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19th - 21st October 2008 - Sydney Convention Centre |
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Programme and Speakers
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INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr Kofi Marfo College of Education, University of South Florida
Kofi Marfo is a Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education. His current research focusses on early childhood development and care, school readiness, and on issues in linking developmental science, social advocacy and public policy. He has strong interests in building conceptual bridges between theory/research in cognitive psychology and instructional design/practice. He has received national and international recognition for his work on parent-child interaction and early intervention, and citations of his work have appeared in over 100 journals and 50 reference books globally. More biographical information at myprofile.cos.com/marfok50 and www.coedu.usf.edu/crcdl.
Dana Brynelsen Provincial Adviser Infant Development Programmes of British Columbia, Canada
Dana Brynelsen is the Provincial Adviser for the Infant Development Program of BC and has worked in this capacity for over thirty years. She has advised on the development, operation and evaluation of Infant Development Programmes and related early childhood intervention services across Canada, England and New Zealand. She has worked to support the development of Aboriginal Infant Development Programmes in BC for the past 20 years. Dana has a particular interest in Family-Centred Care and has presented on this topic at many conferences. She has published in the field, is on the editorial board of Infants and Young Children, and is past President of Parent-Child Mother Goose, a national organization that provides training and sets the policies for this attachment based programme. She is a founding member of the board of the BC FASD Resource Society and a director of the Society for Children and Youth. She is the recipient of many awards for her work in the area of disability and family support, most recently a Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa from UBC. She is the adoptive parent of a wonderful daughter, aged 19, who has ‘learning differences’. Dana has lived with a significant hearing loss since birth and knows first hand some of the challenges and opportunities that disability brings to family life.
Dr Virginia Buysse FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina
Dr. Virginia Buysse is a Senior Scientist at the FPG Child Development Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently conducting a programme of research to develop and validate Recognition & Response (R&R), an early intervening system for use in pre-kindergarten programmes (with funding from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and the U.S Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences). She directs the Nuestros Niños Early Language and Literacy Project funded by the U.S Department of Education (Institute of Education Sciences) to examine the effects of professional development on teaching practices and language and literacy outcomes of Latino children enrolled in public pre-k. She is involved in research into Ready to Learn to assess the effects of Word World, an animated public television programme, on children's language and literacy outcomes. She serves as Co-Principal Investigator on the National Professional Development Center on Inclusion and on CONNECT (Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge), both funded by the U.S. Department of Education (OSEP). She is President-Elect of the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children. She is Associate Editor of the Journal for Early Intervention and serves on the editorial boards of a number of other leading journals in early education and early intervention.
Dr Patricia Wesley FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina
Recently retired, Dr. Patricia Wesley spent the past 20 years at the FPG Child Development Institute where she was a Senior Scientist and directed a statewide technical assistance project to promote the inclusion of young children with disabilities in community child care and preschool programmes. In this role she developed, implemented, evaluated and published several models of technical assistance to promote high quality inclusion, including an on-site model of consultation to enhance the global quality of early childhood programmes. These models continue to attract national attention and international attention. Producer of two award winning videos and author of numerous journal articles, books, book chapters, and training curricula, Dr. Wesley currently is writing and presenting on communities of practice, evidence-based decision making, classroom approaches to identifying and addressing children's early learning challenges, and redefining early childhood programme quality.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR ISA FORUM:
Suzy Green Clinical and Coaching Psychologist, Sydney, Australia Dr. Suzy Green is a Consultant Clinical and Coaching Psychologist based in Sydney. Suzy is a leader and pioneer in Coaching and Positive Psychology having conducted a world-first study on evidence-based life coaching as an applied positive psychology. Suzy has been the recipient of a Positive Psychology Fellowship Award and has published in the Journal of Positive Psychology in 2006. Suzy also lectures at the Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Sydney and maintains a private practice in the Sydney CBD providing clinical, counselling and coaching services. Suzy is a Senior Associate of The Teleran Group, a national executive coaching and leadership company. Suzy Green presented a keynote address to the special IPSP Forum, on Monday 20th October at 3.30 p.m. |
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