2014 National Youth Sector Conference

Responding to Bullying and Cybersafety: Best Practice and Inspiration

MONDAY 23 — TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2014 • HUNTER VALLEY ACADEMY

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RYDON Inc. [Regional Youth Development Officers Net-

work] is a network of Youth Development Officers from

the Cessnock, Dungog, Gloucester, Gosford, Lake Macquar-

ie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Upper Hunter and

Wyong Local Government Areas.

RYDON’s primary purpose is to focus on community devel-

opment activities that will assist young people to access

community resources and opportunities.

This is done through:

Promoting coordination, cooperation and networking

between providers of services to young people;

Lobbying government and other relevant bodies on

behalf of young people and providers of services to

young people;

Supporting, organising and providing training for

those working with young people;

Representing the interest of young people and those

working with young people

Achievements

Delivering 25 years of youth sector conferences making

us the longest running youth sector conference in Aus-

tralia.

Development of the RYDON Code Of Ethics in consulta-

tion with the youth sector and industry professionals.

Establishment of the annual Regional Youth Services

Awards and being recognised in

Parliament for these awards.

More information about your local youth inter-

agency– minutes, agendas, times and locations

Contact details for your local Youth Development

Officer

Resources, Research, Articles and News

Upcoming Training, Meetings and Events

Add your service to our Youth Services Directory

Policies and Advocacy

www.rydon.org.au

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the many lands that delegates come from and pay our re-

spect to the elders of both past and present who hold the collective knowledge of Aboriginal Australia.

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//PROGRAM DAY ONE — MONDAY 23 JUNE 2014 TIME EVENT PAGE

8:30am Registration

8:50am Acknowledgement of Country & Smoking Ceremony

9:10am Opening Address in Hall Project RockIt! Followed by the RYDON Annual Review in Main Auditorium- Lakin Agnew, RYDON Chair-person

9:30am The National Centre Against Bullying Judi Fallon The Alannah & Madeline Foundation

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10:15am Beyond Bullying Professor Rhonda Craven & Kurt Marder The Centre for Positive Psychology & Education

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11:00am Raising Empathic and Compassionate People in a Bully Society Lyn Worsley The Resilience Centre

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11:40am Morning Tea Break

12:00pm Room 1 eSmart Schools Judi Fallon Alannah & Madeline Foundation

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Room 2 Bullying Issues for Young People from Refugee & Migrant Backgrounds Andrew Cummings Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network

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Room 3 School Discipline Policies and the Special Needs student Elizabeth Berger PhD Student

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12:50pm Lunch Break

1:40pm Room 1 eSmart Schools Judi Fallon Alannah & Madeline Foundation

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Room 2 Bullying Issues for Young People from Refugee & Migrant Backgrounds Andrew Cummings Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network

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Room 3 School Discipline Policies and the Special Needs student Elizabeth Berger Maitland Christian School

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2:30pm Afternoon Tea Break

2:50pm Connecting Authentically Kathy Hoyt & Idris Mustafovski Reach Foundation

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3:40pm Time to mingle and have fun

4:30pm Close

5:30pm 3rd Annual Regional Youth Services Awards (RYSA) Ceremony

Please evaluate the first day of the Annual RYDON Conference by heading to:

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//DAY ONE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Judi Fallon

The Alannah & Madeline Foundation

Judi Fallon is The Alannah and Madeline Foundation’s eSmart Schools’ Pro-

gram Manager. She is responsible for the Framework’s development and

implementation in all schools across Australia.

Judi has extensive experience in education. She was a teacher for 15 years

and a school principal for 10 years in the Victorian Education Department

primary school system. After retiring from the schools system in 2007, Judi

worked in Singapore as an Academic Director teaching and writing curricu-

lum for the Ministry of Education.

Judi commenced with The Alannah and Madeline Foundation in June 2011

as the Senior Education Specialist looking after the provision of the eSmart

schools’ resources. In November 2011, she moved into the manager role.

