[Commpsych] FW: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, 3-4 Dec 2007

[Heather Gridley]

Please find an email below that was sent out not long ago regarding our
conference.  You may like to advise the staff and researchers who wish
to attend that registrations are filling up fast.

 

With thanks,

 

The 2007 LSAC Conference, 3rd and 4th December - Oaks Hotel, 480 Collins
Street, Melbourne 

http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/conf/conference2007.html

 

 

Good afternoon,

 

On behalf of the Longitudinal Study of Australia, I am very pleased to
announce that a number of leading researchers will be speaking at the
LSAC Conference, covering a wide range of themes:

 

Keynote speaker - Stephen Zubrick (Parenting quality and the
developmental status of young Australian children: Contexts and
pathways, co-authored with Ann Sanson, Jan Nicholson and Grant Smith)  

Keynote speaker - Lyndall Strazdins  (Effect of parents' work
arrangements on children - How jobs can be family friendly, co-authored
with Megan Shipley)

 

Bruce Bradbury:  Why do the children of young parents have poorer
outcomes?

David Hay: One child in 33 is a twin or higher multiple-using the LSAC
data to identify the needs of multiple birth families.

Diana Smart and Ann Sanson:  Do Australian children have more problems
than they did 20 years ago?

Eric Emerson and Gwynnyth Llewellyn: The mental health of Australian and
British mothers and fathers of young disabled children.

Harriet Hiscock, Louise Canterford and Melissa Wake: Natural history of
infant sleep problems: The contribution of parenting style and parent
mental health.

Ilan Katz and Gerry Redmond:  Why do rich children have better outcomes?
An analysis of the LSAC "K" cohort.

Linda Harrison:  The child care question: Is social-emotional
development at age 2-3 years affected by children's experience of
non-parental care?

Matthew Gray and Jennifer Baxter:  The financial consequences of
relationship breakdown and separation amongst families with young
children.

Melissa Wake, Jan Nicholson and Katherine Smith:  Do parenting styles of
mothers and fathers influence prevalence and progression of obesity from
the preschool to school years?

Michael Bittman and Jude Brown:  Hyper-parenting? How scheduled
activities affect children's language acquisition, schooling and mental
health.

 

PROGRAM

There will be two sessions running concurrently over the two days, with
32 presenters and a panel discussion on the second day.  The Conference
Program will be available and distributed shortly.

 

ACCOMMODATION

Just a reminder that there is a discounted room rate of $150 at the Oaks
Hotel for Conference attendees.  Alternatively, for the budget
conscious, there is the Oakford on Collins (182 Collins Street) at $119
per person, per night.  Please refer to our website for more details: 
http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/conf/conference2007.html
<http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/conf/conference2007.html> 

 

REGISTRATION

Following on from the last LSAC Conference update, I would like to
encourage all those who are interested in attending the LSAC Conference,
Dinner, and/or Workshop to register, if you have not already done so,
and return it to me.  The registration form is attached for your
convenience.  

 

DATA WORKSHOP

Please note that registration for the workshop is now closed.  If anyone
is still interested in attending a workshop, please contact Sebastian
Misson: +61 3 9214 7820 or sebastian.misson at aifs.gov.au
<mailto:sebastian.misson at aifs.gov.au>  to be placed on a waiting list
for future programs.

 

Kind regards,

Ha DU

_______

Conference Coordinator

'Growing Up in Australia'

Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Level 20, 485 La Trobe Street

Melbourne   VIC   3000

 

Phone: +61 3 9214 7824

Fax: +61 3 9214 7954

Email: Ha.Du at aifs.gov.au <mailto:Ha.Du at aifs.gov.au> 

Web: www.aifs.gov.au <http://www.aifs.gov.au/> 

 

The 2007 LSAC Conference, 3rd and 4th December - Oaks Hotel, 480 Collins
Street, Melbourne 

http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/conf/conference2007.html

 

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