Professor Michael Salter
Director, Childlight East Asia & Pacific Hub
UNSW
Professor Michael Salter is the Professor of Criminology at the University of New South Wales and an expert in child sexual abuse, gender-based violence and complex trauma. He is the Director of the East Asia and Pacific Hub of Childlight and the Chairperson of the Grace Tame Foundation. He is a past president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the premier global organisation for the study and treatment of complex trauma. He sits on the editorial boards of the journals Child Abuse Review and the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.
SESSIONS
Day 1
2:50
Panel: Preventing abuse through higher standards and stronger safeguards
As concerns rise around the sexual exploitation of children, early learning settings must be held to the highest possible standards of safety and vigilance
Implement proactive steps from stricter staff screening, Working With Children Checks to stronger quality standards, clearer reporting pathways, and a culture of zero tolerance to protect the most vulnerable
Professor Michael Salter, Director, Childlight East Asia & Pacific Hub, UNSW
Samantha Page, Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Australia
Nadia WIlson-Ali, Director - Education and Quality, Nido Early School