CONCURRENT SESSION 3B - stream 6
Tracks
Track 6
| Tuesday, May 16, 2017 |
| 11:35 AM - 12:35 PM |
| B3 |
Speaker
Dr Adam Heaton
Senior Policy Officer
Family & Relationship Services Australia
In what ways can our sector take a greater prevention and early intervention approach to further enhance the wellbeing of children into the future?
Abstract
Our sector understands the economic benefits to the nation and the long-term outcomes for children and their families by investing in prevention and early intervention programmes and approaches in our service delivery. While we have made significant progress in identifying risks facing children and preventing or intervening early on at the outset of problems, fiscal and resource constraints and current outcome reporting requirements all too often hamper us from doing more.
Family & Relationship Services Australia (FRSA) in partnership with Deakin University have launched the report Strengthening prevention and early intervention services for families into the future, which argues for our sector’s universal and targeted services to take a more holistic and coordinated public health approach to prevent eight priority health problems: substance abuse; anti-social behaviour (including Family Violence); obesity; mental illness; developmental injury; chronic illness; school failure; and social exclusion.
By drawing upon this report, the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 and the know-how in the room, this workshop will explore how we can best to improve developmental and wellbeing outcomes for children across the three conference themes by fostering meaningful discussion around:
- * How can our sector better address risk factors facing Australian children by taking greater prevention and early intervention approaches in our service delivery?
• * What greater investment must we and government make to build our capacity for better implementing and evaluating prevention and early intervention approaches we take?
Family & Relationship Services Australia (FRSA) in partnership with Deakin University have launched the report Strengthening prevention and early intervention services for families into the future, which argues for our sector’s universal and targeted services to take a more holistic and coordinated public health approach to prevent eight priority health problems: substance abuse; anti-social behaviour (including Family Violence); obesity; mental illness; developmental injury; chronic illness; school failure; and social exclusion.
By drawing upon this report, the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 and the know-how in the room, this workshop will explore how we can best to improve developmental and wellbeing outcomes for children across the three conference themes by fostering meaningful discussion around:
- * How can our sector better address risk factors facing Australian children by taking greater prevention and early intervention approaches in our service delivery?
• * What greater investment must we and government make to build our capacity for better implementing and evaluating prevention and early intervention approaches we take?
Biography
Ms Jackie Brady
BA Communications (Journalism)
With extensive stakeholder relations and strategic development experience in peak agencies in the sector, as Executive Director of FRSA is responsible for leading the strategic vision for the organisation, which includes creating better lives for children, families and communities throughout Australia.
Dr Adam Heaton
Senior Policy Officer at FRSA
PhD Education; BA (Hon) Aboriginal Affairs Administration; BA Education
With a PhD in childhood education and wellbeing, coupled with vast experience in policy, program and stakeholder management at numerous government and non-government agencies, Adam loves communicating big data and concepts in simple to understand language—toward improving the wellbeing of children, families and communities
Professor John Toumbourou is based at Deakin University. He is the Chair in Health Psychology within the School of Psychology and the Leader in Intervention (Prevention) Sciences within the Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED). He has been influential internationally and nationally in assisting the development of research and practice in the fields of prevention science and health psychology.
Chair
Flora Carapellucci
Department of Social Services
