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Forums

Best Start Forum: The role of the Best Start facilitator - 22 April 2008

• Program for the Forum [Word 273kb]
• Workshop: Role of the Best Start facilitator [PDF 120kb]
• Policy update: transition to School, Early Childhood Strategic Policy and Projects Division [PDF 18kb]
• Program update: Community Profiles, Statewide Outcomes for Children Division [PDF 279kb]

Best Start Forum: Positive leadership, service change and sustainability - 26 November 2007

Facilitating change in local communities is both complex and demanding. It requires drawing on the efforts and expertise of all stakeholders involved in Best Start sites. This forum will explore the importance of leadership and the key success factors for sustainable changes to services to achieve positive outcomes for children and families. Evidence, promising practice and local demographic data play a vital role in driving change. Local examples will provide practical strategies to support participants in their work to effectively engage all relevant stakeholders committed to achieving the vision of Best Start.

Presentations

Using data and evidence to drive effective policy and practice for children, Professor Frank Oberklaid

Presentation by Frank Oberklaid [PPT, 3.73mb]

Professor Frank Oberklaid OAM is the Foundation Director of the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal Children's Hospital, and a Professor within the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics.

"Positive Beginnings", Michael White, Acting Executive Director, Office for Children, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Presentation by Michael White [PPT, 1.51mb]

The What, Why and How of Koorie Well-Being: Developing cultural safety and cultural ease to strengthen families, Dennis McDermott

Presentation by Dennis McDermott [PPT, 8.34mb]

Dennis McDermott is Koori. He is a psychologist, academic, a poet. Dennis has over 25 years experience as a psychologist and most recently a conjoint senior lecturer in Indigenous Health at the Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, University of New South Wales.