Australasian Conference of Child Trauma

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Preliminary Scientific Program Schedule

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The conference programme has a range and depth of features:

Full 3-day international scientific program focusing on child trauma in all its forms within the context of multi-disciplinary and inter-sectoral collaboration including technical papers and poster presentations.
State of the Art addresses
Symposium targeting a range of streams
Sponsors and trades exhibition to profile agencies, products and research, university courses, services and career opportunities.
Welcome reception, opening and closing ceremonies.
Professional networking and social program.

Trauma Focused Training Track

The ACOCT warmly welcomes practitioners inclusive of all levels of experience and skill. The ACOCT committee is pleased to offer an integrated 5 symposium training track for any attendee interested in the area of emotional trauma. Each of the symposia can be attended individually or as a whole training experience depending on delegate's interest and experience.

The training track covers the over-arching big picture of how to conceptualise the seemingly complex and confusing presentations that follow a traumatic experience, specific assessment points and then how to intervene with key stakeholders such as teachers, parents and the individual.

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration Royal Benowa Foyer
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Opening Ceremony Welcome - Prof Brett McDermott ACOCT Convenor Opening – Ms Elizabeth Fraser, Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beverley Raphael Oration Professor Rachel Yehuda (USA) Sponsored by Queensland Health
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning Tea Royal Benowa Foyer
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	1.1 Training Track The Big Picture: Understanding Type 1 and Type 2 Trauma Brett McDermott
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	1.2 Earthquakes and Tsunami: working with Maori and Samoan children 1.2.a Contextualising Trauma: recovery responses after the tsunami in Samoa - Charles Waldegrave 1.2.b An adaptation of the ERASE stress programme for children in tsunami affected villages in Samoa - Allister Bush 1.2.c Working with indigenous (Maori) sibling children who were affected by the Christchurch earthquakes - Mark Alison
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	1.3 Child sexual abuse: risk factors, research and therapy 1.3.a How disseminating research influences practice: child protection responses to youth exhibiting sexually abusive behaviours - Russell Pratt, Karen Sutherland 1.3.b Out of the hundreds of risk factors for adolescent sexually abusive behaviours, why should we privilege trauma at number one? - Russell Pratt 1.3.c Therapeutic jurisprudence: a therapeutic approach for children who have engaged in sexually abusive behaviours - Karen Sutherland, Trish McCluskey 1.3.d Bringing it all together: a therapeutic case study - Russell Pratt, Karen Sutherland, Trish McCluskey
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	1.4 Trauma and public mental health settings 1.4.a Does childhood maltreatment cause psychosis? A review of the evidence - James Scott 1.4.b The effect of childhood trauma on treatment response in inpatients with major depression - Katie Douglas 1.4.c Therapeutic issues in working with children and young people who have experienced trauma in the emergency department setting - Valda Dorries
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	1.5 Indigenous culture informed care 1.5.a Culturally appropriate trauma-informed practice. The yarning up on trauma training approach regarding aboriginal chilren, families and communities - Chris Tanti 1.5.b Trauma, lateral violence and cultural safety a Koorie perspective - Peter Lewis and Richard Franklin 1.5.c The spiral to recovery: a framework for therapeutic care - Laurel Downey 1.5.d Mobile outreach service plus: providing therapeutic trauma counselling for indigenous children in remote communities in the NT - Erin Hiesley
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch Royal Benowa Foyer
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Workshop: Twitter for Trauma Researchers & Clinicians Eva Alisic
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	1.6 Training Track Trauma Specific Assessment Issues Kellee Poulsen, Jeff Wallis
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	1.7 Parent's stories: grief, loss and recovery 1.7.a Feelings in the Shadows: The emotional stress felt by parents when their child has a serious mental health problem - Kerry Geraghty 1.7.b Youth Mental Illness: Determinants of Parents' Grief - Meg Richardson 1.7.c Parents' Loss and Grief in Responses to Their Young Person's Mental Illness: The Development and Piloting of a Program of Support - Vanessa Cobham 1.7.d A Story of Resilience: Reclaiming Family Life after Natural Disaster - Becky Wauchope, Helen Harden
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	1.8 Therapeutic interventions in the child protection system 1.8.a Applying therapeutic interventions for traumatised infants, children and young people in the child protection system - Margaret Askew-Walinda 1.8.b Making a difference with children who have experienced complex relational trauma. A research informed approach to therapeutic intervention - Annette Jackson 1.8c Learning about the children who have experienced complex relational trauma and effective therapeutic responses through a research and outcomes framework - Carly Black
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	1.9 The Christchurch Response 1.9.a Delivering solid evidence-based interventions on shaky ground: The Christchurch experience - Stephanie Moor, Carolyn Doughty, Sarah Drummond, Fiona Prest 1.9.b The Christchurch earthquake through a child's eyes - Stephanie Moor, Carolyn Doughty, Sarah Drummond, Fiona Prest 1.9.c Implementing TF-CBT in teens - Stephanie Moor, Carolyn Doughty, Sarah Drummond, Fiona Prest 1.9.d To group or not to group? - Stephanie Moor, Carolyn Doughty, Sarah Drummond, Fiona Prest
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	1.10 Carer and sibling impact, and reparenting 1.10.a Managing the cost of caring, the impact of carer trauma and resilience profiles on capacity to support young people with complex support needs - Lisa Fahey 1.10.b Therapeutic Re-parenting: what does it take? - Michelle Van Doorn 1.10.c The invisible child in the corner, the experience of siblings of children admitted to hospital for intensive and acute medical care - Sarah Brace 1.10.d Talking to children about suicide - Kathryn Lenton
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Tea Royal Benowa Foyer
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Keynote Address Right From the Start: Child Protection and Early Trauma Professor Louise Newman (AUS)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Evening Event Poolside Drinks and Canapes

