Report - 2007
School of Social Work and Social Policy
2007 was a challenging and successful year for the School of Social Work and Social Policy. The Faculty of Health Sciences restructure places the School in the Division of Allied Health. The restructure means that the common activities undertaken by the professional health disciplines represented in the Division can be approached jointly and this creates opportunities for staff and students in relation to interdisciplinary teaching and research. Strengthening the School’s research culture and output was a particular focus this year particularly in the context of the planned introduction of the Australian Government’s Research Quality Framework (RQF). The RQF was cancelled by the new government in November 2007. However the exercise highlighted the research activities in the School at all campuses. 2007 also saw the introduction of a new degree structure for a Bachelor of Human Services/Master of Social Work which will commence in 2009.
Operating across four campuses (Albury/Wodonga, Bendigo, Bundoora and Mildura) allows the School to offer academic programs available to a diversity of students who may not be able to study away from their own communities. The different geographical locations of the campuses also encourages the School to be responsive to social work academic and community issues in both city and regional areas. Thus the School can draw from local context to ensure relevance of teaching content to students in their communities. This is particularly advantageous for a School of Social Work and Social Policy as the practice of social work in contextually based. The multi campus nature of the School also provides the opportunity to engage in teaching and in applied research exploring local as well as national and international community issues. All these factors enrich the School’s programs and strengthen its contribution to social work education and research. In 2007 the School also began to strengthen its international links through exploration of partnerships in Indonesia and through staff developing research links internationally. Nationally a new partnership was established with the Brotherhood of St Laurence with the joint appointment of an Associate Professor focusing on social policy and research.
The School of Social Work and Social Policy has the largest accredited social work program in Australia. In 2007 there were 749 students in the BHS/BSW program and the BSW (Advanced Standing) program. The BHS/BSW was offered at three campuses and the BSW (Advanced Standing) was offered at all four campuses.
Professorial Appointments, significant retirements, other staff recognitions
Associate Professor Gerry Naughtin was welcomed to the School accepting a joint position with the School of Social Work and Social Policy and the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL). This appointment will strengthen the School’s research group in Ageing and develop stronger links between the BSL and the School.
Professor Thea Brown (Australia) and Professor Jim Mansell (UK) were welcomed to adjunct professorial appointments.
There were five people appointed to lecturer positions in the School: Mr Jerry Sweeting at Albury Wodonga, Dr Jan Pascal and Mr Robert Townsend at Bendigo and Ms Maureen Long and Dr David Nilsson at Bundoora. Ms Angela Lum was appointed Student Placement Coordinator at Albury Wodonga campus.
Resignations
The School farewelled Nicole Rollinson, Student Placement Coordinator, and Alice Glachan, Administrative Officer, both at Albury Wodonga campus.
Achievements
Di Cox, Lecturer at Bendigo and Head of Campus received an Australian postgraduate award from the University of Melbourne. Her thesis topic is: Exploring Community Wellbeing Indicators in the Australian Policy Context
Mark Furlong completed his PHD with a thesis titled PHD “Disturbing the dream of the autonomous subject.
Staff recognitions
Associate Professor Christine Bigby is Joint Editor of Australian Social Work and a member of
Research Review Panel Disability Authority Ireland.
Professor Allan Borowski received the Australasian Journal of Ageing’s 2007 Best Book of the Year Award for his book, Borowski A, Encel S and Ozanne E, Eds. 2007. Longevity: and Social Change in Australia Sydney: UNSW Press.
Dr Sue Hodgkin was awarded an Ian Potter Foundation: Community Wellbeing International Travel Grant.
Key developments in Teaching and Clinical Education
The School is committed to teaching excellence and the positive qualitative assurance returns reflected this commitment.
Postgraduate
At the postgraduate level, the phasing in of the Postgraduate Certificate in Complex Community Care continued at the Albury-Wodonga Campus, with David Green teaching the unit Contextualising Community Care – its Future in the Risk Society. Attracting students from Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and practice settings, the unit was highly acclaimed.
A new postgraduate program was introduced to the School with the approval of the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research Methodology (Social Work). Like the Advanced Standing Honours Program, this program provides a pathway to research degrees and an advanced preparation for research in field settings and includes a minor dissertation.