Judi has a Bachelor of Marketing and a Bachelor of Education from Monash

University, Melbourne. Her passion is to make a difference in the lives of

children by helping to keep them safe, smart and responsible in the cyber

world.

Abstract

An initiative of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, The National Centre

Against Bullying (NCAB) is a peak body working to advise and inform the

Australian community on the issue of childhood bullying and the creation

of safe schools and communities, including the issue of cybersafety.

Chaired by Former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, The Hon.

Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, NCAB plays an important role in speaking

out for children and advocating for their right to be free from bullying.

Established in 2002, NCAB’s 25 members include some of Australia’s lead-

ing experts in the field of bullying and cyberbullying – including psycholo-

gists, academics, researchers and educators.

Driven by best-practice research and expert knowledge, NCAB aims to:

provide national leadership in addressing bullying and other negative

behaviours and achieve safe and connected environments for young

people;

change attitudes about bullying, and related issues, and increase

awareness of the harm it causes to individuals and society;

Build the capacity, knowledge and skill base of a range of sectors to

enable them to address the issues of bullying and wellbeing; and

drive evidence-based practice in the fields of bullying and wellbeing.

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//DAY ONE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Rhonda Craven

The Centre for Positive Psychology & Education

Professor Rhonda Craven is a highly accomplished researcher in the field of

educational psychology. She has demonstrated expertise in utilising the

strongest statistical analyses employing the qualitative research methodol-

ogy. She has successfully secured over 7.9 million dollars in nationally com-

petitive funding for 47 large-scale research projects. Professor Craven’s

research has resulted in extensive publications in books and academic jour-

nals of international repute including: 3 edited research monographs, 6

books, 5 commissioned national reports, 73 articles in top tier refereed

journals, 48 book chapters, and 186 refereed conference papers. Professor

Craven is a member of the International Expert ThinkTank on Cyberbully-

ing, which draws together 16 leading bullying researchers from all over the

world to set and drive a fresh international research agenda to advance

cyberbullying research. Deliberations of the ThinkTank, along with the Insti-

tute for Positive Psychology and Educations established bullying research

program, continue to contribute to the international agenda in this field of

research. Professor Craven’s research program has also included develop-

ing new theoretical models of bullying and demonstrating: the centrality of

the self-concept construct for bullying research, the vital interplay of theo-

ry, research, and practice in bullying research, and that bullying interven-

tions need to be founded on advances in theory and empirical research to

be effective.

Kurt Marder

The Centre for Positive Psychology & Education

Kurt Marder is at present an Adjunct Research Associate of the Institute for

Positive Psychology and Education at the Australian Catholic University. He

has an extensive teaching and research background in Primary, Secondary,

and Tertiary contexts in both Australia and overseas. His expertise is in the

sociology of education and special education. Kurt is also a member of the

International Expert ThinkTank on Cyberbullying. The membership of which

comprise of world renowned international cyberbullying researchers. The

results of this group have furthered research in cyberbullying and bullying

theory and practical intervention programs.

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//DAY ONE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Lyn Worsley

The Resilience Centre

Lyn is a Clinical Psychologist with a background in nursing, teaching, and

youth work. She is the director of the Resilience Centre in Epping, which

has a reputation for innovative solution, focussed approaches to client

change through individual and group therapies for over 16 years. At the

Resilience Centre, Lyn supervises specialist psychologists, and coordinates

community seminars, training workshops, and resilience groups for people

of all ages. Lyn and a team of Alpha Psychologists at the Resilience Centre

have also recently opened an eating disorders clinic using a family interven-

tion model for effective change with young adolescents.

Lyn is the author of the Resilience Doughnut, a pioneering model showing

the strong contexts where resilience is enhanced, both during development

and throughout adulthood. The Resilience Doughnut has become a founda-

tional ecological model of resilience used by practitioners all around Aus-

tralia and is quickly spreading to other countries including, Japan, Canada,

South Africa and UK. The work of the Resilience Doughnut across a whole

school builds student and staff awareness of the coping resources available

and enhances a whole school culture of resilience. To date the Resilience

Doughnut has worked directly with over 60 state and private schools to

build the resilience of students, staff and the community.

