Research seminar 2009
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Please mark the box of your chosen session with an X, please include refreshment breaks, and email back to: or fax 04 917 7059, to the attention of Penny Dring-Aust
Time / Relationships / X / Worklife Balance and Family Finances / X / Making a Difference / X9.20am-10.10am / Guest Speaker
Dr Jennifer Baxter, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Parents who don’t use childcare: who provides the care in working couple families with infants?
10.10am-11.00am / Guest Speaker
Dr Ben Edwards, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Do area based initiatives work in Australia?
11.00am-11.20am / Morning Tea
11.20am-12.00pm / Janine Moss(Families Commission)
Supporting young people’s relationships / Janine McCardle / Karen Wong, (Families Commission)
Experiences ofNew Zealand families accessing budgeting services / Radha Balakrishnan
Family Violence Statistics
12.00pm-12.45pm / Anne Kerslake Hendricks (Families Commission)
I have my ups and downs: Pleasures and pressures for grandparents in New Zealand / Jaimie Legge (Families Commission)
Beyond Reasonable Debt / Anne Broome / Sara Kindon
(for Families Commission)
New Kiwis, diverse families, Migrant and former refugee families talk about their early childhood care and education needs
12.45-1.30pm / Lunch
1.30pm-2.20pm / Sally Keeling (Blue Skies #24)
Grandparents in rural families, young people’s perspectives / Dr Lindy Fursman (for Families Commission)
Finding time: parents’ long working hours and the impact on family life / Gill Pirikahu / /Amohia Boulton, Lynley Cvitanovic (Innovative Practice #3)
Engaging Maori Whanau, evaluation of a targeted parenting programme
2.20pm-3.00pm / Jeff Gage (Blue Skies – soon to be published)
An exploration of the contribution of fathering to family health, generational change: Building meaningful relationships through fathering / Amritha Sobrun-Maharaj / Fiona Rossen (Research Fund – soon to be published)
Asian Immigrant Families – Enhancing Resiliency: Promoting a positive transition for Asian immigrant families in New Zealand / Andrew Smith, Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Tauranga (Blue Skies #26)
Sent Home: The impact on the family of a child’s exclusion from school
3.00pm-3.20pm / Afternoon Tea
3.20pm-4.00pm / Jaimie Stuart / Paul Jose (Blue Skies #25)
Settling in: Parent-adolescent family dynamics in the acculturation process / Scott Ussher (Families Commission)
The material wellbeing of New Zealandfamilies / David Mitchell / Philip Chapman (Innovative Practice – soon to be published)
Pathways through parental separation: the experiences of a group of non-resident fathers
4.00pm-4.45pm / Nicola Surtees / Alex Gunn (Blue Skies – soon to be published)
We’re a Family. A study of how lesbians and gay men are creating and maintaining family in New Zealand / Carl Davidson
Supporting fathers? Fathering in New Zealand today / Julie Lawrence / Anne Smith (Blue Skies – soon to be published)
Family Discipline in Context