School SW in NZ

Keynote Speakers

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Programme

TUESDAY 14 April
12.00pm	Registration Desk Open
2.30pm	Powhiri (New Zealand Delegates)	Awataha Marae
3.30pm	Powhiri (International Delegates)	Awataha Marae
6.00 pm	Opening Reception	Spencer on Byron

WEDNESDAY 15 April
9.00 am	Welcome, Karakia
9.30 am	Keynote Speaker	Rajen Prasad		Tasman
10.30 am	Morning Tea
11.00 am	Breakout Sessions	Koji Kadota	The effect of the introduction of a school social worker on students refusing to attend school in Japan	Tasman
		Eva-Mari Thomas	DISA: The Depression In Swedish Adolescents Programme	Tasman
		Rod Watts	Measuring outcomes - how do we know what difference we are making	Pacific
		Kyusuk Jung	Evaluating school social work programmes in Busan, Korea	Pacific
		Peter Edoba	Social work services and schools in Nigeria	Normandie
		Gheyasuddin Siddiqui	School social work from an Islamic Perspective	Normandie
		Jill Worrall and Carol Daw	Grandparents raising children	Normandie
12.00 pm	Breakout Sessions	Sharon Wiklinski	Peer mediation and civil society: Empowering youth	Tasman
		Monica Hansson Johnsson and Ingegerd Setterby	Security, responsibility and respect in school - the Swedish model.	Tasman
		Kelley Latta and Christine Downing	The Australian Kids Early Action Program in Schools	Pacific
		Nam-Soon Huh, Yun-Soon Koh, Lyu-Lan Choi	Effectiveness of the SWAR (Student Welfare Action Region)	Pacific

		Violette Abouhamad	Duty of Care: Its absence in a school system.	Normandie
		Christina Nilsson-Padilla	Bullying in Middle School: A film project with a group of Swedish teenage girls	Normandie
1:00 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Breakout Sessions	Hyekyung Jin	Teacher’s Expectation of Student Service Professionals’ Role	Tasman
		Christine Levett	Involving the whole family in school social work	Tasman
		Charles Tong-lit Leung and Xiang-jun Chen	Does a universal model exist in the development of SSW practice in the PRC?	Pacific
		Tamati Parore, Gaylene Stevens and Brian Cunningham	School Social Work Provision in New Zealand though two houses, the Tikanga Whare (Maori) and the Tauiwi (non Maori) House	Pacific
		Noriko Yamano	Introduction of School Social Work in Japan	Normandie
		Yun-Soon Koh, Nam-Soon Huh and Sun-Hyung Kim	The We Start Model for Children in Poverty: The case of Cheol Won Village	Normandie
3:00 pm	Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm	Keynote Speaker	Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata		Tasman
5:00 pm	Cultural Event (MC Midge Palmer) There will be children’s performances of haka and Pascifica dance and Glo Delamere will introduce the waiata (song) she has composed for the conference. Overseas delegates will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves and perform a waiata of their own.

THURSDAY 16 April
9:00 am	Keynote Speaker	Cindy Kiro		Tasman
10:00 am	Breakout Sessions	James Joseph Keezhangatte	School social work in Hong Kong with ethnic minorities	Tasman
		Nam-Soon Huh, Yun-Soon Koh and Jong-Hee Kwon	Children’s Rights Perceived by Children, Parents and Teachers in Korea	Tasman
		Chu-Li Julie Liu and Faye Mishna	High school dropouts in Taiwan: A qualitative study	Pacific
		Kelley Latta	Standards for School Social Workers	Pacific
11:00 am	Morning Tea
11:30 am	Breakout Sessions	Sharon Renfro	How Bowen Family Systems Theory informs school social work	Tasman
		Daniela Pozzaglia	The Role of the School Social Worker and Students with very Special Needs in the NYC Department of Education	Tasman
		Gun Andersson and Johanna Ohman	So that nobody feels left alone - five short films about school bullying	Tasman
		Nikki Evans and Brontë Evans Pollock	A Whale of a Tale: How We Created a Team of Worry Tamers	Pacific
		Sunwha Moon and Changsoon Oh	Social Workers Roles for the Institutionalized Juvenile Delinquents Planning to Return School System	Pacific
		Kimi Pardoe	A New Zealand case study from File 13	Pacific

		Ming-Chin Hsin	The social factors contributing to Taiwanese adolescents’ gender identity and the school counselling service in Taiwan	Normandie
		Annie Gowing	A school social worker's exploration of school connectedness: Practice and research in conversation	Normandie
		Annelize de Wet	The Anglican Trust for Women and Children: Managing a school social work programme	Normandie
1:00 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Workshops	Michelle Alvarez, Heather Martin and LaShelle Newland-Jordan	Best Practices in School-based Alcohol/Drug Prevention and Early Intervention Programs	Tasman
		Phil Smith and Jane Brook	Travellers: A resilience programme	Pacific
		Nathan Mikaere-Wallis	Love becomes flesh: neuroscience and how children reach their own potential	Normandie
		Graeme Dingle	Foundation for Youth Development	Kestral
3:30 pm	Afternoon Tea
4:00 pm	Keynote Speaker	Jim Raines		Tasman
6:00 pm	Conference Dinner Guest Speaker: Graeme Dingle			Main Function Area

FRIDAY 17 April
9:00 am	Keynote Speaker	Peter O'Connor		Tasman
10:00 am	Breakout Sessions	International Delegates Meeting		Kestral
		Delcia Smith	The Pukeko Model	Tasman
		Rob Mason	An Aboriginal Student Action Team: Bringing schools and Aboriginal communities together	Tasman
		Sue Thompson	Rural social work on the West Coast of New Zealand	Pacific
		Wing Hong Chui	Fostering the effectiveness of school social work in Hong Kong: Results of a qualitative study	Pacific
11:00 am	Morning Tea
11:30 am	Workshops	Peter O'Connor	Applied Theatre	Tasman
		Linda Azure	The Seven Teachings of the Ojibwe, Anishinabe	Pacific
		Pia Sandström	A Swedish school implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child	Normandie
		Kathy Armenta	A workshop on resilience	Kestral
1:00 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Panel	Michelle Alvarez and Panel	Professional Development: Where to from Here?	Tasman
	Poroporaki / Farewell
3:30 pm	Afternoon Tea