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	Professor James P. Anglin, Ph.D School of Child and Youth Care University of Victoria, BC, Canada Jim Anglin has published in North American journals and international texts on a variety of child and youth care issues and has presented keynote addresses and workshops in over 30 countries. He is on the editorial boards of the Child and Youth Care Forum, Child and Youth Services, International Journal of Child and Family Welfare, and the Reclaiming Children and Youth, and was coordinating editor for the text Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care (Haworth, 1990). His recent research interests are focused on a re-appreciation of residential care for youth and his recent book is titled “Pain, Normality and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting Residential Care for Children and Youth” (Haworth, 2003). Read more

	Professor Cathy Humphreys Alfred Felton Chair of Child and Family Welfare Professor Cathy Humphreys is the Alfred Felton Chair of Child and Family Welfare, a position in which she has a base at both the Social Work Department at University of Melbourne and The Centre for Excellence for Child and Family Welfare in Victoria, the peak body for 90 child and family welfare agencies. Recent publications include: Humphreys, C. and Stanley, N. (eds) (2006) Child Protection and Domestic Violence: Directions for Good Practice, London, Jessica Kingsley Publications. Read more

	Niran Jiang Senior Partner, Institute of Human Excellence Niran Jiang has 15 years of business and personal development experience in Australia, USA and Asia Pacific. She coaches, trains and consults executives in the area of innovation, culture transformation and leadership development. She supports leaders to build cultural capital, drive system change and sustain high performance. Read more

	Dr Joel Porter Joel Porter is the Director of the Pacific Centre for Motivational Change in Hamilton, New Zealand. Joel is a Senior Clinical Lecturer for the National Addiction Centre – Christchurch School of Medicine. With over 15 years of dedicated clinical experience in the areas of addiction and family therapy. Read more

	Dr. Paul Delfabbro Dr. Delfabbro is an associate professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide, where he lectures in applied methodology and statistics, learning theory and consumer psychology. Read more

	Dr Paul Gibney Dr Paul Gibney is a psychotherapist and family therapist in private practice in Brisbane. His is a well-known presenter of educative workshops in the fields of psychotherapy, family therapy and child and youth welfare. Read more

	Lauren Porter Lauren Porter, BA, MSW, is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist with a specialty in children and families. She is the founder and co-Director of the Centre for Attachment (www.centreforattachment.com). Read more

	Alf Davis Alf Davis is an Indigenous man of Aboriginal and South Sea Islander descent. His family were originally from Warra in QLD, but moved to Hervey Bay in the 1920s to escape being sent to government reserves. As a child Alf lived in the North Burnett and Hervey Bay area, however he completed high school and university in Brisbane. Read more

	John Adams John Adams has had 17 years working with Aboriginal Organisations and communities & years working in remote locations in various roles as diverse as arts projects and the development of CDEPs. Read more

	Geraldine Stewart Pertame Geraldine (Southern Arrente) woman grew up south of Alice Springs. She attended primary school in Alice Springs and Adelaide. Geraldine completed second school in Walla Walla, NSW. Geraldine left school to work at St Mary’s Child and Family Welfare Service. Read more

	Brian Sullivan Brian is a lecturer in the Master of Counselling program at the University of Queensland, St Lucia where he teaches a course on violence issues in counselling. He completed his doctorate in counselling and mental health at the College of Healthy and Human Services, University of Toledo, Ohio in 2000. He also trained in the Duluth Model of Perpetrator Programs. Read more

	Kim Copeland Kim is a social worker with experience in sexual assault counselling with children and adults, family work, hospital and prison social work. She is currently a caseworker in UnitingCare Burnside’s Intensive Family Based Service based in the Macarthur area south west of Sydney. Read more
	Melanie White Melanie is a social worker with experience working with children, young people and families. She has extensive experience working with families with a range of complex issues. She has performed a variety of roles in UnitingCare Burnside and is currently a Family Caseworker with UnitingCare Burnside’s Intensive Family Based Service. Read more

	Lesley Laing Lesley is a senior lecturer in Social Work and Policy Studies at the University of Sydney where she co-ordinates undergraduate and post-graduate programs for social workers on violence against women and children. She is also co-editor, with Jan Breckenridge, of the book Challenging Silence: Innovative Responses to Sexual and Domestic Violence. Read more

