Program Information
This year’s conference theme is valuing different perspectives. It represents ASID’s mission and strategic goals to forge interaction between intellectual disability research, policy, and practice and the involvement of people with intellectual disability.
Please find below the provisional program for the conference.
ASID 2023 Conference Program
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Note: The following program is provisional and subject to change without notice at the discretion of the ASID 2023 Conference Organising Committee
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Tuesday, 21 November 2023 |
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| 12:00pm | 4:00pm | Workshop: Maximising health and health care for adults with intellectual disability who live in supported accommodation. Nick Lennox and Anthony Lark M11, Crown Promenade Melbourne | |||||
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 |
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| 8:00 am | 7:30 pm | Registration Conference Hall Foyer, Crown Promenade Melbourne |
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| 9:00 am | 11:00 am |
Opening session: Supporting people with complex needs Evidence about good practice for supporting people with complex behaviour Promoting the reduction and elimination of the use of restrictive practices by providers to the greatest extent possible |
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| 11:00 am | 11:30 am | Morning tea break | |||||
| Session 1: Supporting people with complex needs Chair: Brent Hayward Conference Hall 1 |
Session 2: Rights Chair: Simon Wright Conference Hall 2 |
Session 3: Access Chair: Angela Dew Conference Hall 3 |
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| 11:30 am | 12:00 pm | 1.1 The aggression-severity outburst scale: testing a new behavior severity measure Glenys Holt |
2.1 Shining light on personhood for people with intellectual disability Eden Tuisaula Cruice & Brigit Mirfin-veitch |
3.1 People First NZ learn with us webapp: A digital tool Julia Young & Alex Johnsen |
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| 12:00 pm | 12:30 pm | 1.2 What makes a good behaviour support plan? Maria Vassos |
2.2 Saying sorry for disability institutions Gina Andrews-Zucker, Phillipa Carnemolla & Jack Kelly |
3.2 An update on accessible written information Cathy Basterfield |
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| 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1.3 Trauma and stigma: The shadow side of belonging Benjamin Garcia-Lee |
2.3 4 rights for decision making Alexander Elliott |
3.3 Carers from refugee backgrounds: Co-creating Arabic resources Louisa Smith |
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| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Lunch break | |||||
| Session 4: Housing and leaving home Chair: Ilan Wiesel Conference Hall 1 |
Session 5: Inclusive research Chair: Sally Robinson Conference Hall 2 |
Session 6: Health issues Chairs: Laura Hogan & Paul O’Dea Conference Hall 3 |
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| 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4.1 Housing and people with multiple and complex disabilities in NZ Umi Asaka & Brigit Mirfin-veitch |
5.1 A mental health support program for us by us Erin Louise Whittle |
6.1 The healthy discussions project Michelle Wilcox |
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| 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm |
4.2 Post-parental care planning in rural Australia
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5.2 Role of research building agency with people with intellectual disability Morag Kelly |
6.2 Enhancing preventive healthcare through service provider education Clare Woods & Jennifer Brennen |
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| 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4.3 Moving out of the family home Irene Belperio |
5.3 Lived experience: Profound intellectual disabilities and inclusion in research Michelle King |
6.3 Wellbeing Indicators for intellectually disabled New Zealanders Shara Turner |
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| 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4.4 Living a good life in my own home Angela Walter |
5.4 The inclusion library Phillippa Carnemolla & Jack Kelly |
6.4 Transitioning from prison to community: Reflections from an NDIS OT Sally Lamshed |
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| 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | Afternoon tea break | |||||
| Session 7: Abuse prevention Chair: Alan Hough Conference Hall 1 |
Session 8: Parenting with intellectual disability Chairs: Brent Hayward & Donna Best Conference Hall 2 |
Session 9: Co-production Chair: Michelle Moss & Robert Ellis Conference Hall 3 |
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| 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 7.1 Centering Lived Experience of Intellectual Disability in Violence Prevention Kristy Hill & Alison Maclean |
8.1 Reframing parenting with intellectual disability: From problem to solution frame Susan Collings |
9.1 CID’s working together framework: Making co-production easy Catalina Voroneanu & Jack Kelly |
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| 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 7.2 Understanding everyday harm: a scoping review of abuse literature Sally Robinson |
8.2 Disability or not, I am still a parent, sometimes I just need a little support Renee Mills & Crystal Richardson |
9.2 Co-designing hospital education for healthcare workers about intellectual disability Cathy Beck, Katie Brooker & Catrin Culla |
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| 5:30 pm | 7:30 pm | Welcome reception and launch of resources for quality hospital care for people with intellectual disabilities Conference Hall Foyer, Crown Promenade Hotel |
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Thursday, 23 November 2023 |
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| 8:00 am | 5:30 pm | Registration Conference Hall Foyer, Crown Promenade Melbourne |
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| 9:00 am | 11:00 am |
Opening session: Encounters between people with and without intellectual disabilities Responding to otherness. Encounters with people with severe intellectual disabilities – the potential of experimental-relational spaces of encounter. Making place for encounter across cognitive difference |
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| 11:00 am | 11:30 am | Morning tea break | |||||
| Session 10: The Royal Commission and people with intellectual disabilities: a panel discussion Chair: Alan Hough Conference Hall 1 |
Session 11: Health information Chair: Bronwyn Newman Conference Hall 2 |
Session 12: Assessing Needs Chair: David Thompson Conference Hall 3 |