Thursday, July 5, 2012

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Registration Royal Benowa Foyer
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote Address Abnormal Brain Development in Maltreated Children Professor Akemi Tomoda (Japan)
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM	State of the Art Lecture 1 Longterm Follow-Up of Children who Experienced Single Accident in School Professor Bungyun Kim (Korea)
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM	State of the Art Lecture 2 Medical Traumatic Stress in Children: Identification, Prevention and Intervention Professor Justin Kennardy (AUS)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning Tea Royal Benowa Foyer
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	2.1 Training Track Specific Issues for the Classroom: The CONROD Teacher Training Program Jeff Wallis, Claire Rabaa, Nikki Triggell
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	2.2 Therapy for self-injury, the current state of the art Therapy for Self-injury: The Current State of the Art Graham Martin, Sarah Swannell, Belinda Lequertier, Michele Hunter
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	2.3 Child sexual abuse: disclosure and resilience 2.3.a Child sexual abuse: healing trauma or traumatising 'healing' - Najet Charnely 2.3.b The importance of advocacy in empowering victims, breaking the silence and affecting positive change within courts, community and government - Tegan Anderson 2.3.c Newpin: a trauma informed response to child protection concerns - Liz Sanders 2.3.d Parents who are registered sex offenders: child protection responses that keep children safe? - Karen Sutherland
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	2.4 Trauma focused - CBT: effectiveness research from Australia and Canada 2.4.a From universal to intensive therapy: a post-disaster stepped care model - Brett McDermott 2.4.b Trauma-focused CBT in children who experienced the 2011 Queensland flood - Vanessa Cobham 2.4.c A community-based study of the effectiveness of TF-CBT with trauma-exposed school aged children in Toronto, Canada - Sheila Konanur
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	2.5 Trauma and creative therapies 2.5.a Building resilience: the development of a music therapy program for children who have experienced abuse-related trauma in 2 emergency accommodation settings - Christobel Clark 2.5.b The camera never lies, the use of photography to aid research and recovery for traumatised adolescents - David Ward 2.5.c Let's make a song and dance about it! Kids and grownups working together to develop skills for regulation and integration - Patricia Preston 2.5.d The universal language of play therapy: adapting infant/child parent psychotherapy for a two year old Vietnamese speaking boy and his family following the Brisbane flood - Julie King, Anh Nguyen
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	2.6 Therapy in a residential setting 2.6.a Therapeutic developments in a residential setting - Karen Argyle, Tatiana Kalinina 2.6.b Sanctuary - building communities that care - Annaley Clarke, Linda Smith 2.6.c Working in partnership with a residential family: A unique model of care - Ingrid Geissler, Julie Copland 2.6.d From chaos to creativity - the evolution of a new way of thinking - Maryanne Jacobs, Barbara McCann
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch Royal Benowa Foyer Poster Presentations An Expressive Therapy Approach - Natalie MacKenzie Posttraumatic stress symptoms and the suicide phenomena: A preliminary study with polyvictims - Claudia Paretilla A test of causal model of children’s development with/without resilience as mediator: A comparison between children affected/not affected by the 2004 Tsunami - Araya Pontanya
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	2.7 Training Track Intervening with Children & Adolescents: Principals of Trauma Focused CBT Vanessa Cobham
