen Heap and Beth Allen	Essentials for Childhood: Where prevention of child-abuse is an essential element Daryl Higgins	What do we stand to gain by recognising post-separation losses? Vivienne Elizabeth
1130	Emotional behaviour difficulties across childhood and mental health service use: Findings from a longitudinal Australian population based study Melissa Mulraney	kContact—improving contact between children in OOHC and their parents: Carers’ account of contact Stephanie Taplin	Is that ageist? Emma Dawson	Building our understandings of children’s lived experiences of domestic and family violence Debbie Noble-Carr, Morag McArthur, Tim Moore	Beyond 18: Young people leaving care outcomes study Stewart Muir, Meredith Jones, Eleanor Williams		The discursive power of the law: Its influence on professional and litigant decision-making and post-separation parenting arrangements in family law. Zoe Rathus Discussant Lawrie Moloney
1150	Session reflections
1200	Lunch: poster displays and exhibition
1200	Lunchtime presentations
Room	Room 103
	What matters to parents with problematic substance use and their children? – Anne Tidyman, Odyssey House
Room	Room 104
	Who’s got the box lid? Putting the puzzle of independent oversight together to effectively monitor services for children and young people – Trish Heath, WA Commissioner for Children and Young People
1300	Breakout 25	Breakout 26	Breakout 27	Breakout 28	Breakout 29	Breakout 30	Breakout 31	Breakout 32
Room	Room 108	Room 102	Room 101	Room 103	Room 105/106	Room 104	Room 107	Room 110
Facilitator	Jenny Baxter	Edward Dunstan	Ruth Weston	Chris Vanstone	Jade Purtell	Sharnee Moore	Jess Dunstan	Kirsty Nowlan
	Families and the economy	Carers	Housing and living arrangements	Symposium Interrupting disadvantage and creating cycles of opportunity: How co-design and evidence inform innovation Sponsor	Leaving care	Family law processes within the courts	Young people and wellbeing	Workshop National child and family wellbeing targets — being accountable for what matters for children and families Sponsor
1300	Fifty years of changing families: Implications for income support Matthew Gray	Future matters: Ageing parent carers, adult siblings and succession planning Zoi Triandafilidis, Tom Hinton, Lorraine Villaret, Freya Saich, Sarah Judd-Lam	My home is where my family lives: the changing nature of children’s housing in the 21st century Wendy Stone	Symposium outline Practical explorations in breaking cycles of disadvantage in Australia Presenters: Vita Maiorano, Lauren Weinstein, Chris Vanstone, Alfie Bamblett, Jade Carey, Nicole Seddon	Storying relationships and self: how family, friends, and caseworkers matter in out-of-home care kylie valentine	How de facto do you need to be? Analysing the Family Court’s determinations on whether a relationship is ‘de facto’ under the Family Law Act Michelle Fernando	A multi-level public health approach to empower parents for youth mental health Marie Yap	Workshop outline Measurement and accountability for child wellbeing outcomes in Australia: Preliminary issues paper for improving indicators of child wellbeing in Australia Peter Walsh Panellists: Louise York Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Kate Sollis Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) Stella Conroy Families Australia Tahn O’Brien Their Futures Matter
1320	The effect of changing financial incentives on repartnering Hayley Fisher	The grandparenting paradox: Can you have too much of a good thing? David Coall, Sonja Hilbrand, Myra Taylor, Ruth Marquis, Jenni Werner, Denis Gerstorf, Ralph Hertwig	Home is where the heart is Philippa Forge		A case study of policy failure: Young people transitioning from out of home care in Victoria Phillip Mendes	Exploring gendered trauma within family law Rachael Fernald	The role of families in youth mental healthcare: Findings from the headspace evaluation Fiona Hilferty, Ilan Katz
1340	The impact of non-standard employment on relationship stability. A comparison of cohabiting unions and marriages Inga Lass	What matters most to families of older people in consumer directed care: Literature review Anne Muldowney	Living the high life? Parents’ experiences of raising children in new high density housing developments in Melbourne Fiona Andrews, Elyse Warner, Belinda Robson		Simple social welfare reform to foster social and economic wellbeing for the most vulnerable Paul McDonald	Self-representation in family law matters where there are allegations of violence from the perspectives of Independent Children’s Lawyers Miranda Kaye	Children’s residence after separation and parents’ reports of their child’s progress at school: Do children’s living arrangements matter? Alex Masardo