Undergraduate
In this report the program at the Mildura campus is highlighted in recognition of the developments at that campus over the year. In 2007 the undergraduate program in Mildura expanded significantly. In 2004 there was one part time staff member and one intake of students into the BSW (Advanced Standing) and in 2007 there is a student enrolment of 48 students and 2 staff members based at Mildura campus. The coordinator of the Mildura program Ms Paula Bruce has been very active in guiding the development and marketing of the program assisted by Meaghan Katrak (Lecturer) and Kerri Stevens (Administrative Officer).
The rural campus at Mildura has provided the School with the opportunity to develop a program model which meets the requirements of students studying in a rural area. Developing a model which is relevant to the rural community needs had resulted in a continual increase in student enquiries and enrolments. The BSW (Advanced Standing) is taught entirely in block mode. The lecturers are staff based at Mildura and staff from the other campuses who travel to teach units in block mode. Each block includes a weekend which means those students who are working are not required to miss many working days, thus ensuring their financial sustainability whilst studying. This is attractive to those currently employed in the Human
Services sector wishing to upgrade their qualifications.
Feedback from students at Mildura regarding block mode delivery is extremely positive, indicating it is a preferred method for learning and assists them to integrate theory and practice. Full consecutive days allow students the opportunity to explore relevant issues and to experience the dynamics of participating in a group and experiencing group work. For other students, particularly those who travel significant distances (e.g. 600Ks round trip per block), block attendance is the only means by which they can undertake face to face undergraduate education in a discipline of their choice.
Field Education
The School faces significant challenges in providing high quality field placement for all students in the program. This is particularly so at Bundoora campus due to the high number of students (approximately 220 students were placed in 2007) and the capacity of the field to provide placements is an issue at all campuses. The School is grateful for the contribution made by human service organisations to the field work program with respect to the provision of placements and particularly appreciative of the skilled and dedicated work of social work field educators who undertake the supervision of the students. Development of partnerships with the health and welfare industry is a strategy of the Division of Allied Health and this action should assist in the provision of an adequate number of field placements for students in the future. The School has been engaged in a number of initiatives responding to contemporary challenges in providing clinical education. At both Bundoora and Albury-Wodonga the School was involved in partnerships with community health services (Doutta Gala and Upper Hume) which were successful in gaining funding from the DHS Community Health Service Student Placement Project. These projects are charged with developing new models of clinical education in community health settings tailored to metropolitan and regional contexts.
Key Developments in Research
The planned introduction of the Research Quality Framework (RQF) influenced the staff to focus more strongly upon their research activities. Although the RQF will not go ahead the planning exercise had positive outcomes for the School which are reflected in the increased research focus. The School still operates its research groupings of Health and Mental Health Research Group led by Adjunct Associate Professor Bill Healy, Associate Professor Martin Ryan and Dr Guin Threlkeld; Aging and Disability Research Group led by Professor Allan Borowski and Associate Professor Christine Bigby and Child and Family research Group led by Associate Professor Margarita Frederico. Over the next year the School will be examining these research groupings and seeking to ensure that the structure for research in the School is most effective for supporting and promoting research.
New grants
Professor Allan Borowksi was awarded a competitive grant by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies towards the 2nd year evaluation of the Children’s Koori Court of Victoria. He was also successful in obtaining a research grant from La Trobe University’s Quality Initiatives Grants scheme to establish, train mentors and mentees and evaluate the School’s Formal Research Mentoring Program.
Ms Virginia Mansel Lees received a grant from Australian Association of Social Work & Welfare Educators in collaboration with Charles Sturt colleagues for research entitled “Best Practice in Counselling and Clinical Practice Social Work and Welfare Placements: An exploratory study”.
Associate Professor Christine Bigby was awarded 3 new research grants in 2007. these were : Bigby, C. (2007) Inclusion and participation in group homes for people with intellectual disabilities: A story of doing. Faculty of Health Sciences, Research grant. Bigby, C. (2007). Extension of Making life good in the community contract. Department of Human Services. Webber, R., Bigby, C., Bowers, B. Accommodating the needs of people with lifelong intellectual disability in residential aged care. ARC Linkage, $93,000, 2007-2008
A significant and innovative continuing research project is one funded by the Helen McPherson Smith Trust where Associate Professor C. Bigby mentors a co -researcher who has intellectual disability. This engagement of a consumer to undertake research in this area is an exciting development.