Lyn has a dynamic style of relating and teaching across disciplines, and her

presentations focus on personal application to enhance learning.

Abstract

Developing empathy and compassion is dependant on a person’s experi-

ences in the world. The ability to be socially savvy not only involves being

aware of ourselves but being able to take the perspective of another in

making decisions. The ability to see the perspective of another is vital for

good relationships and affects the process of resilience building.

The process of building compassion for others is often in the context of

difficult and bullying encounters with peers, teachers and co-workers. The

difficulties can be a source of moral development by building empathy and

compassion for others.

This keynote will look at the stages of moral development by Lawrence

Kholberg and how they relate to the interactions of the adults in a child’s

world. Examples of ways to engage young people in moral dilemmas to

help their moral development will be used in the session along with some

personal reflection as to the adult’s continual development of moral rea-

soning.

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//DAY ONE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Kathy Hoyt

Reach Foundation

Kathy is the General Manager of The Reach Foundation in NSW. Prior to

working at Reach, Kathy worked for Social Ventures Australia (Employment

Team), the University of Sydney, and has worked with non-profit organiza-

tions providing strategic consulting advice and volunteering for over 10

years. She holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business

and a BSc from UNSW.

Kathy loves her job at Reach where she leads a small growing team that is

bringing the work of Reach to young people in NSW, including the Hunter

Region. The GM role oversees partnerships, fundraising, crew recruitment

and development, programs and operations for NSW. Kathy is also a mem-

ber of the Reach executive team and the Impact Subcommittee of the

Reach Board. Positive youth development and in particular the Youth-Led

model of Reach are a particular passion for Kathy.

Idris Mustafovski

Reach Foundation

Idris is a Facilitator at The Reach Foundation and has been involved with

Reach as a crew member for over 9 years. Idris joined the NSW team of

Reach in 2012 where he manages relationships with schools in Parramatta,

and the Illawarra and Hunter Regions. Idris leads Secondary and Primary

school workshops and community programs throughout the year while he

is training the more junior crew. Idris is studying a part-time Bachelor of

Psychological Science.

Abstract

Being a teenager can be tough. In addition to the physical and psychologi-

cal changes they are going through, young people are likely to be experi-

encing some degree of relationship difficulty, peer pressure, stress, and for

1 in 4 mental illness. It is this transition time from a child to an adult that

can set their path forward for much of their lives.

Reach supports young people to get the most out of life. We aim to im-

prove the wellbeing of young people so they can be healthy and resilient to

meet life’s challenges. We do this by delivering workshops that support our

participants to develop their self awareness, a sense of purpose, and a

stronger sense of connections. Our difference is we are youth-led with all

of our community and school based programs delivered by our high trained

young crew aged 16-25.

During this session you will hear more about us but more importantly our

crew will give you a little taste of what our young people experience in our

workshops.

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//DAY ONE WORKSHOPS eSmart Schools Judi Fallon

Alannah & Madeline Foundation

Cyberbullying and bullying consistently emerge as key concerns for schools

and families, with many education leaders struggling to implement effec-

tive strategies for their reduction and ongoing management. Digital tech-

nologies have brought their own opportunities and challenges, and have

further highlighted the need to establish robust wellbeing programs that

foster safe, caring, respectful and inclusive communities, in which bullying

and aggressive behaviours in all forms are inappropriate.

The Alannah and Madeline foundation has developed the eSmart Schools

which is a web based framework connecting schools to the best resources

available and helping schools address these issues. eSmart helps students

become more smart, safe and responsible online and learn how social me-

dia can be used safely and effectively. This is a whole school approach

which is firmly integrated into the student wellbeing area with domains of

the eSmart framework focused strongly on the safety and wellbeing of

young people. This presentation will also outline specific examples of

schools linked into this system and how they were able to make a huge

difference in the wellbeing of their students and track and report on their

progress.