	Warren Cann Warren is a clinically trained psychologist with over 20 years experience working with children and families. Warren’s career has primarily focussed on working with parents. He has worked in primary care, disability and protective service contexts. He is currently the Executive Director of the Parenting Research Centre, an independent organisation that conducts research into parenting, develops programs and resources for parents and trains and supports parenting professionals. Read more Howard Bath Howard Bath is a clinical psychologist and director of the Thomas Wright Institute, a not-for-profit organisation that provides consultancy and training services for organisations working with clients who have complex needs and challenging behaviours. Read more Jenny Lang Jenny is the senior Family Group Conference Facilitator for Youth and Family Service (Logan City) Inc (YFS). Jenny has many years experience in the human service field including work in primary and secondary education delivering early intervention programs, in child protection working with children and families involved with the Department of Child Safety Qld and currently as a Family Group Conference Facilitator for YFS and her family of five children. Read more Marion Barnett Marion Barnett was born in Bundaberg Queensland an indigenous woman from the Goorang Goorang people who lived in the area generally between Bundaberg and Gladstone. After working in the Human Services area for many years Marion is now employed at Youth & Family Services (Logan City) Inc. as a Family Group Conference Facilitator where she has convened and co-convened more than 60 Family Group Conferences. Read more Enda Cotter Enda Cotter grew up in the west of Ireland and has had 15 years working with children, young people and families in various Community Organisations. Read more Janet Harris Janet Harris is a senior clinician of the Berry Street Victoria Take Two Program. The state wide program was established in 2004 and provides an intensive therapeutic service to children/young people who are subject Child Protection intervention. Read more Tania Withington Tania Withington is the Team Leader of Evolve Therapeutic Services Brisbane North, Royal Children’s Hospital and Health Service District, Child and Youth Mental Health Service. Tania holds a Bachelor and a Masters Degree in Social Work, and a Graduate Certificate in Social Work (advanced family therapy) from the University of Tasmania, University of Newcastle, and University of Queensland respectively. Tania has an extensive history in working with children, adolescents and families, and in more recent years has specialised in mental health. Kim Carroll I have a background as a Social Worker with experience working in Child Protection in South Australia. I am currently supervising a Family Access and Volunteer Team within Families SA and working in partnership with Good Beginnings Australia to create a Demonstration Project that aims to deliver a suite of services that will cater for families needs from the moment they come to the attention of the department. In addition the project views family access visits as an ideal opportunity for building parenting capacity and an opportunity to enhance the chances of children being reunified with their parents. Louise Mather Louise Mather comes from a teaching background but has been working in the community for almost 20 years, specifically in early childhood and family oriented programs. Currently she is working for Good Beginnings-Australia as Coordinator of the Salisbury North Early Years Centre. Louise in collaboration with Families SA, developed Parents+Plus, a unique parenting education program developed for families whose children are in care. Alison Normanton I have been working in the sector with families for 25 years, primarily with families with complex needs. My current role at Family Life is to manage 3 key areas of service delivery which are inter-connected: DHS Family Support, Community Bubs and Creating Capable Communities (community development) program. The common thread in all my work has been driven by the accumulating evidence that individual and family’s strengths and assets are recognised and validated through the experience of meaningful relationships with others in their community. Paula Westhead I have worked for Family Life for nine years, initially as a Family Support Worker. I have had many roles, mainly working with complex families and also started the Creating Capable Communities program for Family Life. I have a passion for working with childfren and families and hope that my management role now inspires others to do the same. Grant Sarra Grant Sarra has a twenty-seven year background and experience working in areas that deal exclusively with Indigenous community aspirations, problems and issues relevant to organisations and projects throughout Australia. Grant is an experienced (but not expert) Indigenous executive, change agent, trainer, workshop facilitator, project manager and report writer. He was nominated for the National Human Rights Medal in November 2000 in recognition for the development and delivery of Strategic Indigenous Awareness Program – To understand the present, we must understand the past, and for his services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Grant is passionate about change, dignity and integrity - changing the way we think, feel and behave toward each other to become good human beings and having the dignity and the integrity to know what it means to become a good human being.