Di Cox received funding to evaluate the ‘Netschool’ program: a community based program to provide education for secondary school students not able to attend school. As part of the project, Fiona Gardner worked with staff on using critical reflection to articulate their practice.
Associate Professor Margarita Frederico received a continuation of funding for research and evaluation of Take Two an intensive therapeutic program for children and young people traumatised by abuse (2007-2009). She also participated in an ARACY – Seed Funding Grant which focused on case management in child welfare. With Professor Thea Brown, Associate Professor Frederico was awarded a contract from GordonCare for an evaluation of a new contact centre for parents and children when the child is living in out of home care. She was also part of a consortium to develop a new care model for young women in correctional facilities and was responsible for the design of the evaluation of the model.
Meaghan Harris designed and implemented a program evaluation of the Sunraysia Area Consultative Committee Indigenous Employment Program, with local funding provided. The aim of evaluation is to assess the programs outcomes in the context of the local community exploring what factors led to the success of this program and what knowledge can be taken from this program which can contribute to successful job placements for Indigenous people in other areas. This study included exploring the wider cultural shifts the program initiated within the community around perceptions of Indigenous people from the mainstream community to inform program development and delivery in the wider human services sphere.
Dr Carmel Laragy continued her studies of flexible supports and services in the disability field. Flexible funding arrangements are at the core of these studies and a range of factors are being studied that impact on the outcomes for persons with disabilities. Carmel worked at Jönköping University, Sweden in January 2008 with colleagues writing about how social workers can respond to the requests from clients who want more control through mechanisms such as flexible funding.
Dr John McCormack continued to maintain a list of Oldest Australians, as Australia’s representative on the Advisory Committee of the International Database on Longevity at Montpellier, France.
In 2007 Dr Patricia McNamara undertook an evaluation of a Clinical Supervision Group at Parkville Youth Residential Unit, Department of Human Services. She continued to be engaged in a cross-national project with researchers from Europe and Australia which is funded by the International Federation of Social Workers to compare structured instrumentation utilised in evaluation in several countries. Dr McNamara also completed a study of domestic violence which explored the impact of a death of a friend as a result of domestic violence on a group of women on their values, beliefs and behaviour. The study considered the meanings society ascribes to power, gender issues, roles, and interpersonal relationship.
Dr Jan Pascal has been involved in the Otis Research Project which concluded at the end of 2007. To recapitulate, the project was an exploration of the psychosocial well-being of women with breast cancer, whilst a guest at the Otis Foundation Environmental Retreat. The Retreat is located within the Mandurang natural bushland on the outskirts of Bendigo. The project was a collaboration between the Otis Foundation management - Ms Liz Martin, Ms Jane Anderson and Dr Jan Pascal. Additionally, two social work BSW students Emma McCauley and Gabi Bini, assisted with interviews and general project tasks as part of their Field Placement. The outcomes of the study found that space and place are integral to psychosocial wellbeing, and encourages multidisciplinary practitioners to incorporate such concepts into assessment and intervention planning.
Key Developments in Community Service
Staff continued to be actively engaged in the community including though memberships of Boards of Community Service Organisations and providing consultations to organisations. Some of the developments in community activities are described below.
Paula Bruce was engaged in a Rural Allied Health Workers Mentoring Program - a Collaborative project with DHS, Mentoring Works and community agencies to developing an ongoing mentoring program for allied health professionals including Social Workers. This project targets new graduates and professionals moving to rural/regional communities - to enhance recruitment and retention.
Paula is also involved in the HOPE project (Hope Opportunity Purpose Education & Employment) a cross sectoral project funded through Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs developing social capital and community capacity. The target group is indigenous primary school children and their families where there is intergenerational poverty, unemployment substance abuse, incarceration and challenging variables within a group of families. The aim of the program is to reduce anti social behaviours among Aboriginal youth through increased school attendance and educational performance, recognising unless underlying issues that contribute to anti-social behaviour are addressed, the socio economic outlook for these children continues to be poor. Paula is also engaged in a Cancer resources program which is developing a model of accessing information and education for the community and health professionals.