Bullying Issues for Young People from Refugee & Migrant

Backgrounds Andrew Cummings

Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN)

This workshop will focus on the particular issues effecting young people

from refugee and migrant backgrounds who are experiencing bullying and

harassment. The topics explored will include:

Racism as a form of bullying and harassment

The impact of racism and bullying on young people who have experi-

enced torture and trauma

Ways to challenge racist bullying

Creating “Racism free zones” in your work with young people

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//DAY ONE WORKSHOPS School Discipline Policies and the Special Needs student Elizabeth Berger

PhD Student

Elizabeth Berger has worked for almost 25 years in front line services in the

Community Welfare sector. In that time she supported the foundation of

the DALE Program and The Young Mothers School at Waratah in

NSW. These programs were started to help students who had not been

able to cope with the traditional school approach and many had been se-

verely bullied.

Finishing that work, Elizabeth entered the education field and became a

School Counsellor working with students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

This is Elizabeth’s 6th year in that field and is currently doing a PhD in Soci-

ology and Psychology and hopes to have them finished by the end of this

year.

Elizabeth’s interest in the topic has been generated from many conversa-

tions with children, parents and teachers across many schools and support

groups and in particular by one student Elizabeth has counselled over the

last six years. His struggles and level of forgiveness to others has been an

inspiration to Elizabeth and she is looking to pass that inspiration on

through the workshop.

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//DAY TWO PROGRAM TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2014

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9:00am Registration

9:10am Acknowledgement of Country

9:20am Ready to ROCKIT: Strengths based strategies for engaging students in real discussion around (cyber)bullying Rosie & Lucy Thomas Project RockIt!

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10:20am Bullying & Mental Health Tegan Cotterill Hunter Institute of Mental Health

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11:10am Morning Tea Break

11:30am Room 1 Cyberbullying & Respectful Relationships Nina Funnell

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Room 2 Exploring Criminal Law Implications of Sexting & Cyberbullying Kirsty Harrison Legal Aid

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Room 3 A recipe for pro-active bystanders Rosie & Lucy Thomas Project RockIt!

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12:20pm Lunch Break

Room 1 Cyberbullying & Respectful Relationships Nina Funnell

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Room 2 Exploring Criminal Law Implications of Sexting & Cyberbullying Kirsty Harrison Legal Aid

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Room 3 A recipe for pro-active bystanders Rosie & Lucy Thomas Project RockIt!

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2:00pm Afternoon Tea Break

2:15pm Bullying: A Survivor's Perspective Elyse Hudson Lake Macquarie Young Citizen of the Year 2012

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2:35pm Behind False Smiles Katie Stratham We Are Saving Face

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3:35pm Close

Please evaluate the second day of the Annual RYDON Conference by heading to:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RYDON2014c2

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//DAY TWO KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Rosie and Lucy Thomas

Project RockIt!

Project RockIt! was launched by Rosie and Lucy Thomas, two Melbourne

sisters who saw the opportunity to build diversity, citizenship and resilience

by tackling the issue of bullying in school communities.

In evaluation, 96% of students found Project RockIt! personally helpful and

94% observed a difference in the culture of their year level following the

program.

Project RockIt! has now worked with over 80,000 school students and pre-

sented at major national and international conferences. They have served

as lead consultants to government and corporate, developing company-

endorsed strategies for dealing with cyberbullying.

Rosie Thomas

Rosie is a highly energetic and passionate facilitator, who has extensive

experiences in working with diverse youth communities. For the past 6

years, she has dedicated her professional life to helping the lives of young

people. Rosie has made numerous appearances in the popular media do-

main, including being featured on Channel 7 news, Sunrise and interviewed

by the panel on Channel 10’s “The Project.” Last year she was named Mel-

bourne’s ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year’.

Lucy Thomas

Lucy is a creative and innovative force in the youth space. As a facilitator,

public speaker and provisional psychologist, her imaginative take on life is

at the core of her ability to connect with young people in a credible and

meaningful way. Lucy has over 10 years experience in group facilitation,

public speaking and youth work. In 2010, she made her International debut

as a speaker at the U.S. National Stop Girl Bullying Conference in Texas,

during which she appeared on primetime CBS news. As well as running Pro-

ject RockIt!, Lucy has personally illustrated all of the organisation’s visual

materials, designed the logo and built the website.

