CON FER EN CE A GE N DA - Municipal Association of Victoria

“Promoting Good Practice”
State-wide Maternal and Child Health Conference
Thursday 18 September, 2014
Plenary 3, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
Address 1 Convention Centre Place South Wharf
7.30 – 8.30am
Tea and Coffee on Arrival
CONFERENCE AGENDA
**Note: Late arrivals will be not admitted to the plenary until the conclusion of the scheduled speaker**
8.45 – 8.50am
Dr Sonia Sharp
Deputy Secretary, Early Childhood and School Education Group
8.50 – 9.00am
Opening the Conference
9.00 - 9.15am
MAV Update
Clare Hargreaves
Manager Social Policy, Municipal Association of Victoria Update
9.15 - 9.45am
Maternal and Child Health Service Policy and Program Updates
Carol Kelly, Jenny Proimos
Executive Director, Wellbeing Health and Engagement, DEECD,
Chief Medical Adviser, DEECD
9.45 – 10.45am
The Abecedarian Approach
Professor Joseph Sparling
Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne University
10.45 –11.30am
Morning Tea
11.30 – 12.00
Greater Dandenong Integrated Practice Model
Bernie Harrison ,Catherine Mills
Maternal and Child Health Coordinator, City of Greater Dandenong
Team Leader Enhanced MCH and right@home
12.00 - 12.30pm
Integrating Children’s Health and Education
Ann McNair
Family Services Coordinator, Hume City Council
12.30 – 1.00pm
Improved recognition of and response to child vulnerability – The development
of the Greater Shepparton Vulnerability Guide.
Chris Widdicombe, Belinda Whitelaw, & Sally Wright
MCH Team Leader, Greater Shepparton City Council
Best Start Officers, Greater Shepparton City Council
1.0
Lunch Break - Opportunity to browse among the stalls
2.00pm
2.00 – 2.20pm
Immunisation Update
Rosemary Morey
Senior Program Policy Officer, Department of Health
2.20 – 2.40pm
Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program?
Dr Melinda Barker
VIHSP Director, Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program, Royal Children’s Hospital
2.40 – 3.00pm
Paediatric Clinical Update
Mike Starr
Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital
3.00pm
Closing
Pip Lyons
Manager, Nursing Services, DEECD