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Monday 7 July: Identifying Issues & Improving Stability
9.15 - 10.00
Registration & refreshments
10.00 - 10.15
Chair’s Welcome & Introduction
10.15 - 11.15 Keynote Address
Improving Outcomes for Looked After Children: What goes well? What goes badly? What can be improved?
- Professor Mark Courtney, University of Washington, USA and
Professor Harriet Ward, Centre for Child & Family Research, Loughborough University, England
- Kail Williamson and Toni Kane, Rights and Participation Project, Hull, England
Discussion led by Mike Pinnock, Hull City Council, England
11.15 - 11.45
Refreshments
11.45 - 12.30 Keynote Address
Policy in England to Improve Outcomes for Looked After Children
Helen Jones, Department for Children, Schools and Families, England
12.30 - 13.15 Keynote Address
European Policy & Practice Initiatives to Improve Outcomes for Looked After Children
Professor Paul Durning, University of Paris X Nanterre and The National Observatory of Childhood at Risk, France
13.15 - 14.15
Lunch
14.15 - 15.00 Keynote Address
Placement Stability: What are the issues, and how can they be addressed?
Professor Ian Sinclair, University of York, England
15.00 - 16.00
Workshop session 1: Effective Measures to Improve Stability
16.00 - 16.30
Refreshments
16.30-17.30
Workshop session 2: Effective Measures to Promote the Wellbeing of Looked After Children
Tuesday 8 July : Addressing Education & Mental Health Needs /
Assessment, Planning, Intervention & Outcomes for all Children in Need
9.30 - 10.00
Chair’s Welcome & Key Points from Day One Workshops
10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Address
Addressing Behavioural Patterns through Multi-Dimensional Treatment Foster Care
Dr Phil Fisher, Oregon Social Learning Center, Oregon USA
11.00 - 11.45
Extended refreshment break and poster presentation session
11.45 - 12.30 Keynote Address
Promoting Attachment in Neglected Children
Dr Marit Bergum Hansen, Centre for Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Norway
12.30 - 13.15 Keynote Address
Supporting Care Leavers Through University
Gerri McAndrew, The Frank Buttle Trust, England
Collette Stadler, care leaver student
13.15 - 14.15
Lunch
14.15 - 15.00 Choice of plenary session:
15.00 - 16.00
Workshop session 3: Effective Measures to Improve Educational Outcomes/ Assessment & Recording Systems
16.00 - 16.30
Refreshments
16.30 - 17.00
Workshop session 4: Effective Measures to Improve Mental Health / Assessment & Recording Systems
Wednesday 9 July: Transitions to Adulthood - How can they be improved?
9.30 - 10.00
Chair’s Welcome & Key Points from Day 2 Workshops
10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Address
Young People’s Transitions from Care to Adulthood: International Comparisons & Perspectives
Professor Mike Stein, University of York, England and
Emily Munro, Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, England
11.00 - 11.30
Refreshments
11.30 - 12.15
Improving Transitions from Care to Adulthood: Messages from Other Countries
- Roxana Anghel, Anglia Ruskin University, England
(Romanian perspective);
- Dr Elisabeth Backe-Hansen, NOVA, Norway
- Dr Anat Zeira, Hebrew University, Israel
12.15 - 13.00
Supporting Transitions to Employment for Young People at Risk of Social Exclusion
- Professor Wolfgang Schröer, University of Hildesheim, Germany
- Nikki Smith, London Borough of Islington Council, England
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
Workshop session 5: Improving Transitions from Care to Adulthood
15.00 - 16.00
Policy Forum: What have we learnt & how can the messages be translated into policy?
Young people's representatives, practitioners, managers of services and policy makers
16.00 - 16.15
Chair’s Closing Remarks
These will be displayed throughout the conference and delegates will be able to view them during break times and discuss the work with presenters after lunch
Family project: a demonstration project of family therapy for neglectful families - Dr Michèle Brousseau, Centre Jeunesse de Québec, Canada
Protecting and promoting the well being of very young children: a prospective study of babies in need or at
significant risk of harm - Rebecca Brown, Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, England
Costs & outcomes of providing services to children in need - Samantha McDermid, Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, England
Improving transitions to adulthood of young people leaving public care in Bucharest - Gabriela Dima, Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Transition to adulthood for young Swedish care leavers - Yvonne Sjoblom and Dr Ingrid Höjer, University of Göteborg, Sweden and Yvonne Sjöblom, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
Family drug & alcohol court: parental substance misuse - the problems - London Borough of Islington Council, England
Adolescent multi-agency support service - London Borough of Islington Council, England
Cost Calculator for Children’s Services: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - Health, in partnership with Cheshire County Council; Education, in partnership with Coventry City Council - Anna Jones, Cheshire County Council and Loughborough University; and Si Chun Lam, Coventry City Council and Loughborough University.
Shards of the old looking glass: restoring the significance of identity constructions in promoting positive outcomes for looked after children - Isabella McMurray, University of Bedfordshire, England
Evaluation of the effectiveness of new Local Safeguarding Children Boards - Emily Munro, Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, England
Horticulture as a therapeutic intervention? Researching social and therapeutic horticulture - Joe Sempik, Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, England
The Cost Calculator for Children’s Services - Jean Soper, Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, England
Asset-building & the Ontario Looking After Children project: fostering resilient outcomes in children & youth in out-of-home care - Cynthia C. Vincent, University of Ottawa, Canada
Developments in the adoption and foster care practice in the Netherlands - Anneke J.G. Vinke, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Exhibition
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Centre for Child and Family Research (CCFR), Loughborough University
Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP), Loughborough University
Cost Calculator for Children's Services
Department for Children, School and Families
Durham County Council
Flourish
Hull City Council
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Leicester City Council
London Borough of Islington Council
Taylor and Francis
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