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Starting early for children in need

The message this year for National Child Protection Week (3-9 September) is that ‘Every child in every community needs a fair go’ and will be complemented with the theme ‘Where we start matters’. Our expert panel of speakers will present around their work in this area on a wide range of topics from babies, children, mothers and support programs.

Speakers includeÌý

• Dr Prue McEvoy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist: Lead Psychiatric Director, Department for Child Protection on Child Maltreatment: the obstacle to children getting a fair go
• Brad Morgan, Director, Emerging Minds on Early Support, early in life: Mental health as a foundation for lifelong development
• Dr Alisa Willis, Head of Impact, Growth and Innovation, Junction ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog on Growing Together
• Gemma Crisp, Lead Clinician – Speech Pathologist, Therapeutic Carer Support Team. Department for Child Protection on Identifying children in care who are at risk of disability or developmental delay - living in rural and remote South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog
• Dr Carmela Bastian, Senior Lecturer, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog on Safety and wellbeing of children in the context of women’s shelters
• A/Professor Yvonne Clark, Senior Research Fellow, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and SAHMRI on Understanding the needs and providing support for pregnant women with Aboriginal babies in antenatal settings
• Hanne Brunes, Liaison Officer and Esma, foster carer, Life Without Barriers on The Mockingbird Family

Chair

• Professor Leah Bromfield, Director, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Centre for Child Protection, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog

Open to the public, everyone is welcome. Networking and light refreshments will follow the session and panel discussion from 7.45pm.