Di Cox and Dr Jan Pascal conducted a series of research workshops with the social work team at the Bendigo Health Care Group focussed upon planning practice-based research, research methods and collaborative planning with the social work school.
Maureen Long, was re-engaged by the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency to work with them on the Aboriginal Child and Family Welfare Sector Development and is working (in a volunteer capacity) with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre on an orientation program for asylum seekers.
Dr Carmel Laragy contributed to the social work profession through continued involvement with the Practice Standards Working Group and input into the Australian Association of Social Workers Eligibility Document Review.
Dr Jennifer Lehmann, Senior Lecturer at Bendigo campus has been managing the CreateAbility Project sponsored by Peter Harcourt Services, Bendigo, which has been funded by the Department for Human Services, Loddon-Mallee region Disability Program. The aim of the Project is to survey the current involvement of people with disability, more particularly those with intellectual disability, in community arts activities and ascertain what other activities they might want to engage in. The survey has been developed for use by people who need visual cues to be able to answer the questions, allowing a higher level of independence in responding. It is hoped that the outcome of the survey will inform not only disability services in the region, but also local government.
Dr John McCormack and Dr Patricia McNamara continued their appointments as Academic Associates for Menzies College.
Dr McCormack is an ‘Overseas Advisor’ for UK Cambridge Journal and an Executive Member & Fellow AAG.
Media
A number of staff were engaged in media interviews during the year. Dr John McCormack is regularly asked for comment in relation to his project on Australian Centenarians.
Dr McNamara had three letters published in the Age. She also participated in a Radio interview in on air New Zealand September 2007 on her research into family violence research, as part of the launch of the New Zealand Families Commission’s Family Violence It’s not Ok Campaign. Dr McNamara was also interviewed for a news program by Telechiara (Italian television) in June 2007. The interview focused on her postdoctoral longitudinal research on adolescent mental health and related foster care issues.
A number of staff wrote book reviews during the year. These included reviews by Dr McNamara for Australian Social Work which were: Review of Crago Hugh (2006) Couple family and group work: First steps in interpersonal intervention Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press (in press). Review of Doel, Mark (2006) Using groupwork London and New York: Routledge Tayor and Francis Group (in press). Review of Harris Perlita (ed) 2006 In search of belonging: Reflections by transracially adopted people London: BAAF (in press)
Conference Presentations
Conference presentations included:
Dr Patricia McNamara Conference hosted by New Zealand Families Commission.
Dr Sue Hodgkin: Good Mothers, Mother Group Junkies and Social Capital Extended and Extending Families International Conference hosted by the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr Hodgkin also presented Women, Getting Older and Contributing to Social Capital at the International Association for Feminist Economics Conference, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Key Developments in International Activities
There have been a number of international activities undertaken by the School in relation to social work education and research. In November the School hosted a visit by social welfare students from Kobe College Japan. The visit was coordinated by Associate Professor Martin Ryan. Students visited community agencies in addition to attending lectures by School staff.
The School has been invited by the Ministry of Social Affairs Indonesia to develop a proposal for a Master of Social Work. Siloam Hospital Group Indonesia has requested the development of a training program to introduce social work into the hospital group.
Dr Patricia McNamara is a member of the Scientific Committee for a Conference jointly auspiced by Eusarf (European Scientific Association for Research into Residential Services and Foster Care) and the International Association for Outcome Based Evaluation in Family and Children’s Services (iaOberfcs). This Conference will take place in Padua Italy in March 2008. The Conference topic is Assessing the “Evidence base” of intervention for vulnerable children and their families.
Associate Professor Margarita Frederico is the academic program convenor for a joint La Trobe University APFAM Malaysia conference which will be held in March 2009.
In August Dr McNamara hosted an academic visit to La Trobe University by Assistant Professor Robin Spath, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, Ms Marian Brandon, School of Social Work, University of East Anglia and Professor Tiziano Vecchiato and Dr Cinzia Canali from the Zancan Research Foundation, Padua, Italy. All are members of the International Association for Outcome Based Evaluation and Research.