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| 11:30 am | 12:00 pm | – Sally Robinson, Flinders University – Dru Marsh, Chair, Golden City Support Services – Nicola Crates, Possability – Kathy Ellem, University of Queensland – Paul O’Dea, Board member ASID – Christine Bigby, La Trobe University |
11.1 Roadmap for improving the health of people with intellectual disability Nicholas Lennox & Anthony Lark |
12.1 Women with intellectual disability and mental health disorders Erin Louise Whittle |
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| 12:00 pm | 12:30 pm | 11.2 Co-designing a healthy cooking program for adults with intellectual disability Roberta Asher |
12.2 Scoping review, comparison of proxy and self-reports of internal states Kristen Webb |
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| 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 11.3 Just include me: Co-produced easy read health literacy resources Laura Naing, Jack Kelly & Nicole Ascaino |
12.3 Lived experience of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment Kerryn Bagley |
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| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Lunch break | |||||
| Session 13: Group homes Chair: Lincoln Humpfreys Conference Hall 1 |
Session 14: Health research Chair: Laura Hogan & Bruce O’Brien Conference Hall 2 |
Session 15: Being included Chair: Cat Lancaster Conference Hall 3 |
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| 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 13.1 Ageing residents in group homes: Exploring staff experiences Tal Araten-Bergman |
14.1 Collecting healthcare experience information from people with intellectual disability Bronwyn Newman |
15:1 Towards inclusive practice: Reflections on why inclusive practice matters Luke Nelson & Jamie Bannister |
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| 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 13.2 Support model for seven people living in shared accommodation Melanie Ingham |
14.2 Improving the delivery of annual health assessments Nicholas Lennox & Anthony Lark |
15.2 The practical application of the Inclusive Governance Project findings Bernadette Curryer & Will Harding |
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| 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 13.3 Checking if services are good and safe for people with intellectual disability Jade McEwen |
14.3 Falls in people with intellectual disability who live in group homes Caroline Hart & Stella Koritsas |
15.3 TEDx for everyone: People with intellectual disability speaking up Kathy Ellem & Donna Best |
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| 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 13.4 Changes in quality of support in group homes Christine Bigby |
14.4 Resources for strengthening hospital inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities Teresa Iacono |
15.4 The Silos Project: Working together helps students with intellectual disabilities to get jobs Janice O’Connor |
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| 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | Afternoon tea break | |||||
| Session 16: Families and group homes Chair: Bernadette Curryer & Will Harding Conference Hall 1 |
Session 17: Parenting experience Chair: Coral Farr Conference Hall 2 |
Session 18: Outcomes
Chair: Stuart Wark Conference Hall 3 |
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16.1 Family’s experiences supporting adults in group homes during COVID‐19 Tal Araten-Bergman |
17.1 Exploring student-parent experiences of a postgraduate disability studies program Sian Anderson |
18.1 Contribution: A different perspective on measuring outcomes Samuel Arnold & Sarah Butler |
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| 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 16.2 Family perspectives on support in group homes Christine Bigby |
17.2 Enduring strength from a labour of love: Family-life with disability Murray Rieck |
18.2 Implementation of toolkit for planning and supporting new living arrangements Micaela Goldsmith |
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| 5:30pm | End of day 2 | ||||||
Friday, 24 November 2023 |
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| Start | Finish | Program | |||||
| 8:00 am | 3:30 pm | Registration Conference Hall Foyer, Crown Promenade Melbourne |
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| 9:00 am | 11:00 am |
Opening session: Supported decision making Recognising diversity: A framework for implementing supported decision making across sectors and disability groups Profound intellectual disability and decision-making: Lived experience from the margins Supported decision making law reform |
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| 11:00 am | 11:30 am | Morning tea break | |||||
| Session 19: Decision support research Chair: Christine Bigby & Elizabeth Young Conference Hall 1 |
Session 20: Support practice Chair: Angela Dew & Bruce O’Brien Conference Hall 2 |
Session 21: Advocacy, rights and peer work Chair: Kathy Ellem & Paul O’Dea Conference Hall 3 |
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| 11:30 am | 12:00 pm | 19.1 Supported decision making: There is no ‘except who’ Leanne Pearman & Shewani Shilkar |
20.1 Making moves in disability support work Catherine Maitland |
21.1 Raising awareness of self advocacy David Corner |
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| 12:00 pm | 12:30 pm | 19.2 Targeting feelings in choice and control workshops for staff Charity Sims-Jenkins, Kathryn Bartlett & Rachael Walters |
20.2 He is just like a two-year-old: Controversial? Sheridan Forster |
21.2 Being equally valued in economic life Ben Alexander & Raylene Griffiths |
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| 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 21.3 Doing peer work with people with intellectual disability Louisa Smith & Jarrod Sandell-Hay |
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| 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Lunch break | |||||
| Session 22: Families Chair: Louisa Smith Conference Hall 1 |
Session 23: Employment Chair: Andrea Consentino Conference Hall 2 |
Session 24: Making decisions Chair: Bernadette Curryer Conference Hall 3 |
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| 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 22.1 The role of the family in finding meaningful employment Jan Kruger & Jack Kruger |
23.1 The NDIS and disability employment: A customised approach Peter Smith |
24.1 A new way to make choices about the end of life Nicola McKenzie |
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| 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 22.2 Family roles in adults’ lives: Views of service managers Monica Cuskelly |
23.2 NDIS workplace counselling and capacity building Peter Smith & Lauren Pavlidis |
24.2 Deciding with support: Bringing supported decision-making to positive behaviour support Sally Robinson |
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| 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm | ASID awards and conference close | |||||