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	2.8 Interventions and supports for students and teachers 2.8.a Crises, emergencies and disasters impacting the educational setting, teacher based psychological support for children and young people medium and long term - Vicki Trethowan, Jane Nursey 2.8.b Effective support to enhance the schooling experience of students with trauma histories and disorganised attachment who exhibit challenging behaviours - Judith Howard 2.8.c After the big shock everything was munted - Mandy Maoate, Jean Parkinson
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	2.9 Consumers speaking up 2.9.a Dealing with childhood trauma - a personal story - Bruce Perham 2.9.b Holding hope - healing the child with reactive development - Donna Williamson-Garner 2.9.c Emmett's Story - Josephine Snowdon 2.9.d The invisible scars of trauma: engaging men in therapeutic narratives - Dave Misso
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	2.10 Parenting after Trauma 2.10.a Supporting children after trauma: parents' perspectives - Eva Alisic 2.10.b Experiences of clinicians supporting parents after the Victorian bushfires in 2009 - Jane Nursey 2.10.c Trauma-focused therapy, the role of the parents - Rowena Conroy 2.10.d Take a breath: a randomised controlled trial - Vicki Anderson
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	2.11 Longtitudinal study of bushfires Sandy McFarlane AO
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Tea Royal Benowa Foyer
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	2.12 Service initiatives in residential care 2.12.a Therapeutic residential care for children and young people: An attachment and trauma informed model for practice - Rudy Gonzalez 2.12.b More complex than rocket science: developing and implementing of the with care therapeutic residential care training strategy in Victoria - Sarah Waters, Glennis Bistro
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	2.13 Early Interventions with infant and young children 2.13.a Improving antenatal risk assessment in a high risk population - Natasha Perry 2.13.b Speech pathology intervention for children from vulnerable families - Kelly Lyon, Lynn Ross, Carly Bagust
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	2.14 Child abuse:treatment, systems and evaluation 2.14.a Treatment of child sexual assault: the Bravehearts toolbox - Erica Watchorn 2.14.b Evaluating therapeutic care for children who have experienced trauma: some encouraging findings - Margarita Frederico
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	2.15 Trauma and neurobiology 2.15.a Investigating the neurodevelopmental mediators of aggression in children with a history of maltreatment - John Dileo 2.15.b Trauma and neurodevelopment - Pieter Rossouw
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	2.16 Services Approaches to Delinquency, Victims Support and Suicide 2.16.a A brief intervention for trauma symptons (BITS) program - Stephen Stathis 2.16.b The dilemmas an adult service face when dealing with families who experienced trauma as a result of crime - Elaina Priori
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	2.17 Trauma: Developmental Implications 2.17.a Working with children and families recovering from trauma in the child protection system - Robyn Miller 2.17.b Care giving influences on preschoolers' executive function: focus on an at-risk sample - Tracey Fay, Pamela Meredith
7:45 PM - 9:30 PM	Optional Evening Entertainment: "Boy" the movie Introduced by Nathan Mikaere-Wallis 'Boy' is a 2010 New Zealand comedy-drama written and directed by Taika Waititi. 'Boy' subtly and humorously portrays issues relating to child and family trauma and grief and builds to a hilarious and heart-warming conclusion. The ACOCT committee are delighted to have received approval to show this box office record breaking Kiwi classic, and invite you to join us to unwind from a long day over some pop corn and have a laugh. We promise, this movie won't feel like work!