Abstract

Despite increased efforts in educational interventions, policy development,

and legal responses, bullying is an issue that remains both offline and

online. While this problem is not going away, Australia’s youth-driven anti-

bullying and leadership organisation Project RockIt!, has been established

to build strong, youth driven anti-bullying cultures by fostering young peo-

ples strengths, citizenship values and leadership. Rosie and Lucy Thomas,

co-founders of Project RockIt! will share the unique approach they have

developed in working with more than 100,000 school students over the

past 8 years.

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//DAY TWO KEYNOTE SPEAKER Tegan Cotterill

Hunter Institute of Mental Health

Tegan Cotterill works at the Hunter Institute of Mental Health as a Senior

Project Officer with the Mindframe National Media Initiative which encour-

ages responsible, accurate and sensitive representation of mental illness

and suicide in the Australian mass media. Tegan has a Bachelor of Social

Work from the University of Newcastle and has experience working in child

and adolescent mental health, parenting, family work and child protection.

Abstract

Mindframe as part of the Hunter Institute of Mental Health are currently

working with other national mental health and suicide prevention organisa-

tions to develop guidelines for safe and effective online engagement, spe-

cifically best-practice guidelines for clinical and service engagement in

online spaces and best-practice principles for online moderation.

Mindframe provides access to up-to-date, evidence-based information to

support the reporting, portrayal and communication about suicide and

mental illness. As the media landscape continues to shift and social media

has more impact on the way that these issues are reported, Mindframe is

evolving to address the issue of social media around these topics. Although

there is limited evidence about online best practice when communicating

about mental illness and suicide, there is evidence about mass media com-

munication of these issues that can be translated to the online environ-

ment.

This presentation will cover some of the evidence about the impact of mass

communication about mental illness and suicide, risks and benefits of social

media in the suicide prevention and mental health space, information

about young people’s use of technology and how this relates to their men-

tal health and wellbeing, and information about the development of the

above best practice principles and related work currently occurring.

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//DAY TWO KEYNOTE SPEAKER Elyse Hudson

Lake Macquarie Young Citizen of the Year 2011

Elyse Hudson has been awarded Lake Macquarie Young Citizen of the Year

2011 (awarded 2012), among other achievements such as 12 times State

Finalist, twice state champion, two times National finalist, and one time

National champion in public speaking;

Elyse was the 2012 YMCA NSW Youth Parliamentarian Member for

Charlestown, Member of the Legislative Council 2013 and Chairperson of

the Committee Investigating Family and Community Services.

As President of the Newcastle University Women in Engineering Society,

Elyse has also been an Australian Representative at the Hague International

Model United Nations 2011, Professor Harry Messel International Science

School 2011, Asian Science Camp 2012, and International Youth Leadership

Conference 2014.

Abstract

Now in third year University studying Mechanical Engineering and Business,

Elyse has risen above her high school experiences. Reflecting on her eight

years of social and emotional bullying, Elyse will analyse how she survived

bullying and what people can do to support young people during some of

the most difficult periods of their life.

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//DAY TWO KEYNOTE SPEAKER Katie Stratham

We Are Saving Face

Katie is the founder of local non profit organisation We Are Saving Face

who hope to raise awareness and understanding of youth with mental

health issues throughout the local and national community.

Katie started We Are Saving Face in 2012 following her own experiences

with depression.

Katie was first diagnosed with depression at the age of 20 however it came

as no real surprise. “I had suffered from anxiety, paranoia and great bouts

of sadness for as long as I could remember with my first prominent

memory of it being around the age of 7”.

Like many people, Katie was picked on in school and subject to girls tor-

ments and torture. “That stereotypical high school hell had become my

life, and with other issues occurring outside of the school grounds it ap-

peared I had no safe haven or anyone to turn to for help or solace”.