1400	Policy versus economic impacts: The economic position of Australian single parents post the GFC Matthew Gray	Young carers: the influence of informal caring on cognitive and social outcomes Diana Warren	“Take it as it comes”: How Australian families make the return to co-residence work Elyse Warner		When family history is more than a hobby: improving the well-being of Care Leavers through genealogical research and narrative practice Cate O’Neill	Direct cross-examination in family law matters – A new approach? Rachel Carson	Examining effects of family factors on youth delinquency: Mediation of protective factors Xuexin Xu Kala Ruby
1420	Session reflections
1430	Afternoon tea Launch of ‘Fairy godparents and fake kin’ – Kinship care research report, Meredith Kiraly Launched by Victorian Children’s Commissioner, Liana Buchanan and Cathy Humphreys Sponsored by Berry Street
1500	PANEL SESSION
Room	Room 105/106
1500 – 1700	Panel: System reform: Is it dead? Panellists: Professor Brigid Featherstone, Adjunct Professor Muriel Bamblett AM, Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM, Dr Nicholas Gruen Facilitator: Madonna King

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

0925Session changeover

FRIDAY 27 JULY
0800	Registration opens
0830	SYMPOSIUM / PLENARY SESSIONS
Room	Room 106				Room 105
Facilitator	Madonna King				Anne Hollonds
	Review of the family law system: Issues and opportunities – Professor Helen Rhoades				Nudges uncovered: Can behavioural insights contribute to our understanding of “What matters most to families in the 21^st century”? Dr David Halpern, Dr Nicholas Gruen, Sam Hannah-Rankin
0930	Breakout 33	Breakout 34	Breakout 35	Breakout 36	Breakout 37	Breakout 38	Breakout 39	Breakout 40
Room	Room 104	Room 108	Room 103	Room 101	Room 107	Room 102	Room 105	Room 106
Facilitator	Lixia Qu	Jade Purtell	David Ansell	Jennifer Baxter	Rebecca Jenkinson	Karen Broadley	Kelly Hand	Karen Field
	Family law	Symposium Transforming policy reforms into practice in the statutory family – a case study of Victorian leaving care initiatives	Symposium Working together: Government, Philanthropy and Research: The Early Years Initiative in Western Australia Sponsor	Symposium Fathers at work	Young people and technology	Child protection systems	Symposium panel “Are we even studying families anymore?” How longitudinal studies can help us to understand contemporary families: What are the emerging opportunities and the challenges we face?	Workshop Reforming Family Violence service provision through co-production and recovery oriented service models Sponsor
0930	The intersection of family violence and Family Dispute Resolution: Implications for practice Joe Harman	Symposium outline From funding success to finding your service users: Navigating the leaving care system to provide legal support to eligible young people Sandeep Varma Advantaged thinking in out of home care: Preparing young people for independence using a capabilities approach Marion Coddou Raising Expectations – Improving Educational Outcomes for Young People Leaving Care Joanna Humphries Better futures: Stronger and streamlined leaving care practice using a capabilities approach Joe Howie Brighter futures: The transformative power of co-design and collective impact Meg Beilken, Laura Johns Discussant Phillip Mendes	Symposium outline Research into Policy David Ansell	Symposium outline Trends in fathers’ working arrangements Jennifer Baxter	Out of the dark: Harnessing the views of young people to improve online safety Carol Ronken	Towards a comprehensive model of child protection system change Ilan Katz	Symposium outline Panellists: Liz Allen Australian National University Tim Reddel Department of Social Services Mark Wooden Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, University of Melbourne Diana Warren Australian Institute of Family Studies	Workshop outline Presenters: Karen Field Beth McCann iHeal team member Chaka Johnson iHeal Recovery Support Worker Amuna Abdella iHeal Case Coordinator
0950	What matters to families at FMC: Medium and longer term outcomes for Family Dispute Resolution clients Becky Batagol		Government Action Vicki Jack	The impact of change and stability in fathers’ work-family conflict on children’s mental health Liana Leach	LSAC goes online – Improving engagement with young people through digital channels Katrina Martin	Empowering families through greater transparency, accountability and fairness in child protection proceedings: a 21st century approach to child protection litigation? Nigel Miller
1010	Rethinking confidentiality, the wicked problem and the absent moral debate; Lessons from FRC’s, the Canadian experience, restorative and innovative justice Ian Connop		Business and Philanthropy Hayley Panetta	Job quality, change and stability in work-family conflict and fathers’ mental health Amanda Cooklin	What’s in a game? Megan Carroll	Working with families – 3 practice-based approaches for child protection Jack Davenport
1030	Findings from the children and young people in separated families study Rachel Carson			The father effect – Advancing men taking parental leave in Australia Emma Walsh	Parenting in digital age: Lessons from Australian families Bjorn Nansen	Cross-agency responses to the investigation of severe child abuse: A national comparison James Herbert
