Public Economics Forum - Improving life trajectories for children experiencing significant adversity

National Portrait Gallery
King Edward Terrace
Parkes
ACT 2600

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Melbourne Institute

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  • Public Economics Forum

Children experiencing significant adversity can face lifelong impacts. This Public Economics Forum will present evidence that the Early Years Education Program (EYEP) has the potential to change children's life trajectories, based on the substantial impacts found in the original Randomised Controlled Trial (EYEP RCT) and early findings from the EYEP Replication Trial. Lessons learnt from the trials and their implications for the early childhood (EC) system and the national reform agenda more broadly will be discussed.

The speakers will explain how EYEP supports children facing significant social disadvantage and family stress, outline the challenges of scaling up a highly specialised programme such as EYEP, describe the stepped-scaling framework and its application in the EYEP replication trial, and present the findings from the 12-month outcome evaluation of the replication trial.

Join us for lunch and contribute to this vital discourse on changing children's life trajectories.

Program

Time Forum at the National Portrait Gallery
11.30am Registration opens
12.00pm Welcome - Professor Beth Webster, Director, Melbourne Institute
12.05pm Welcome from our Moderator - Professor Peter Dawkins AO, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
12.00pm - 1.15pm

What is EYEP and what are the lessons learnt for the EC system?
Dr Anne Kennedy AM, University of Melbourne and Parkville Institute

Using implementation science to inform the replication of the evidence based EYEP 
Associate Professor Brigid Jordan AM, University of Melbourne and Parkville Institute

Engaging families experiencing significant hardship: The success and the challenges
Dr Nichola Coombs, Melbourne Institute

Can EYEP be successfully replicated? Early evidence from 12-months outcomes of the replication trial
Associate Professor Yi-Ping Tseng, Melbourne Institute

Meet our speakers

1.15pm Panel discussion and audience Q&A
2.00pm Event concludes  

This event will include a seated lunch.

Registration:
$90 per person
$395 group of five people

If you require an invoice please contact melbinstitute-tickets@unimelb.edu.au

Registrations close 5pm, Monday 20 April.

Cancellations after this date will not be refunded but can be transferred.