Time

Agenda

0815 - 0915

Registration

0915 - 0945

Welcome and conference opening

0945 - 1100

Keynote presentation
Andrew Leigh and Chikako Yamauchi - Which children benefit from non-parental care?
Discussant: Collette Tayler

1100 - 1130

Morning tea / Poster presentations

Time

Stream 1 - Bouverie Room

Stream 2 - Rathdowne Room

Authors

Agenda

Authors

Agenda

1130 - 1200

Jan Nicholson, Donna Berthelsen, Nina Lucas and Melissa Wake

Socio-economic inequalities in physical and developmental health outcomes for Australian children, birth to 6 years

Matt Taylor, Mario Fiorini and Ben Edwards

Does it matter at what age children start school in Australia? Investigating school starting age and six-year old children’s outcomes

1200 - 1230

Gerry Redmond

Using LSAC to examine the adequacy of Australian Children’s Living Standards

Diana Smart, Ann Sanson, Jenny Baxter, Ben Edwards and Alan Hayes

The school progress of children from financially disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged families

1230 - 1300

Michael Bittman and Leonie Rutherford

Digital Natives, issues and evidence about children’s use of new and old media

Amy Claessens

School readiness and achievement in middle childhood

1300 - 1400

Lunch
1315 - 1345 Joanne Corey - LSAC data collection methodology
(Australian Bureau of Statistics presentation in Rathdowne Room)

1400 - 1430

Sheldon Rothman

The development and use of educational measures in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Jenny Baxter and Julie Smith

Breastfeeding and infant time use

1430 - 1500

Tamara Blakemore, Megan Shipley, Stacey Waters and Stephen Zubrick

Measuring family disadvantage in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Mario Fiorini and Michael Keane

How the allocation of children’s time affects cognitive and non-cognitive development

1500 - 1530

Sven Silburn and Sally Brinkman

The Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) and other measures of early child development as predictors of children’s school learning and behaviour

Ariel Kalil, Rebecca Ryan and Amy Claessens

Maternal education and the developmental gradient in time with children: Evidence from Australia

1530 - 1600

Afternoon tea / Poster presentations

1600 - 1630

Nicola Taylor and Prem Thapa

The production of cognitive and non-cognitive gaps in children: The contribution of family income, resources and parenting

Rasheda Khanam, Hong Son Nghiem and Luke Connelly

Chronic conditions and child health: Does income mediate?

1630 - 1700

Helene Shin

Talking to children clearly but respectfully: The effect of inductive reasoning and hostile parenting at age 4-5 on child’s conduct problems at age 6-7 using LSAC Waves 1 and 2

Nina Lucas, Nicky Kirkpatrick, Ana Neumann, Janina Chapman and Jan Nicholson

Inequalities in reported oral health and dental service utilization of Australian children aged 2-3 and 6-7 years

1700 - 1730

Jordana Bayer, Obioha Ukoumunne, Katherine Scalzo, Melissa Wake, Nina Lucas and Jan Nicholson

Early childhood aetiology of mental health problems: A national longitudinal study

Lixin Ou and Jack Chen

The gaps in health outcome and health services utilization between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian infants and its attributable causal effects: Where to intervene and how big impact are they?

1800 - 1830

Pre-dinner drinks: Parkview Lounge/Pool deck

1830 - 2130

Conference Dinner: Parkview Lounge/Pool deck

Time

Agenda

0900 - 1000

Keynote presentation
Ann Sanson, Diana Smart and Sebastian Misson - Children’s physical, cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes: Do they share the same drivers?

1000 - 1030

Morning tea / Poster presentations

Time

Stream 1 - Bouverie Room

Stream 2 - Rathdowne Room

Authors

Agenda

Authors

Agenda

1030 - 1100

Melissa Wake and Katherine Smith

Changes in preschooler obesity between 2004 and 2008: Is there hope after the hype?

Wilawan Kanjanapan

Early maternal employment and children’s development in Australia

1100 - 1130

Anne-Marie Waters, Leanne Poulos, Rosario Ampon, Antoinette Zinoviev, Wei Xuan, Helen Reddel and Guy Marks

Prognostic significance of parental reports of “asthma” and “wheeze” in kindergarten children

Gillian Whitehouse, Helena Romaniuk, Nina Lucas and Jan Nicholson

Parental leave, maternal mental wellbeing, couple relationship and quality of parenting: Evidence from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

1130 - 1200

Karena Burke

The role of dietary habits in the psychosocial health of Australian children

Matt Taylor and Matthew Gray

The impact of child support payments on the labour supply decisions of resident mothers

1200 - 1230

Harriet Hiscock, Katherine Scalzo, Louise Canterford and Melissa Wake

Does sleep duration predict increasing BMI in children aged 0-7 years? Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Ben Graham and Ibolya Losoncz

The effect of mothers’ experience of extended work-life tension on child outcomes

1230 - 1330

Lunch / Poster presentations

1330 - 1400

Ilan Katz, Gerry Redmond and Diana Smart

Inter-generational mobility in Australia. How do vulnerable kids fare?

Eric Emerson, Stewart Einfeld and Roger Stancliffe

Persistence and emergence of conduct difficulties in children with intellectual limitations

1400 - 1430

Jung-Sook Lee

The negative effects of persistent poverty on children’s physical, socio-emotional, and learning development

Kylie Hillman, Siek Toon Khoo and Clare Ozolins

Growth in receptive vocabulary among four to eight year olds: Using growth modeling with the LSAC K cohort

1430 - 1500

Sue Walker and Donna Berthelsen

Quality of the home learning environment and the transition to school

Linda Harrison, Sharynne McLeod, Donna Berthelsen and Sue Walker

Impact of speech and language impairment at 4- to 5-years on literacy, numeracy, and learning at 6- to 7-years

1500 - 1530

Afternoon tea / Conference close