Tresillian Conference Program
Friday 21st August
8:00am - 8:30am
Registration
Conference Opening
Plenary
8:45am – 9:30am
Disentangling shame from the self through everyday moments of relational safety
Associate Professor Sophie Isobel
9:35am – 10:20am
Nurturing the Next Generation – Where Decisions Shape Futures: Frontline Decision‑Making for Infants in Out‑of‑Home Care
Dr Rachel Gregory-Wilson
Lecturer and Senior Fellow of Higher Education in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University.
10:20am – 10:50am
Morning Tea
Breakout Sessions
10:50am – 11:10am
Main Plenary
CAPACITY 210
Kerry Haddad
Bringing the Infant into Focus: Relational Practice in Perinatal Mental Health Services
Ground Floor – Urban Garden
CAPACITY 60
Shontay Bolt
Listening to First Nations Families and Practitioners to Understand Cultural Safety Within Mainstream Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services
Upper-Level
Room 2
CAPACITY 22
Natasha Sidoti
The Invisible Foundation: Microbiome Health Across Pregnancy and Breastfeed-ing and Its Implications for the First 2000 Days
Upper-Level
Room 3
CAPACITY 25
Shireen Bernstein & Amanda Green
Partnering for impact: Expanding ac-cess via an intensive virtual parenting support service
11:15am – 11:35am
Main Plenary
CAPACITY 210
Jodie Robb
Child-centred care in practice: Child and Family Health Nursing within Nurturing Connections
Ground Floor – Urban Garden
CAPACITY 60
Felicity Copeland
Best Beginnings for Baby (BeBB): Centring Families, Culture and Lived Experience in Early Parenting to Prevent Harmful Practices
Upper-Level
Room 2
CAPACITY 22
Susan Rebolledo
Starting on the right foot – seeing value in the admission process.
Megan Hammersley
Strengthening food environments in the first 2000 days: development of a Best Practice Guide for Early Childhood Education and Care
Upper-Level
Room 3
CAPACITY 25
Jane Kohlhoff
Evaluation of the ForWhen National Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Care Navigation Service: Outcomes, Reach and Value
11:40am – 12:00pm
Main Plenary
CAPACITY 210
Alice Norton
Revisiting Birth: Mental Imagery in Childbirth-Related Post-Traumatic Stress
Adrianna Thomas
From Crisis to Connection: Understanding the Role of the Mother and Baby Unit Through a Patient Journey
Ground Floor – Urban Garden
CAPACITY 60
Lucy Rabbetts
Reimagining Toddler Wellbeing through Co designed, Culturally Grounded Parent Child Interaction Therapy Innovations
Dr Nadia Di Martino
Centring Care: The Lived Experiences of Nepalese and Indian Student Teachers in Australian Infant-Toddler Settings
Upper-Level
Room 2
CAPACITY 22
Ashleigh Allan
The role of the emerging Perinatal Lived Experience Peer Workforce in Early Parenting Services
Frances Bilbao
Building Workforce Confidence in Managing Intrusive Thoughts in Perinatal Care
Upper-
Level Room 3
CAPACITY 25
Alison Wallbank
Embedding father-inclusive practice within Tresillian’s services: Building a Community of Practice to drive organisational change
Jane Kohlhoff
The ‘My Toddler and Me’ video series: A mixed-methods evaluation
12:00pm – 12:45pm
Lunch
Plenary
12:45pm – 1:45pm
Circle of Security – Understanding the Evidence
PANEL DISCUSSION
Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) is a popular group program for parents of infants and young children, based on attachment theory. Despite its popularity, evidence for the effectiveness of COSP is very limited, with some recent high-profile studies showing no benefit of the program. And yet facilitators and parents continue to love it! What is the current state of evidence for COSP? And what role does COSP have in clinical work with families? This session will explore these questions via a mix of live in-person and pre-recorded content.
- Dr Kim Alyousefi-van Dijk from London’s Anna Freud Centre sharing findings of their COSP randomised controlled trial (RCT) recently published in The Lancet. (pre-recorded presentation)
- Dr Neil Boris from Circle of Security International discussing how the COSI team is responding to concerns about COSP evidence. (pre-recorded presentation)
- A panel discussion featuring:
– Australian COS pioneer Dr Anna Huber
– Lynne Ryan, Tresillian Clinical Psychologist, COSP Facilitator
– Parents who have participated in COSP
Panel Chair: Dr Anne-Marie Maxwell, Tresillian Research Manager
1:45pm – 2:15pm
A Change of Tempo!
Jess Walsham
NSW Music & Production Coordinator, Australian School of Performing Arts
2:20pm – 3:15pm
Screen Smart Children
Dr Mark Williams
Neuroscience Professor and Author
3:15pm – 3:45pm
Afternoon Tea
Plenary
3:45pm – 4:20pm
Forecasting childhood adversities from conditions of birth.
Professor Melissa Green, PhD
Director of Research, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health
4:20pm - 4:40pm
Dad Steps
James Dressler Smith and Nick Berriman
Dad Steps Founders
4:45pm - 4:50pm
Evaluation Survey
Closing Comments
4:50pm - 4:55pm
Julian Morrow
Master of Ceremonies
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Post Conference Networking Event