Registrations are now open! Don’t miss out on your chance to attend New Zealand’s only Conference for care families and whānau who open their homes and hearts to tamariki in need of care and protection. This year’s conference is being held at the Lower Hutt Event Centre on the 29 and 30 September.
Keeping PACE, carries on from our 2019 Conference where we set the PACE, with a wide range of national and international speakers. A parenting attitude of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy) gives caregivers the ability to understand without judging the internal experience of the tamaiti (child). We explore how to maintain connection while also providing structure, supervision and discipline in order to support behaviour.
We have an amazing line up of keynote speakers:
- Brain Whispering: Parenting the Mistrustful Child – Dr Jon Baylin and Dr Dan Hughes
- PACE – Take Two! – Sally Moffatt and Rob Surtees, Caring Families Aotearoa
- Porn and Young People in Aotearoa: Understanding and responding to the new landscape – Jo Robertson
- Relationships between carers and children as vehicles for change and healing – Dr Joe Tucci, Australian Childhood Foundation
And workshops:
- Creating sustainable therapeutic relationship networks for children and young people in foster care – Janice Mitchell, Australian Childhood Foundation
- Access Updated – Associate Professor Nicola Atwool, University of Otago
- Ko Au, Me – To enable the wellbeing of others we must look after the well being of self – Tuihana Ohia
- Transition Support out of Care for Rangatahi – Oranga Tamariki
- When you know better, you can do better; an A & E guide to parenting tamariki with FASD – Anna Gundesen
- Layers of Trauma Associated with Alcohol Use in Aotearoa – Tania Henderson
Gala Dinner – Spring
This years’ Gala Dinner is “Spring Garden”. Think all things Spring when deciding what to wear – Pastel colours, floral patterns, head fascinators, hats, bow ties, headpieces – the options are endless!
Never been to one of our conferences before?
If you have never attended our National Conference before and would love to come, but need some financial support, we have a limited fund available for caregiver members you can apply to. Fill out the form below and email it to us as soon as possible.