CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Key Note SpeakerS
Robin Grille
Heart to Heart Parenting
Parenting for a Peaceful World
Robin Grille is a father, psychologist in private practice and a parenting educator. His articles on parenting and child development have been widely published and translated in Australia and around the world. Robin’s first book: ‘Parenting for a Peaceful World’ (2005) has received international acclaim and led to speaking engagements around Australia, USA, UK and New Zealand. His second book, ‘Heart to Heart Parenting’ (2008), was first published in Australia by ABC Books, and is now available in an updated USA edition.
Beverley Paine
Homeschooling & Unschooling Expert
Parenting challenges us to acknowledge and meet our personal growth and developmental needs as much as it does our children’s!
As a young mother Beverley Paine blended her growing understanding of permaculture and natural learning to synthesise a simple, paradigm-shifting path through the bewildering and often conflicting maze of parenting advice and information. Since the mid-1980s she has been growing and learning and sharing her awesome journey of parenting with others through her website The Educating Parent http://theeducatingparent.com.
Conference Speakers
Dr Georgie Bancroft
Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor
Aware Parenting Instructor
Georgie holds a Bachelor of Arts and Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology and has gained certification in counselling and psychotherapy, relationship and marital therapy, psychological practice, psychodynamic psychotherapy, contextual modular therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy from the Cairnmillar Institute.
In 2006, she was awarded Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology) from the University of Coventry, England, and later obtained a Trainer Certification in The Chronic Disease Self-Management Course at Stanford University, California, USA.
Ann Hefferan
Parenting by Connection - Director
Ann is the director of Parenting by Connection and also the founder of Community Transformations Inc.
She has been delivering the approach since 1992, working with parents and professionals. Over this time, her work has entailed delivering Parenting by Connection to hundreds of groups of parents and professionals. Professionals range from family services staff, to childcare centre and pre-school staff. Ann's work has incorporated mentoring both parents and staff in using the approach with children.
Tamara Kelly
Home Education Australia - President
Tamara Kelly is the President of Home Education Association - Australia's leading organisation for parents homeschooling their children
Rebecca Grugan
I AM Montessori - Managing Director
Rebecca Grugan is the founder of I AM Montessori, and mum of one three year old boy. After being handed a book from a neighbour, Montessori Madness, Rebecca fell in love with Montessori and what it stood for and went on a search to find something to fit what she needed. In this pursuit she discovered that there were thousands of parents across the country in the same boat. Three year waiting lists for quality Montessori care, lack of information written/ no clarity on what to do for parents, and access to playgroup style classes was limited or too expensive. I AM Montessori started in July 2013, just three months after reading her first Montessori book.
Esther White
Maths Australia
Esther White is a mother of five daughters who has extensive hands-on homeschooling experience. Esther is also the Founder and Director of Maths Australia, and will be sharing with you a methodology of teaching maths that equips you - the teacher – with all the tools you need to give your student(s) a firm foundation in understanding maths. By integrating visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning, every student is able to grasp the tools they need to succeed in truly mastering maths.