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Tuesday 30th April 2019

0800	Registration Open \| Foyer, Level 4, ICC
	OPENING PLENARY \| C4.5 CHAIR: Rick Brown & Melanie Hawyes
0900-1000	Opening Address \| Rick Brown, Australian Institute of Criminology Welcome to Country \| Yvonne Weldon, Manager for the Aboriginal Strategic Coordination Unit for Juvenile Justice NSW Department of Justice Smoking Ceremony \| Uncle Jimmy, Cultural Representation of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Lands Council Welcome Address \| Gareth Ward, New South Wales Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Official Opening \| Melanie Hawyes, Executive Director Juvenile Justice New South Wales and A/AYJA Chair
1005-1100	Keynote Address 1: Gráinne Moss, Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children Becoming a bicultural service with young people at its heart: New Zealand’s quest to transform Youth Justice Gráinne Moss’ career spans over 25 years in the public and private sectors across three countries, the UK, Switzerland and New Zealand. Gráinne is the Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki — Ministry for Children, where she is leading a fundamental system change, putting children front and centre so that New Zealand children can flourish. Full biography
1100-1110	Indigenous Dance Performance
1110-1135	Morning Tea \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC
	CONCURRENT SESSION A
	STREAM 1 – C4.3 Safety, security and rehabilitation	STREAM 2 – C4.4 Mental Health	STREAM 3 – C4.5 Overrepresentation
CHAIR	Michael Homden	Anita Torok	Sudha Joseph
1135-1200	Emerging positive signs that trauma informed treatment interventions being used in youth facilities in US, Netherlands and Norway are reducing recidivism and restraints and improving outcomes for young people in custody Murray Robinson	Suicide in adolescents exposed to the youth justice system: A 22-year retrospective data linkage study Dr Rohan Borschmann	‘Crossover kids’: Effective responses to children and young people in the youth justice and statutory child protection systems Dr Susan Baidawi
1205-1230	Innovative partnership: Government, NGO, and FFT-LLC. Breaking intergenerational offending cycles through Hybrid Functional Family Therapy Phyllis Meier, Michael Williams	Innovation and collaboration in custodial youth justice – translating a mental health model to the custodial setting to reduce conflict and improve safety for all Madeleine Gardiner, Patrick Ryan, Adrian Bol	A new way to support tamariki (children) who have offended Allan Boreham, Liz Marsden
1235-1300	Rehabilitation and case management: What do the recent major reviews of youth justice tell us? Shelley Turner	Victims Services Counselling in prisons program Loretta Allen-Weinstein	The Ngudjoong Billa reintegration & transition program strengthening cultural connections for Aboriginal young people Carol Thomas, David Poulier
1305-1330	Dynamic security and behavioural supports in a custodial setting Stephen Green, Matt Smith	Longitudinal and cumulative adverse childhood experiences in a sample of Australian juveniles convicted of sexual offenses Dr Danielle Harris	Mitigating the biases of evidence-based public policy through co-design: Lessons learned from Aotearoa New Zealand Youth Justice Benjamin Bielski
1330-1415	Lunch \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC
	PLENARY SESSION \| C4.5 CHAIR: Jodie Robinson
1415-1510	Keynote Address 2: Francis (“Frankie”) V. Guzman, Juvenile Justice Attorney, National Center for Youth Law Supporting positive youth development: Insights from a former ‘at-risk’ youth, now a Youth Justice Attorney Frankie Guzman is the Director of the CA Youth Justice Initiative at the National Center for Youth Law. As a juvenile justice attorney, Frankie is working to eliminate the practice of prosecuting and incarcerating children in California’s adult criminal justice system, reducing incarceration and justice system involvement, and increasing developmentally appropriate alternatives in communities for youth in conflict with the law. Full biography
1510-1530	Afternoon Tea \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC
	CONCURRENT SESSION B
	STREAM 1 – C4.3 Safety, security and CVE	STREAM 2 – C4.4 Meeting Diverse Needs	STREAM 3 – C4.5 Overrepresentation
CHAIR	Matthew Willis	Chris Simcock	Phil Dinham
1530-1555	A multi-disciplinary allied health approach to Youth Justice services in South Australia Luke Francis, Amanda White	Juvenile Justice NSW: Supporting young people with an intellectual disability or cognitive impairment Ruth Marshall	Contact with the youth justice system: Experience of young people in out-of-home care Kate Tillack
1600-1625	Program attrition among youth and its relationship with reoffending from the Changing Habits and Reaching Targets (CHART) program Jesse Nastaly	Improving the management of young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and other neurodevelopmental impairments in an Australian detention centre Hayley Passmore	Who is overrepresented in youth justice statistics? Dr Russell Reid
1630-1655	A restorative approach to countering violent extremism Kerrie Sellen	Educational experiences of young Indigenous males: The school to prison pipeline Grace O’Brien	Family support and the Children’s Court Dr Emma Colvin
1700-1725	Radicalisation and violent extremism: Early intervention opportunities at the juvenile justice frontline Sarah Andruchow	Design, delivery and evaluation of Qld Youth Justice’s Transition 2 Success (T2S) therapeutic and vocational service model Nicholas Dwyer, Natasha Doherty	Western Region remand reduction strategy: To reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal clients in custody Greg Edwards, Kelvin Cook
1730-1900	Welcome Reception \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC Welcome to 2019 AYJC! This is the first social opportunity to catch up with your interstate colleagues and sponsors of the Meeting. The welcome reception also provides a great opportunity to meet delegates who are attending the conference for the first time.

