Day One
Thursday 22nd April, 2021
Day Two
Friday 23rd April, 2021
Day 1: Thursday 22nd April, 2021
Key Note Presentations
CEO Kids Plus Foundation
Welcome
Chair, Kids Plus Foundation
The Importance of Getting it Right
TIME
9.25am
Speaker
Paul Hulett
Chair, Kids Plus Foundation
Professor of Paediatrics, McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability, Co-Founder CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
Change? Hooray… well, wait a minute… actually, no thanks, I’m good!
TIME
9.45am
Speaker
Dr Peter Rosenbaum
Professor of Paediatrics, McMaster University Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability, Co-Founder CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
General Manager Strategy & Development | Kids Plus Foundation
Changemakers: Leading Change
TIME
11.20am
Speaker
Kelly Reynolds
General Manager Strategy & Development | Kids Plus Foundation
Day 1: Thursday 22nd April, 2021
Workshops
Workshop Stream
Changing Our Relationships
Workshop Stream
Changing the Therapy Agenda
Occupational Therapists | Paediatric OT, Auckland, New Zealand
The F-Words Life Wheel: Bringing a Bio=Psychosocial Approach and Coaching Together to Engage Families of Children with Developmental Needs
TIME
12.40pm
Speaker
Lucy Charles and Arul Hamill
Occupational Therapists | Paediatric OT, Auckland, New Zealand
Physiotherapist, Kids Plus Foundation
Changing drivers to change lives: Can changing how assessment happens be a changemaker for families…and health care professionals?
TIME
1.35pm
Speaker
Bridget O’Connor
Physiotherapist, Kids Plus Foundation
Psychologist
How can ECI professionals improve the attachment security of children with a disability or developmental delay?
TIME
2.20pm
Speaker
Stacey Alexander
Psychologist
Lived experiences of disability reflections on how we have changed through the journey, and what changes we would like to see from service providers
TIME
3.35pm
Speaker
Noah Callan, Kylie Barsby & Jacob & Willeke Walsh
Speech Pathologist Kids+
Early Years to Young Adulthood: Self-advocacy and Autonomous Communication
TIME
12.40
Speaker
Jenna O’Brien
Speech Pathologist Kids+
Rachel Harkin
Speech Pathologist Kids+
Penny Manning
Kids Plus Participant
Researcher & Lecturer - University of Melbourne
Participation in Sport and Recreation; therapy, community and competition.
TIME
1.35pm
Speaker
Dr Rachel Toovey
Researcher & Lecturer - University of Melbourne
Tanja Spencer
Physiotherapist
Physiotherapist Kids Plus Foundation
Riding the Wave of Change
TIME
2.20pm
Speaker
Louise Daniels
Physiotherapist Kids Plus Foundation
Day 2: Friday 23rd April, 2021
Key Note Presentations
Associate Professor - Neuroscience & General Physiology, Div Biosciences (UCL)
Good, Better, Best!
TIME
8.40am
Speaker
Dr Margaret Mayston
Associate Professor - Neuroscience & General Physiology, Div Biosciences (UCL)
Apex Australia Chair of Neurodevelopment & Disability | Department of Paediactrics - University of Melbourne
Are you dissatisfied enough? Leveraging change for better outcomes in child-onset disability
TIME
9.25am
Key Note
Speaker
Professor Christine Imms
Apex Australia Chair of Neurodevelopment & Disability | Department of Paediactrics - University of Melbourne
Question & Answer Session
TIME
10.20am
Speaker
Dr Margaret Mayston
Professor Christine Imms
Associate Professor, Disability and Inclusion | Deakin University
Action Research: Practitioners and Researchers Building the Evidence-base Together
TIME
2.50pm
Key Note
Speaker
Assoc. Prof Angela Dew
Associate Professor, Disability and Inclusion | Deakin University
Day 2: Friday 23rd April, 2021
Workshops
Workshop Stream
Dynamic Interactions
Workshop Stream
Changing Infant Outcomes
Managing Director – Centre for Access, Playwright
Thomas Banks Quest for Love – Documentary (now available on Stan)
TIME
11.00am
Speaker
Tom Banks
Managing Director – Centre for Access, Playwright
Senior Speech Pathologist, Kids Plus Foundation
Building an AAConnect™ community.
TIME
11.45am
Speaker
Jenna O’Brien
Senior Speech Pathologist, Kids Plus Foundation
Occupational Therapist | Royal Children's Hospital
Enabling participation in activities of daily living: supporting non-ambulant children with cerebral palsy to be involved in daily routines.
TIME
1.00pm
Speaker
Robyn Heesh
Occupational Therapist | Royal Children's Hospital
Think Tank: Becoming a Changemaker
General Manager Strategy & Development | Kids Plus Foundation
BabySMART: Changing to a Relational Approach for Early Detection
TIME
11.00am
Speaker
Kelly Reynolds
General Manager Strategy & Development | Kids Plus Foundation
Paediatrician & Specialist in Neonatal Medicine
Coordinated multi disciplinary care for neonatal follow up and developmental early intervention.
TIME
11.45am
Speaker
Dr Emily Reid
Paediatrician & Specialist in Neonatal Medicine
Occupational Therapist | Hawke’s Bay Hospital, New Zealand Certificated trainer in the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS), the Newborn Behavioural Observation (NBO), and a NZBA Bobath/NDT Tutor
Whakawhanaunga[1] / Relationships: The ‘active ingredient’ in Child Development
TIME
1.00pm
Speaker
Danielle Atkins
Occupational Therapist | Hawke’s Bay Hospital, New Zealand Certificated trainer in the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS), the Newborn Behavioural Observation (NBO), and a NZBA Bobath/NDT Tutor
Speech Pathologist and Researcher | Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Small Talk: Speech, Language, and Feeding in Children Born Preterm
TIME
1.50pm
Speaker
Katherine Sanchez
Speech Pathologist and Researcher | Murdoch Children's Research Institute