Friday, July 6, 2012

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Registration Royal Benowa Foyer
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote Address The Abused Child Trust (Act for Kids): from creation to sustainability Dr David Wood (AUS)
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM	State of the Art Lecture 3 Weather disasters and psychiatric trauma in Australia: Climate change’s secret weapon’ Professor Helen Berry (AUS)
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM	State of the Art Lecture 4 System Restore: Healing the Brain from Early Trauma Nathan Mikaere-Wallis (NZ)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning Tea Royal Benowa Foyer
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	3.1 Training Track Parents and Parenting: Systemic Issues and Disaster Recovery Triple P Vanessa Cobham, Kellee Poulsen, Brett McDermott
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	3.2 Acute adolescent inpatient units and chronic trauma 3.2.a Literature overview - Michael Daubney 3.2.b Managing challenges and change in the evolution of the Model of Treatment - Janelle Bowra 3.2.c What about the parents? Ashraf Badat 3.2.d Engaging with music as a coping process - Case studies of traumatised teenagers from a current study - Carmen Cheong-Clinch
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	3.3 Natural disasters and educational systems 3.3.a A principal responds to a New Zealand school tragedy I - Ruth Tarrant 3.3.b A principal responds to a New Zealand school tragedy II - Ruth Tarrant 3.3.c Crisis response and New Zealand schools and early childhood settings after the Canterbury earthquakes - Shelley Dean, Patrick McEntyre
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	3.4 Tune-In youth counselling service, a response to community need 3.4.a The establishment of the Berry Street tune in youth counselling service: an outreach trauma-informed counselling service for young people affected by the 2009 Victorian bushfires - Gillian Cross 3.4.b Working with youth within bushfire affected communities from a community psychology prespectives - John McPherson 3.4.c Practice approaches in working with youth in bushfire affected communities - Sharon des Landes 3.4.d Early outcomes and learning's from the Tune-in Youth counselling service - Gillian Cross
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	3.5 Complex trauma within care systems 3.5.a Informed responsiveness to complex trauma - Cathy Kezelman 3.5.b The three pillars of trauma-wise care - Howard Bath 3.5.c Giving voices to children's experiences responding to homelessness and family violence - Karen Glennen, Julie Maggs 3.5.d Developing a community of care with pre-adolescent sexually abused children - Sue Ushaw
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch Royal Benowa Foyer Poster Presentations A qualitative investigation into the cessation of non-suicidal self-injury among young people in the community using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Tori Andrews Collective Violence Experience of Well-Adjusted Undergraduate Students Living in the Southern Border Provinces of Thailand: Qualitative Investigation - Jirasuk Suksawat Attributions in Child Sexual Abuse in Singapore - Stephanie Teng Client Theraputic Analysis and Reporting Systems (CTARS+ )- Supporting evidence based practice and assisting compliance with industry standards - Brendan Fahey
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	3.6 Trauma: self-injury and suicide 3.6.a Risk and protective factors for the course of non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents in the community - Tori Andrews 3.6.b From common sense to evidence-based practice: identifying the collective clinical wisdom to inform future treatment planning of self-harm - Madeline Wishart
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	3.7 Trauma and Refugees 3.7.a Seperated children and young people: multiagency protocol to support successful resettlement for refugee children and their families - Shirley Richards, Celia Brandon 3.7.b The EDUCALD: a practical resources to support professionals working with refugee children and their families - Peter Shaw
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	3.8 Attachment and psychotherapy 3.8.a Developmental attachment based psychotherapy with chronically traumatised children - Judith Morris 3.8.b The challenge of adapting child and parent psychotherapy to include the whole family traumatised by domestic violence - Julie King
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	3.9 Keeping Children Safe 3.9.a It's about time - Tegan Cotterill, Judy Parker 3.9.b Child protection, timely intervention? - Tegan Cotterill, Natasha Perry
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	3.10 Trauma and neuropsychology 3.10.a The cognitive profiles of children exposed to interpersonal stress: results of a systematic review and implications for intervention - Lisa DeGregorio 3.10.b Children, adolescents and complex trauma neuropsychological research evidence and clinical practice implications - Alan Tucker
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Closing Ceremony Advancing Children’s Futures: Beyond Trauma Facilitated by Professor Beverley Raphael

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