1050	Session reflections
1100	Morning tea
1115	Breakout 41	Breakout 42	Breakout 43	Breakout 44	Breakout 45	Breakout 46			Breakout 47	Breakout 48
Room	Room 105	Room 101	Room 102	Room 106	Room 107	Room 103	Room 104	Room 108
Facilitator	Brian Babington	Jamie Lee	Sue West	Rebecca Jenkinson	Megan Carroll	Nadine Liddy	Heather Nancarrow	Stewart Muir
	Symposium Using people-centered evidence to shape policy strategy and implementation: new approaches to data analysis and stakeholder co-design from the Department of Social Services Sponsor	Symposium Harnessing workhorses or herding cats? Collaborating across the Relationships Australia Federation to research what matters most to families	Symposium Parents as partners in place based initiatives	Policy considerations	Child development	Symposium Young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in Australia: facilitating their active citizenship	Symposium Domestic, family and sexual violence in the family law system: Reflections and future directions CONVENED BY ANROWS	Symposium Research with children and young people
1115	Symposium outline Access to opportunity Tim Reddel	Symposium outline How do we measure the success of Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) in parenting matters? Preliminary findings from Relationships Australia’s FDR Outcomes Study Aditi Lohan, Jelena Milic	Symposium outline The First 1,000 Days initiative, Gippsland Jane Anderson	Implementing no jab, no pay Ilan Katz	Stability and change in dietary scores and patterns across six waves of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Constantine Gasser	Symposium outline Australia’s first multicultural youth census: findings from the MY Australia ARC Linkage project Rimi Khan	Symposium outline National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book Heather Douglas	Transitioning to life after out-of-home care: The Beyond 18 study Jade Purtell, Stewart Muir
1135	Family functioning and children’s outcomes Tim Crosier, Grey Robertson	Thirty years of community sector property Family Dispute Resolution – a mature, safe, effective, efficient and evidence-based service Genevieve Heard	Child and family centres—parents as partners in co-design and delivery of services M’Lynda Stubbs	Targeting children: Restricting gambling promotions by adapting lessons from tobacco, alcohol, and food Cassandra de Lacy-Vawdon	Developmental vulnerabilities in children of criminally convicted parents Megan Bell	English language proficiency among humanitarian youth: A longitudinal study Pilar Rioseco	Representation in family law proceedings involving family violence Jane Wangmann	Does payment influence children’s participation in research? Results from the MESSI study Stephanie Taplin
1155	Place-based approaches to disadvantage Phil Brown	How effective is routine couple counselling? An Australian effectiveness study Jemima Petch	Go Goldfields – Parents as active governance partners – what does it take? Sandra Hamilton	The 2018 ARACY Report Card: The wellbeing of young Australians Kate Sollis	Investing in family strengths-based programs to keep vulnerable families together Elizabeth Whittaker	Refugee young people and education, training and employment Helena DeAnstiss	Trends in service integration to address family violence Antonia Quadara	Children participating in research: Experiencing from the Children and Young People in Separated Families Study Rachel Carson
1215	Challenges, opportunities and implications: Early lessons from Try, Test and Learn investments Tim Reddel	Relationships Australia’s Elder Relationship Services trial Paula Mance Discussant Jamie Lee	Discussant Rowena Butler	Level of marriage preparedness of couples in Singapore Yolanda Chin, Teh Yi Ying	The influence of parental time investments on children’s cognitive and socioemotional outcomes at school entry Angela Gialamas, Dandara Haag, Murthy Mittinty, John Lynch	Panellist Mohammad Javir Discussant Nadine Liddy	The impact of domestic violence on parenting Cathy Humphreys	Towards protective participation: Improving children’s safety through their meaningful engagement in institutional contexts Tim Moore
1235	Session reflections
1245	Lunch: poster displays and exhibition
1245	Lunchtime presentation
Room	Room 103
	How can research be made relevant? – Rebecca Armstrong, Tim Reddel, Sue West, Vita Maiorano
Room	Room 104
	Families of tomorrow: Readying services for the future – Tamara White, Centre for Family Research and Evaluation
1345	PANEL SESSION
Room	Room 105/106
1345	Panel: Is It time for a new conversation about “family”? Panellists: Jonathan Nicholas, Romlie Mokak, Nora Spinks, Benjamin Law, Jamila Rizvi Facilitator: Madonna King
1515	Conference reflections
1530	Conference Close

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