Some of our witnesses in our scheduled public hearings have also provided written submissions to support their statements. These are available to download below.
Session 1: Incorporating research methodologies into program implementation
Associate Professor Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett is the Academic Director of The Early Years at the University of Wollongong.
Cathrine works in cross-disciplinary teams and conducts translational work with community and industry partners to support high-quality early childhood education and care practice that enhances outcomes for children.
Learn more about Associate Professor Neilsen-Hewett
Submission to the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care (PDF, 578.9 KB)
Leslie Loble AM is a recognised leader of public purpose reform in Australia and the US, with a substantial track record delivering major organisational and policy innovations in education and related economic domains.
Currently, she is a director of government and not-for profit entities, Industry Professor at UTS, a Fellow of Paul Ramsay Foundation and the Centre for Policy Development, amongst other appointments.
Session 2: An SA case study of creating a 'learning system' using big data and program data from the Early Intervention Research Directorate (EIRD) and Child and Family Support System
The Child and Family Support System is an important part of whole of government reform of South Australia’s child protection system.
The Department of Human Services is leading the reform of services that support families earlier, using data to ensure the right support is available at the right time.
DHS helps people in South Australia who, through circumstance, may be struggling financially, at risk of harm or isolated.
See the DHS website for more about the CFSS
Submission to the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care (PDF, 2.0 MB)
Session 3: The views of an informed public health practitioner: the key elements required for a universal child development data system
Professor D’Onise has expertise in public health, being a consultant in Public Health Medicine since 2008 and further completing a PhD in 2011 in Epidemiology on a thesis entitled “Early childhood education: does preschool attendance reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease?”.
The public health work has been in a range of roles, including communicable disease control, Aboriginal health (both as a medical doctor clinically and as a Public Health Physician), cancer screening programs, health promotion, epidemiology and academia.
The epidemiology work has involved the development of a number of data systems, with roles including leading the development of legislative frameworks for data, aligning the data system with the strategy and other epidemiological tasks.
Session 4: Autism early intervention study: understanding pre-emptive early intervention
Andrew Whitehouse is the Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research and the Director of CliniKids at the Telethon Kids Institute. He is also Professor of Autism Research at The University of Western Australia, Research Strategy Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC).
At the Telethon Kids Institute, he leads a network of clinical centres (called CliniKids) for children with neurodevelopmental differences that embeds clinical trials within everyday community practice.
Learn more about Professor Whitehouse
Submission to the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care (PDF, 205.9 KB)
Session 5: Born in Bradford: Using longitudinal data to support research and service design
Professor Mark Mon-Williams (MMW) holds a Chair in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Leeds, is Professor of Psychology at the Bradford Institute of Health Research, and Professor of Vision Science at The Norwegian Centre for Vision.
He is also a Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute (the UK’s National data analytics and AI Centre).
Learn more about Professor Mon-Williams
Submission to the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care (PDF, 775.0 KB)
