Conference Program – at a glance
| Time | Program | Speaker/s |
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| 8:15 am | Registration and coffee | |
| 9:00am - 9:15am | Welcome to conference | Cecelia Gore, Director of Education and Communication Services, FPQ |
| Welcome to Country | Des Sandy, Indigenous Elder | |
| 9:15am - 10:45am | Keynote addresses |
Barry Salmon, A/Commissioner, Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian. A Changing Childhood – Trends and issues impacting on childhood today |
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Pam Blackman, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society National Clearinghouse for Sexuality Education Teaching Resources. What do young people really know and really do? Results of the 4th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students: Sexual Health |
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| 10:45am - 11:15am | Morning tea | |
| 11:15am - 12:00am |
Panel: What do young people think? YMCA Youth Parliament |
Chair: Angela Wunsch, FPQ |
| 12:00am - 1:15pm | Breakout sessions | Programs & research |
| School sexuality education programs | ||
| Advocacy and research | ||
| 1:15pm - 2:00pm | Lunch | Please feel free to view the exhibits and enjoy lunch provided. Poster presentations |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Breakout sessions | School sexuality education programs |
| Inclusive sexuality education: Disability | ||
| School sexuality education programs | ||
| 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Panel: What supports sexuality education in Queensland schools? |
Chair: Cecelia Gore. FPQ Panel: Norm Hart. Chesleigh Hargreaves. Kim Lavin. Jenene Rosser. Karen Conlon. Adele Rice. Erin Flanagan. |
| 3:50pm - 4:00pm | Close |
Breakout sessions - 12.00am – 1.15pm
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Room 1: Main Conference Room Programs and research |
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| Exploring university students’ reflections of school sexuality education | Georgia Richards, Amy Watson, Alana Arnold, Sarah Smith, Lisa Thenfeldt, Clifton Hsieh & Rosemary Aird. Queensland University of Technology: School of Public Health . Brisbane, Qld |
| At UQHM: Preparing teacher education graduates for the rigours of sexuality education: the good, the bad and the ugly | Dr Louise McCuaig, Julie Smith, Angela Verniquet, Erin Flanagan. University of Queensland : Department of Human Movement. Brisbane, Qld |
| The whole school approach to sexuality education in Victoria | Steven O’Connor , Senior Policy Officer Sexuality Education Policy and Project Development, Student Wellbeing & Health Support, DEECD, Melbourne, Vic |
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Room 2: Bribie Room School sexuality education programs |
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| Sexuality education in our school | Carla Walker, Yeronga State School, Brisbane, Qld |
| Fully alive Primary school Program | Our Lady of the Way Primary, Jo Scott-Pegum and Alish Conley. Brisane, Qld |
| A teachers journey with HRE | Cary Gordon, Glenvale State School , Toowoomba, Qld |
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Room 3: Moreton Room Advocacy and research |
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| Sexuality education as part of child sexual abuse prevention | Jennifer Sanderson. Griffith University , Brisbane , Qld |
| Strengthening Sexuality Education | Nina Fotinatos, Jenene Burke, Amanda Smith & Bernadette Duffy, University of Ballarat , Vic |
| The S word | Miriam Taylor , Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld |
Breakout sessions - 2.00pm – 3.00pm
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Room 1: Main Conference Room School sexuality education programs |
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| Sex Education in Schools: one size does not fit all | Meg Logan, Cooparoo Secondary College, Brisbane, Qld |
| Sexuality Education in an Integrated Middle Years Setting | Marguerite Westacott and Debruoniva Richards, Blackall Range Independent School, Sunshine Coast |
| Sexuality Education in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum in the Far North | Sharon Jones, Smithfield State High School, Cairns, Qld |
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Room 2: Bribie Room Inclusive sexuality education: Disability |
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| One Class Once a year to All Classes Once a Week | Aaron Sheppard, and Leigh Murray, Geebung Special School, Brisbane, Qld |
| Teaching sexuality education to students with special needs - How we are navigating the mine field | Emma Davies, Pine Rivers Special School, Brisbane, Qld Marcia Erdeljac, Pine Rivers Special School, Brisbane, Qld |
| We can talk about it – A Collaborative Approach by QHealth, Education Queensland and FPQ | Lisa Condon (SBYHN), & Beryl Plummer (HOD Special Needs) Tamborine State High School, Tamborine Mt, Qld |
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Room 3: Moreton Room School sexuality education programs Workshops (limit 20 participants) |
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| Resources and activities to Promote a School Based HRE Program | Meg Murr, Chancellor State College, Sunshine Coast, Qld & Jo Stewart, Family Planning Queensland, Sunshine Coast, Qld |
| Sex Factor: A sexuality education through comedy and dramatisation | Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Alison Webb, Melbourne, Vic |
Posters - 1:35pm – 1:55pm
| Chair: Georgina Livingstone | |
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| Educators in the front line - handling individual disclosure | Pamela Doherty , Children by Choice |
| Programming and Productive Pedagogies in HRE | Megan Murr, Chancelor State College Jo Stewart, Family Planning Queenslan. |
| Evaluation of Everyone's got a bottom: Early Childhood Prevention of Sexual Abuse Resource | Dr Jennifer Sanderson, Griffith University Holly Brennan, Family Planning Queensland |
| Consulting with young people about sexual health | Angela Wunsch and Yvonne Black, Family Planning Queensland |
| What has sex got to do with it? Reconsidering vulnerability in young people based on findings of a retrospective chart audit of under 16 year olds attending Family Planning clinics in Queensland | Margot Kingston and Dr Caroline Harvey, Family Planning Queensland |