For no apparent Katie would spend hours on end crying, with simple com-

ments setting her off like a loaded gun, losing all motivation to leave the

house, and feeling paranoid when she did.

“I became a person I didn’t like, a person if I were to meet in a social situa-

tion I would hate, and with the thoughts overwhelming and confusing my

now young adult life, I decided that things would be better if I could start

again, with that came an intentional overdose”.

There was not precise event that lead Katie to her attempted suicide how-

ever she sees that it was a pinnacle “reset moment” in her life. “Despite

the sadness it created for my friends and family and the hard work it took

to get back from that point, it is a moment in time I will forever be grateful

for as it taught me how to appreciate life and rather than throw it away I

decided to save lives, mine and anyone else who was feeling terrible about

their situation”

Through medication, therapy and the ongoing support of friends and fami-

ly (particularly her mum) Katie came to realise depression is like cancer,

and while some days are terrible “the good days are worth living for and it

is this belief that led me to create We Are Saving Face, so I can help those

in similar situations know they aren’t alone and help is available”.

Katie will be discussing “Changing your thoughts, changing your life - and

the things you learn when you lose your way”

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//DAY TWO WORKSHOPS Cyberbullying & Respectful Relationships Nina Funnell

Nina Funnell is a Sydney based researcher, author and speaker. Her main

areas of interest include respectful relationships, technology, education,

gender and youth. She has authored multiple book chapters and is the co-

author of Loveability: An Empowered Girls Guide to Dating and Relation-

ships (Harper Collins, 2014). In 2010 Nina was awarded the Australian Hu-

man Rights Community (Individual) award for her work in violence preven-

tion, and was named a finalist for Young Australian of the Year. She has

also been awarded the Edna Ryan Media award.

Nina’s workshop will discuss How are young people connecting with,

through and around technology? What role does technology play in young

people’s relationships? And how does technology shape the experience of

bullying? In this workshop participants will examine how cyberbullying is

evolving and strategies for young people to respond. With a focus on ethi-

cal bystander behaviour and positive social norms theory, participants can

expect to gain new insights and practical skills for working with young peo-

ple.

Exploring Criminal Law Implications of Sexting & Cyber-

bullying Kirsty Harrison

Legal Aid NSW

Kirsty Harrison is a solicitor with the Children's Legal Service of Legal Aid

NSW. She works in the criminal jurisdiction, primarily at the Children's

Court of New South Wales. Kirsty also conduct's community legal education

at schools, youth groups and Juvenile Justice Centre's where she provides

workshops on the law as it relates to young people in NSW.

The Children's Legal Service of Legal Aid NSW will present their new educa-

tion resource which is an animation that brings to life the criminal law im-

plications of Sexting and Cyberbullying.

It is an interactive 'choose-your-own-adventure' style animation exploring

the criminal law outcomes of Sexting and Cyberbullying in a way that young

people can understand and relate to.

It tells the story of Kat and Omar, who are navigating the pitfalls of digital

communication, 'selfies' and online life. At various stages throughout the

story, viewers are asked to choose what to do next. They are then present-

ed with the criminal law implications of their choice which are explored by

the presenter.

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//DAY TWO WORKSHOPS Ready to ROCKIT: Strengths based strategies for engaging

students in real discussion around (cyber)bullying.

Project RockIt!

This workshop will cover the following areas:

Project RockIt!’s recipe for proactive bystanders

Using a "show-not-tell" approach to student learning to raise aware-

ness and empathy of bullying victimization.

How to unite with students against bullying: Collaborative risk as-

sessment and strategy formulation.

Using creative arts to facilitate reflection on past behaviour and cur-

rent social roles, culminating in the “AHA” moment.

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//A BIG THANKYOU TO...

FACS contracts a number of Community and Youth Development Projects across the Hunter Central Coast region to organise and deliver the Hunter Regional Youth Develop-ment Officers Network (RYDON) Confer-ence. The conference, an outcome of the Community Builders Community Sector De-velopment Service Activity Description, aims to enhance the capacity of local networks through professional learning and skills devel-opment opportunities for service providers.

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