Australasian Corrections Education Association Inc.

Supporting ideas and values for education and training in correctional settings

Conference Presentations

Crrections Education and the Dynamics of Community Reintegration

Conference Program

Keynote Presentations

Opening Speech: Hon Christian Porter, Attorney General, Minister for Corrective Services (Western Australia

Keynote Address: Ms Jane Bateman (UK)
Offender Skills and Employment in England: Transforming delivery – a continuing story.

Keynote Address: Dr Sue Gordon (Australia)
How we can best achieve positive outcomes for Indigenous people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system?

Keynote Address: Mr Dirk Koudstaal (Australia)
Creating cooperatively with all stakeholders an advanced and highly secure ICT network for all inmates within existing cultural practices

Keynote Address: Professor Doris Mckenzie (USA)
What works in Correctional Education?

Keynote Address: Dr Lee Hong Neo (Singapore)
Offender Rehabilitation & Reintegration - A Singaporean Model

Keynote Address: Dr Dr Nicole Roullier (Canada)
A Rendez-vous with Freedom Creation of a UNESCO Chair in Applied Research for Education in Prisons

All PowerPoint Presentations (PDF Format)

Terry Bartholomew, Lesley Hardcastle and Joe GraffamWho is in favour of what with whom? Community views about the reintegration of women ex-prisoners.

Jane Bateman –  Offender Skills and Employment in England: Transforming delivery – a continuing story.
Jo Beckett – Court Integrated Services Program

Shirley Fraser, Yvette Bockisch – From Prison Industries to Industry Skills Centres

Yvette Bockisch, Yvonne Russell - Assessing prisoner basic skills gaps - Corrections Victoria’s Language Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Toolkit

Associate Professor Dr. Douglas, Katrina Nguyen - Reintegration Planning for ID Offenders -

Transitional Accommodation Support and Services

Diana Boswell, Tim Moore - Responding To The Kid Inside: Introducing Response Ability Training
Rina Bruinsma - Social inclusion through education and employment
Ray Chavez, Peter Henson -
 Effective Collaboration leads to Progressive Success.
Sonia Chudiak - Reducing reoffending through Social & Economic participation.

Ron Cox, Tas Bedford - The ACEA Community

Kathy Csaba  - Work Camps…Turning Traditional Incarceration on it’s Head.
Jean Dally et al - NSW Department Of Corrective Services Young Adult Offender Program Gurnang Life Challenge (Male) Adventure Based Challenge (Female) Satellite Programs (Male and Female)

Mr Peter Davidson,  Dr Delphine McFarlane  -  Optimise the training outcomes of Indigenous prisoners through the valid, reliable, culture-fair assessment of their training potential with the Q Test
D. Davies-Cotter CNC - The ongoing challenges related to the assessment, referral and treatment of South East Queensland Drug Court participants. (Discussion Paper)

Ed Carson, Andrew Day,  Catherine Opitz - Domestic Violence: Perpetrator programs in Western Australia
Rhyl Dearden -
 Prisoners, Careers Education, Career Aspirations and Barriers to Achieving these goals
Melanie Dower - Connect:  The importance of community education for workers supporting families & post release prisoners.

Shirley Fraser - Industry Skills Centre
Margaret Giles, Anh T. Le - Investment in Human Capital During Incarceration and Employment Prospects of Prisoners
Anne Hampshire, Jioji Ravulo and Prue Burns -  Making a difference with young people in the juvenile justice system: New research & its program and policy implications

Peter Harvey - 10 x 14 Bricks – Stories from Youth in Lock-Up A Crime Prevention Resource
Penny Kennedy - Meeting the Challenges Re-entry Programs and Transitional Managers

Dirk Koudstaal, John Cianchi - Creating cooperatively with all stakeholders an advanced and highly secure ICT network for all inmates within existing cultural practices - Powerpoint

Dirk Koudstaal, John Cianchi, Matthew Knott and Michael Koudstaal - Paper

Klara Lazar  -  Transitional Services – Corrections Victoria
Violet Lotter - VACRO Women’s Mentoring Program “A mentoring model to assist women to successfully re-integrate into the community”

Belinda Maloney, Jo Beckett - Court Diversion Programs - A collaborative Approach

Mandy Marsters, Working with indigenous offenders / ex-offenders “down under”

Professor Doris Layton MacKenzie - What Works in Correctional Education? - Powerpoint

Professor Doris Layton MacKenzie - What Works in Correctional Education? - Paper

Jean MacKenzie, Lyn Shirley, Andrew Day, Tony Ward - UnitingCare West Outreach Services and The Good Lives Model of Offender Rehabilitation

Peter Merrotsy, Kevin Lamoureux - Gifted Youth and Juvenile Justice

Janey Muir-Smith - The end…But really just the beginning

Murrish and Astone - The Centrelink Community Team Prison Liaison Unit, Adults at Risk and Youth Services Unit

Dr Lee Hong - Offender Rehabilitation & Reintegration – A Singaporean Model

Greg O’Connor - Assistive Technology Making A Difference to Education, Employment and Social Inclusion Opportunities

Grazia Pagano, Merrilee Lands - Remote Indigenous Delivery

Suzanne Rose - Giving from the Inside A Practical Guide to Juveniles and Reparation Projects

Nicole Rouillier - Education… A Rendez-vous with Freedom Creation of a UNESCO Chair in Applied Research for Education in Prisons

Chris Schluter, Ron Cox- Building Future Independence

Miriam Scurrah - Understanding Prisoner Learning - Complexities and Barriers

Larry Smith - Prisoner Employment Program…building a future

Dr. Peter Stephenson, Wade Jensen, Dr. Catherine Holmes - The Elders Visiting Program: A Northern Territory Government initiative involving Aboriginal inmates and Community Elders

Elaine Toovey -  Putting people first at Acacia Prison, Western Australia

Jim Vess - Risk Assessment and Risk Management with Sex Offenders:  Community Protection vs. Offender Rights

Cheryl Wiltshire, Helena Zielinska - New ways to do old things: Building Basic Education in Corrections

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