Previous Commission seminars

• Cotton Wool or Plaster of Paris: Perspectives on Injury Prevention and Child Play
  Start Date: 16 May 2008    End Date: 16 May 2008
  The NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, in partnership with the University of New South Wales and the Commission for Children and Young People are holding a one day seminar to discuss a range of opinions about child safety and child play.

• Science of brain development: investing in a healthy society
  Start Date: 11 Mar 2008    End Date: 11 Mar 2008
  Exploring how recent advances in developmental neuroscience - identify early signs of neurobiological deficits that can lead to serious physical, psychological and behavioural problems later in life.

• Dynamic risk factors underlying violence
  Start Date: 10 Jul 2007    End Date: 10 Jul 2007
  

  The Commission is hosting a seminar on Dynamic Risk Factors Underlying Violence – Responses to Treatment and Managing Violence.

• Seminar on Parenting and Mental Health
  Start Date: 30 Nov 2006    End Date: 30 Nov 2006
  
  Professor Stewart-Brown from the University of Warwick presented this seminar at the Commission exploring the experience in the UK, where government policies relating to early childhood development now recommend increased provision of parenting support programmes.

• Child Centred Research
  Start Date: 14 Jul 2005    End Date: 14 Jul 2005
  

  This seminar explored how children and young people can be involved in research.

• Child-friendly cities
  Start Date: 27 Jun 2005    End Date: 27 Jun 2005
  This seminar explored how children and young people can be involved in planning for better cities.

• Making children visible: Making visible aspects of their everyday lives
  Start Date: 21 Mar 2005    End Date: 21 Mar 2005
  The seminar explored relevant research methodologies for understanding children's everyday lives and also looked at the UK children's experience of the labour market prior to leaving school.

• Working with sex offenders
  Start Date: 10 Aug 2004    End Date: 11 Jul 2004
  Dr Bill Marshall, a leading international authority on the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders, presented two full-day workshops at the Commission in August 2004.

• Fatal neglect
  Start Date: 22 Apr 2004    End Date: 22 Apr 2004
  The Fatal Assault and Neglect of Children and Young People report released in 2003 revealed new findings regarding fatal neglect.

• Bullying - what can we do?
  Start Date: 16 Mar 2004    End Date: 16 Mar 2004
  The seminar focused on refining our understanding of bullying - looking at why people bully, how we can work better with bullies and the importance of teaching practice and school leadership in the development of positive relationships at school.