Please Distribute This Flyer to All Early Childhood Educators in Your Area

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS FLYER TO ALL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS IN YOUR AREA.

ECTA PRESENTS

“Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect”

FREE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL

Certificate of Attendance will be issued

Wednesday 11th November 20093.45.pm – 5.45pm

ECTA AGM will follow the Workshop

RSVP: Friday 6th November2009(Numbers are limited)

You also have the option to view the workshop from your personal computer via videostreaming after the event. To access the videostream, go to the ECTA website – on the day after where you will find the link.

Early childhood practitioners have been involved in efforts to protect children from abuse and neglect in Australia since the 1970s. Our role is multidimensional including i) detecting warning signs and indicators of different forms of child maltreatment; ii) making child protection notifications based on reasonable suspicion; iii) responding to the needs of maltreated children in classrooms; iv) teaching children self-protection strategies; v) and supporting children and families by cooperating with child protection authorities and support services; and vi) developing a knowledge-base about child abuse and neglect (Briggs & Hawkins, 1997; David, 1993, 1994; Watts, 1997). This session will assist early childhood staff to align their work with best practices in the field by reviewing what the existing evidence base suggests works best. This workshop will be presented by Dr Kerryann Walsh who is a senior lecturer in the School of Early Childhood at QUT. As a practitioner, for many years Kerryann worked as the early childhood teacher on a multidisciplinary team at the Abused Child Trust (now known as ACTforKids). She is currently working on projects relating to mandatory reporting, child sexual abuse prevention programs, educational consequences of child abuse and neglect, and teacher training for child protection. ...... COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS BOOKING FORM VIA EMAIL, FAX OR POST

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Organisation: (if applicable)
Email: / Telephone:

Number registering on this form (use a second form if more than 3):

SELECT TAFE INSTITUTE SITE YOU WISH TO ATTEND:

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AlexanderHills 1

Ashmore

Caboolture

Cairns1

Gladstone 1

Innisfail

Mackay 1

Roma

South Brisbane(Host)

Toowoomba 2

TownsvilleCity

Yeppoon

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Note:There are some changes to venue addresses. See siteaddresses on next page.

Answer all questions below and provide an Email address for each person registering on this form

Name: / Phone:
Email address: / ECTA Member number:
ECTA Regional Group / TAFE or QUT Student number: / Other
Name: / Phone:
Email address: / ECTA Member number:
ECTA Regional Group / TAFE or QUT Student number: / Other
Name: / Phone:
Email address: / ECTA Member number:
ECTA Regional Group / TAFE or QUT Student number: / Other

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ECTA Individual & Organisational members (number required), ECTA regional group members and TAFE & QUT students (number required) are given priority if a site is booked out. You can join ECTA anytime. Membership forms available from website
Please refer to the FAQ sheet for further information BEFORE contacting ECTA with questions.

ECTA Secretariat:

Fax 07 5481 1148

20 Hilton Rd Gympie 4570

PLEASE NOTE: Your registration automatically confirms your attendance!

Participants will only be contacted if numbers exceed room capacity for asite. If this occurs, preference will be given to ECTA members, QUTstudents and TAFE students and you will be contacted to be placed on awaiting list. You can join ecta anytime by submitting a membership form which is available on our website.

MAPS OF THE VARIOUS TAFE CAMPUSES ARE UNAVAILABLE FROM ECTA –

CONTACT THE LOCAL TAFE/SITE IF MORE VENUE INFORMATION IS NEEDED.

VIDEOLINQ WORKSHOP ROOM DETAILS

TAFE INSTITUTE ADDRESS ROOM

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AlexandraHills 1

Windemere Rd

AlexandraHills

A Block Room 1.4 (30)

Ashmore

Cnr Heeb & Benowa Rds

Ashmore

A206 Zoom Room (15)

Caboolture

Cnr Tallon & Manley Sts

Caboolture

B2.21 Learning Hub/Library (15)

Cairns 1

Eureka St

Cairns

U Block Room 216 (30)

Gladstone 1

Derby St

Gladstone

B Block – B103 (20)

Innisfail

19 Flying Pt Rd

Innisfail

A118 (10)

Mackay 1

90 – 92 Sydney St

Mackay

A2.14 (30)

Roma

Timbury St

Roma

A2.03 (30)

South Brisbane(Host Site)

TAFE Open Learning

Cnr of Cordelia & Peel

Sts South Brisbane

Boardroom (30)

Toowoomba 2

100 Bridge St

Toowoomba

B Block Videolinq Rm 2 (15)

NB New Location

Townsville City

Cnr Walker & Stanley Sts

Townsville

C209 (10)

Yeppoon

26 Tabone St

Yeppoon

C101 (30)

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FAQs for ECTA Videolinq (Videoconference) Workshops

What is a videolinq? Do I need to have a computer or special

equipment to attend?

A Videolinq is similar to a teleconference, except participants can

see the presenters and other participants at other sites. You don’t

need to bring along any IT equipment, all the equipment is in

regular use at the TAFE sites. You simply turn up and enjoy the

workshop.

Why isn’t there a workshop at a venue near me?

Due to increased demands on the TAFE Videolinq network, ECTA

has had to decrease the number of sites from 20 to 12. Every care

is taken to consider that there is a site as close to possible to ECTA regional groups and regional members for each Videolinq

workshop. Sites are chosen on the basis of numbers in attendance

for previous workshops and are dependent on the availability of

the site for the date required. Each workshop is recorded, and a

DVD of the workshop is distributed to ECTA members.However we are triallinganother option to view the workshop from your personal computer via videostreaming after the event.To access the videostream go to the ECTA website – on the day after where you will find the link.

Handouts/notes, if available, are provided on the day and later

posted to the ECTA web-site for general access via the Videolinq

Programs section.

How can I get the DVD of the workshop?

Only ECTA members are eligible to receive a copy of the DVD

from each Videolinq workshop. These DVD’s are distributed to ECTA members with the EYC Journal. If you want a DVD and are not a member, you are welcome to become one and receive both the DVD and journal.

How can I get in touch with the workshop presenter/s?

Once a workshop has been presented, the contact details of those

presenters who provide their contact details for distribution will be

posted to the Videolinq section of the ECTA website

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