DEC Suspension Centre State Conference 2011
PROGRAM
THURSDAY 24 November, 2011
1:00pm Arrive – Light lunch
Set up Display posters from different centres
2:00pm Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country – Tom Urry, South Western Sydney Regional
Director
2.10pm Introductions and Housekeeping - Fred Burley
2:20pm Update from Paul Lennox/Stephanie O'Malley – Student Welfare Directorate
3:00pm History and Guidelines of Suspension Centre – Fred Burley
Collecting topics – suggestions for discussion
3:30pm Afternoon tea
4:00pm Supporting students back in schools
Mentoring programs – Ray Handley
5:00pm Finish
6:00pm Pre- dinner drinks and discussion – survival tips and approaches
7:00pm Dinner – Local venue
FRIDAY 25 November, 2011
8:30am Arrive, coffee and discussion
9:00am Understanding the adolescent brain – neuroscience, mental health and youth culture
(access to online presentations from the following leaders in these fields)
Adolescent neuroscience – Professor Christos Pantelis (Neuropsychiatrist at the
University of Melbourne), Dr Stephen Wood (Cognitive neuroscientist at the University
of Melbourne and Dr Chris Lennings (Psychologist at the University of Sydney)
Neuroplasticity – Dr Norman Doidge
Gamification: what we can learn about learning from our interaction with games - Dr Tom
Chatfield
10:00am Practical issues for suspension centres - websites, funding, referrals and management
practices
11:00am Morning tea
11:30am Technology for motivating reluctant learners – a look at the principles
and techniques behind designing engaging digital resources from NSW Premiers Special
Education scholarship research and PhD studies at the University of Wollongong by Ray
Handley
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Discussion - research and core principles. Effective practice in small, alternative
education settings such as suspension centres. Findings from PhD report Suspension
Policy in Practice by Alison Moore
2:30pm Drawing things together – summarising the sessions
3:15pm Finish
A printable copy is located here SCC Program (docx, 38 KB)