Wednesday 1st May 2019

0830	Registration Open \| Foyer, Level 4, ICC
	PLENARY SESSION \| C4.5 CHAIR: Matthew Willis
0900-0955	Keynote Address 3: Indi Clarke,Executive Officer of the Koorie Youth Council Ngaga-dji (hear me) – Young Voice Creating Change for Justice
1000-1100	Plenary Panel: Narratives of violence and how they affect youth justice prevention and response initiatives Dr Heather Nancarrow (chair), Andrew Taukolo, Dr Karen Struthers, Elena Campbell
1100-1125	Morning Tea \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC
	CONCURRENT SESSION C
	STREAM 1 – C4.3 Innovative Responses	STREAM 2 – C4.4 Poster Orals (10 mins each)	STREAM 3 – C4.5 Panel: Mental Health
CHAIR	Darren Hegarty	Allan Boreham	Alison Tibbey
1125-1150	Innovative approaches to social inclusion, participation and rehabilitation of young people intersecting the youth justice system Lauren Cusick, Conrad Connolly	Oranga Rangatahi: Whakangao kia Haumaru a Rangatahi. Investing in Prevention – An innovative indigenous approach to tackle youth offending Shaun Brown, Rose Wereta,Pamela South Opportunities to disrupt the trauma to prison pipeline – a multidisciplinary approach to trauma healing Kate Headley, Jane Davenport “The best school I’ve ever been to”: Re-connecting with education in youth detention, Australia-wide Stravroola Anderson	Peer Support Program promotes wellness at work for Juvenile Justice employees Alison Tibbey, Janet Bels, Vicki Geach, Donna Young, Jodi Rigg
1155-1220	Juvenile Justice New South Wales (JJNSW) Practice Framework: A conceptual map guiding innovative, evidence-based interventions in youth justice in NSW Kristina Bustamante
1220-1305	Lunch \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC
	PLENARY SESSION \| C4.5 CHAIR: Rick Brown
1305-1400	Keynote Address 4: Peta Lowe, Director CVE, Juvenile Justice, NSW Department of Justice Responding to young people in the countering violent extremism context Peta Lowe is the Director Countering Violent Extremism for Juvenile Justice in the NSW Department of Justice. Peta has over 13 years experience working with young people who display violent and anti-social offending behaviours in both custodial and community contexts. She has worked with individuals, families and communities to address offending behaviours and criminogenic risks. Full biography
1400-1420	Afternoon Tea \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC
	CONCURRENT SESSION D
	STREAM 1 – C4.3 Innovative Responses	STREAM 2 – C4.4 Emerging Technologies	STREAM 3 – C4.5 Panel: Overrepresentation
CHAIR		Jodie Robinson	Roxanne Moore
1420-1445	Accreditation pathway for youth lawyers in Queensland: What we know so far David Law, Dylan Roberts	Potential applications of data science in assessing security risk A/Prof. Garner Clancey	Changing the Record of mass incarceration of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children: disability, disadvantage, justice reinvestment and raising the age of criminal responsibility Roxanne Moore, Scott Avery, Tammy Solonec
1450-1515	Lessons learnt from implementing a robust evaluation of the Youth on Track early intervention scheme Mandy Loundar, Hamish Thorburn	Digital shackles or rehabilitative technology? Electronic monitoring in the Northern Territory’s youth justice system Elizabeth Colliver
1520-1545	The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia’s (ALSWA) Youth Engagement Program: Addressing the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in the Western Australian justice system through the provision of culturally competent, holistic, individualised, flexible and practical support to Aboriginal children in the Perth metropolitan area Victoria Williams, Sasha Greenoff	The role of speech-language pathology in the Queensland youth justice system Stella Martin
	PLENARY SESSION \| C4.5 CHAIR: Rick Brown
1550-1650	Plenary Panel: Young people and violent extremism: Practitioners reflections Peta Lowe, Sarah Andruchow, Shane Healey, Steve Barracosa, James March, Todd Donald
1650	Day Concludes