Brief summary of any reviews undertaken within the School
In 2007 first and second year units in the BHS/BSW were assessed for quality assurance and 98% were assessed by students with a level of overall satisfaction at or above a score of 4 (highest possible score 5) and no unit was assessed below 3.5. In 2007 the Faculty also required all Schools to meet with graduating students to explore their experiences of the program. The results for the School indicated that overall there is strong satisfaction for the program and its delivery at all campuses.
List of all PhDs and Professional Doctorates completed in 2007.
Brian Cooper. "The Effects of Relocation for People with Intellectual Disabilities from Institution to the Community and Alternative Institutional Settings," PhD thesis, La Trobe University, 2007.
Lloyd Owen. “Working with High Risk Youth: A Qualitative Study of Expert Practitioners" PhD thesis, La Trobe University, 2007.
Publications
Berry, M., Brandon, M., Chaskin, R., Fernandez, E., Grietens, H., Lightburn, A., McNamara, P.M., Munford, R., Palacio-Quinton, E., Sanders, J., Warren-Adamson, C. and Zeira, A. (2007) Identifying sensitive outcomes of interventions in community based centres in Berry, M. (ed) Identifying essential elements of change: Lessons from international research in community-based family centres Leuven Belgium: Acco pp 9-19.
Bigby, C., Fyffe, C., Ozanne, E. (2007) Planning and support for people with intellectual disability. Issues for case managers and other practitioners. London: Jessica Kingsley
Bigby, C. (2007). Case management with people with intellectual disability; Purpose, tensions, challenges. In, Bigby, C, Fyffe C & Ozanne, E. Planning and support for people with intellectual disability. Issues for case managers and other practitioners (pp. 29-47), London: Jessica Kingsley
Bigby, C. (2007). Issues of middle age and beyond for people with intellectual disability and their families. In, Bigby, C, Fyffe C & Ozanne, E. Planning and support for people with intellectual disability. Issues for case managers and other practitioner (pp.215-232). London: Jessica Kingsley
Bigby, C., Fyffe, C., Ozanne, E. (2007). Introduction: Contexts, structures and processes of case management. In, Bigby, C, Fyffe C & Ozanne, E. Planning and support for people with intellectual disability. Issues for case managers and other practitioners (pp.17-27). London: Jessica Kingsley
Bigby, C. (2007). Aging with an intellectual disability. In I. Brown & M. Percy (Eds.), A comprehensive guide to intellectual and developmental disabilities (pp. 607-616). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Company.
Bigby , C. (2007). The challenge of implementing state disability policy to achieve second generation rights for people with disabilities. Just Policy, 43, 68-75
Bigby, C., (2007) The IDRP and its beginnings. In a right to be heard 20 years of the Intellectual Disability Review Panel. Department of Human Services, Melbourne.
Bigby, C. (2007). Reflecting on 60 Years of Australian Social Work. (Editorial) Australian Social Work, 60, 4, 1-3
Ozanne, E., & Bigby, C (2007) Social work and higher education. (Editorial) Australian Social Work, 60, 1. 1-3
Clement, T.,& Bigby, C.. (2007). Making Life Good in the Community: The Role of the House Supervisor: A Discussion Paper. Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services.
Clement, T., & Bigby, C.. (2007). Making Life Good in the Community: The Story so Far. Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services.
Bigby, C., & Fyffe, C. (2007). Housing and support for people with intellectual disability and high, complex or changing needs. Proceedings of the second annual Roundtable on Intellectual Disability Policy. School of Social Work and Social Policy, LaTrobe University.
Bigby, C., Frederico, M., Cooper, B. (2007). Settled in the community: An evaluation of five years of community living for residents relocated from Kew Residential Services, 1999-2005. Melbourne: Department of Human Services.
Borowski, A. (2007) “Guest Editorial: On Human Dignity and Social Work” International Social Work, Vol 50, No. 6, pp. 1-4.
Borowski, A. and MacDonald, P. (2007) “The Dimensions and Implications of Australian Population Ageing”. Pp. 15-39 in Allan Borowski, Sol Encel and Elizabeth Ozanne, Eds., Longevity: and Social Change in Australia Sydney: UNSW Press.
Borowski, A. and Olsberg, D. (2007) “Retirement Income Policy for a Long-Lived Society”. Pp. 189-218 in Allan Borowski, Sol Encel and Elizabeth Ozanne, Eds., Longevity: and Social Change in Australia Sydney: UNSW Press.
