MsLouise Laskey

Deakin University Equity and Equal Opportunity Committee

Member of the Australian Psychological Society

Member of International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Deakin University Excellence in Teaching Award

Fellow of the College of Distinguished Deakin Educators

Invited Presentations:

2007_Laskey, L, Student centred approaches to the teaching of child protection. Looking to the Future_: Opportunities and Developments in Teaching, Learning and International Areas of the Faculty of Education. Deakin University, November.

2007- Laskey, L, Teachers and child protection: An Australian perspective. University of Worcester, School of Education Research Seminar , December.

2008, Laskey, L, Wooranna Park Case Study: A multimedia case study of an innovative approach to multiculturalism in a school. Internationalising the Curriculum Conference, Deakin University, September.

2008, Laskey, L, Joint Appointment to the Faculty of Arts and Education and the Institute of Teaching and Learning: A vision for the role, Teaching and Learning Conference, Deakin University, June.

2008, Laskey, L, Knight, T, Macken, M and White, J, Turning Deakins Principles of Teaching , Learning and the Student Experience into informed teaching action, College of Distinguished Deakin Educators, Deakin University, October.

2005- Laskey, L, Making a difference in child protection: Towards an effective education for teachers, Paper presented at the Australian Teacher Education Association conference, July, 2005, Surfers Paradise.

1998 - Blackmore, J., Hodgens, J., Laskey, L. and Thorpe, S.* (1998) "Mediating Change: Self Managing Schools, the Media and Reform", Research in Education: Does It Count: AARE 1998 Annual Conference, Adelaide.

1992- Watts, V., and Laskey, L, (1992), Dismantling the taboo: Child abuse and teacher education, in Children at Risk: Selected Papers, Norwegian Centre for Child Research. Trondheim, Norway.

Non-refereed Conference Papers

2008, Laskey, L, Overcoming teachers emotional concerns regarding child abuse, International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, International Conference, September, 2008, Hong Kong.

2007, Laskey, L, Preparing preservice teachers for child protection roles, International Society for Prevention

2005- Laskey, L, Supporting Learning and Development Throughout Life: The College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society, Victoria, Annual Conference, Melbourne.

2004- Laskey, L., Educating teachers in child protection: lessons from research, Australian Association for Research in Education, November, Melbourne.

2003-Laskey, L and Brown, P., Enhancing social safety for children and adults with moderate/severe intellectual disability, Ninth Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, November, 2003, Sydney.

2001 - Watts, V.* and Laskey, L. (2001) Education's potential contribution to the development of a stronger community, 8th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings November, 2001, Melbourne.

2000 - Yospaiboon, K. and Laskey, L. (2000) Collaborative Action in Leadership Development for School Administrators, Information Technologies in Educational Innovation: Interfacing Global and Indigenous Knowledge: Sixth UNESCO-ACEID International Conference, p. 42, UNESCO, Thailand.

1997- Blackmore, J, Hodgens, J., Laskey, L., and Bigum, C, Institutional Schizophrenia: Self governance, performativity and the self managing school, Paper presented to the annual conference, AARE, Brisbane, December.

1997- Laskey, L., Issues in the mandatory reporting of child abuse for school personnel, Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim, Norway, May.

1996-Blackmore, J., and Laskey, L., Learning to change in a devolving school system: The Victorian case, Paper presented at the joint ERA-AARE Conference, Singapore, November.