Thursday 2nd May 2019

0830	Registration Open \| Foyer, Level 4, ICC
	PLENARY SESSION \| C4.4 CHAIR: Murray Hillan
0900-0955	Keynote Address 5: Julie Edwards, Chief Executive Officer, Jesuit Social Services Finding solutions for youth justice systems across Australia: International perspectives, local applications Julie Edwards joined Jesuit Social Services in 2001. She was the Program Director prior to her appointment as CEO in June 2004. Julie has over 35 years experience engaging with marginalised people and families experiencing breakdown and trauma. She is a social worker, family therapist and a grief and loss counsellor. Julie has a Masters in Social Work and is currently completing her doctorate in this discipline. In January 2010 Julie became a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Full biography
1000-1100	Plenary Panel: Early intervention – the roles of schools, police, communities and courts in diverting young people from the criminal justice system Joseph Cassar, Dominic Teakle, Alex Sakis, Mark Wall (chair)
1100-1120	Morning Tea \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC
	CONCURRENT SESSION E
	STREAM 1 – C4.2 Connections for Change	STREAM 2 – C4.3 Overrepresentation	STREAM 3 – C4.4 Family and Domestic Violence
CHAIR	Mike Wheaton	Phil Dinham	Darren Hegarty
1120-1145	The blueprint for youth justice in the ACT 2012 – 2022: Taking stock. Progress in achieving goals in youth justice in the ACT over the past six years and identifying focus areas for improvement to achieve better outcomes for children and young people Jodie Robinson, Dr Sarah Anderson	Embedding Indigenous cultural competency in criminal justice curriculum Annette Gainsford	Legal responses to adolescents using family violence – doing more harm than good? Elena Campbell
1150-1215	RISEUP – working together to improve outcomes for young people Joseph Cassar, Dominic Teakle	Aboriginal engagement in Juvenile Justice NSW Yvonne Weldon	Young people as perpetrators of domestic and family violence in NSW: Offenders, victims and context Karen Freeman
1215-1300	Lunch \| Foyer, Level 4 ICC
	CONCURRENT SESSION F
	STREAM 1 – C4.3 Connections for Change		STREAM 2 – C4.4 Panel: Juvenile Justice and Family Violence
CHAIR	Matthew Willis		Carolyn Newbigin
1300-1325	‘Young People Connected. Communities Protected.’ Development of a state plan in South Australia to provide vulnerable young people and their families with connected supports, programs and services Sarah Strathearn		Juvenile domestic and family violence Carolyn Newbigin, Dr Tamara Blakemore, Karen Freeman, Elena Campbell, Aaron Tang, Lydia Hamilton
1330-1355	Characteristics of offences in a subset of youths and young adults with FASD: A qualitative content analysis Grace Kuen Yee Tan
	CLOSING PLENARY \| C4.4 CHAIR: Melanie Hawyes
1400-1430	Closing Remarks
1430	Conference Close