Borowski, A., Encel, S. and Ozanne, E. Eds. (200) Longevity: and Social Change in Australia Sydney: UNSW Press. [Recipient of Australasian Journal of Ageing’s 2007 Best Book of the Year Award.]
Borowski, A. and Ajzenstadt, M. (2007) “Achieving Justice for Children” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol 51 (April), pp. 191-211.
Burgen, B. & Bigby, C. (2007) The importance of friendships for young people with intellectual disability In Bigby, C, Fyffe, C. & Ozanne, E. Planning and support for people with intellectual disability. Issues for case managers and other practitioners (pp.208-214). London: Jessica Kingsley.
Cleak, H., and Williamson, D. (2007). Preparing Students for Interdisciplinary Professional Practice Journal of Allied Health Fall, 36, 7, 141-149.
Clement, T. & Bigby, C. (2007) Making Life Good in the Community: The Role of the House Supervisor: A Discussion Paper. Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services.
Clement, T. & Bigby, C. (2007) Making Life Good in the Community: The Story so Far. Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services.
Findlay, M. & McCormack, J (2007) Globalization and Social Work Education and Practice: Exploring Australian Practitioners’ Views Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 34(2), 123-142
Fook, J. and Gardner, F. (2007) Practising Critical Reflection: A Resource Handbook. This publication outlines the framework for using critical reflection in professional practice developed at the Centre for Professional Development over the last four years. It provides the background theory to critical reflection and uses a cross disciplinary approach.
Frederico, M., Picton, C., Muncy, S., Onscipago, L., Santos, C., and Hernadez, V. (2007) Building Community Following Displacement Due to Armed Conflict. A Case Study International Social Work 50:2
Frederico, M., Jackson, A., Black, C. (2007) Give Sorrow Words – A language for healing. 2nd Evaluation Report of Take Two La Trobe University and DHS.
Knox, M. & Bigby, C. (2007). Moving towards midlife care as negotiated family business: Accounts of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 54, 3, 287-304
McCormack, J. (2007) Making the most of it: Living to age 100 years in Australia Lessons on Aging From Three Nations Volume 1 pp 55-68, New York: Baywood Publishing
McNamara, P. (2007) Keeping families safe from violence. Eureka Street (E journal Vol 7 Number 20)
McNamara, P.M. (2007) Family, family centre and community: Synergy that supports change in Melbourne, Australia in Berry, M (ed) Identifying essential elements of change: Lessons from international research in community-based family centres Leuven Belgium: Acco pp 51-62.
McNamara, P. (2007) Family Foster Care – International Perspectives, published in proceedings of foster care training program for Osservatorio Bambini e Adolescenti, regione Veneto, Italy (translated into Italian).
Nilsson, D., Ryan, M., & Miller, J. (2007) “Applying a Theory of Expertise in Health Social Work Administration and Practice in Australia.” Social Work in Health Care, 44(4), pp.1-16.
Ozanne, E., & Bigby, C (2007) Social work and higher education. (Editorial) Australian Social Work, 60, 1. 1-3
Ryan, M. (2007) “Teaching Loss and Grief to Social Work Students: Some Reflections.” Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 9(1), pp.69-81.
Ryan M & Camilleri P (2007) Eds Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education Journal December
Papers presented by invitation
Professor Borowski presented three papers by invitation in 2007:- Allan Borowski. “The Slippery Fish of Retirement income policy in Australia”. Invited Speaker, Council on the Ageing Queensland Symposium on Re-Imagining Retirement, Lennon’s Hotel, Brisbane, 17 October 2007.
Allan Borowski, “Retirement Income Policy in Australia: Back at the Crossroads.” Invited Speaker, Third Annual Australia’s Ageing Population Summit 28-29 August, The Sebel and Citigate Hotel, Brisbane on 28 August 2007.
Associate Professor Margarita Frederico presented at the Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect - Nov 2007 Presentation (with Office of Child Safety Commission and Child Protection Senior Practitioner DHS) Effective responses to chronic neglect – A Victorian perspective.
Associate Professor Margarita Frederico was one of three invited presenters to provide technical input on family resilience to ASEAN Senior Officials meeting Bali Indonesia August 2007. The other experts were from Indonesia and Malaysia.