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February 17-18, 2010
UQ Centre, The University of Queensland
The 12th Helping Families Change Conference proudly welcomes you to Brisbane, the home base of Triple P in the Sunshine State of Australia. We look forward to having you join us at The University of Queensland and The Parenting and Family Support Centre for 2 days of invigorating interaction, exciting exchange of ideas and collegiality.
Keynote and invited speakers to include:
Professor Catherine Lee University of Ottawa, Canada
Dr Rachel Calam University of Manchester, UK
Dr Sven Silburn, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia
Professor Matt Sanders University of Queensland, Australia
Program:
[PDF: 261kb]Themes to be included in the program:
- Translation of research to practice
- Evidence-based parenting interventions and cultural diversity
- The role of media, technology and self-directed approaches
- Training, supervision and workforce development
- Parenting interventions across the lifespan
- Parents of children with chronic health problems
- Triple P and child and adolescent mental health services
- Working with Indigenous families
- Making the public health approach to parenting support work
- Celebrating Triple P achievements across the world
Find out more:
Watch PFSC for updates and online registration
or contact:
Dr Kate Sofronoff,
Conference Convenor
Phone +61 7 3365 6411
Email:
Further Information:
Keynote Speakers:
Catherine M. Lee
Professor Catherine M. Lee earned a PhD from the University of Western Ontario. She is Interim Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Lee teaches graduate courses in Psychology of the Family, Evidence-Based Services for Children and Families, and Psychological Assessment. Her research focuses on family functioning, the involvement of fathers in the family, and co-parenting. Dr. Lee is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). She is an ad hoc reviewer for many granting agencies and scholarly journals and she serves on the editorial boards of Canadian Psychology and of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. She is the former Chair of the Clinical Section of the CPA and was President of the CPA in 2008-2009.
Matthew R. Sanders
Professor Matthew R. Sanders, Queenslander of the Year 2007, is Professor of Clinical Psychology, Director of the Parenting and Family Support Centre at The University of Queensland and Founder of the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program. He has received many competitive grant awards and has published extensively in international peer reviewed journals on the nature, causes, prevention and treatment of behavioural and emotional disturbance in children and adolescents. Professor Sanders has received a Distinguished Career Award from the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and is a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology as well as of the Australian Psychological Society. The Triple P system has twice won the National Violence Prevention Award from the Commonwealth Heads of Government. Professor Sanders has served as a consultant for government departments interested in the adoption of evidence-based parenting and family support strategies and has served as a member of the National Illicit Drugs Strategy Community Expert Panel, the Chairperson of the Evaluation Policy Subcommittee for the Board of the National Suicide Prevention Council, a member of the Ministerial Task Force on Work and Family and acts as a Media Spokesperson for the Australian Psychological Society on child and family issues. He received an International Collaborative Prevention Research Award from the Society for Prevention Research in 2004. Matt was also honoured with receiving the prestigious President’s Award for distinguished contribution to psychology in Australia from the Australian Psychological Society. Most recently, he was fortunate to receive an Honorary Fellowship from the New Zealand Psychological Society, and be named the 2009 Honorary President of the Canadian Psychological Association. Professor Sanders has delivered over 30 keynote presentations and workshops at conferences in the past year in more than a dozen countries worldwide. Professor Sanders continues to play an important role in his local Queensland community by regularly delivering presentations and facilitating workshops dealing with parenting and children’s behaviour at local schools, businesses, charities, universities and government organisations.
Dr Rachel Calam
Dr Rachel Calam worked at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital as a clinical psychologist before becoming lecturer in child and adolescent clinical psychology at the University of Liverpool. She took up her current appointment at the University of Manchester in 1992, where she is now Reader in clinical psychology. Her research is in the area of parenting and child adjustment, with a particular interest in parenting and asthma. She has a long standing interest in the use of new media and technologies in assessment and therapy, and a computer assisted interview, “In My Shoes”, for vulnerable children and adults, is now being disseminated internationally. She collaborates on research on novel forms of implementation of parenting interventions including media and internet-based delivery of the Triple P Positive Parenting Program.
Dr Sven Silburn
Dr Sven Silburn heads the Developmental Health and Education research group at the Menzies School of Health Research. This group has an applied research focus on evidence-based practice in child and youth health, family and parenting interventions and education services to improve Indigenous human development and population health outcomes. Prior to taking up his current position in Darwin this year, Sven was Co-Director of the Curtin University Centre for Developmental Health at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth. He has been responsible for a number of large-scale studies in child and youth mental health, Indigenous health and the promotion of healthy child development.
