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Who's who in the AEDI

AEDI National Support Centre

The AEDI National Support Centre is based at the Centre for Community Child Health in Melbourne. The AEDI National Support Centre:

Supports State and Territory AEDI Coordinators, national advisory groups and local communities
Supports schools and teachers completing the AEDI
Processes, analyses and maps the AEDI data
Develops and disseminates a wide range of community tools and resources to support the dissemination and use of the AEDI results

AEDI National Support Centre staff:

Dr Sharon Goldfeld	National AEDI Director
Mary Sayers	National AEDI Program Manager
Megan Harper	AEDI Mapping Officer
Kate Naish	AEDI Program Officer
Dr Jodie Kline	AEDI Program Officer
Sharon Johnson	AEDI Program Officer
Louise Modica	AEDI Program Officer
Anne Mason	AEDI Program Officer - Communications
Simon Omer-Cooper	AEDI Mapping Officer
Victoria Bradshaw	AEDI Program Assistant
Andrew Tomlin	AEDI Program Officer - Data Manager
Samantha Kahl	AEDI Administrative Assistant

AEDI Partnership Governance Group

The AEDI is being conducted by the Centre for Community Child Health, Melbourne in partnership with the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth. The members of the AEDI Partnership Governance Group are:

Professor Frank Oberklaid	AEDI Partnership Group Co-Chair	Director, Centre for Community Child Health
Professor Fiona Stanley	AEDI Partnership Group Co-Chair	Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
Dr Sharon Goldfeld	National AEDI Program Director	Centre for Community Child Health
Mary Sayers	National AEDI Program Manager	Centre for Community Child Health
June McLoughlin	Director, Policy and Service Development Unit	Centre for Community Child Health
Professor Sven Silburn	Director, Centre for Developmental Health	Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
Sally Brinkman	Senior Research Fellow	Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

AEDI Steering Group

The Steering Group provides ongoing advice on the development, implementation and evaluation of the AEDI. This group consists of the AEDI Partnership Governance Group and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

AEDI Technical Advisory Group

The Technical Advisory Group is made up of leading researchers and policy makers who advise on the development of the AEDI checklist and provide strategic advice to the project as it progresses. The members of the Technical Advisory Group are:

Dr John Ainley	AEDI Technical Advisory Group Chair- Deputy Director	Australian Council for Educational Research
Professor David Andrich	Professor	Murdoch University
Sally Brinkman	Coordinator Research and Epidemiology	Northern Metropolitan Health Service (WA)
Helen Rogers	Longitudinal Studies Section	Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Dr John Glover	Director- Public Health Information Development Unit	University of Adelaide
Dr Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrician and Senior Research Fellow	Centre for Community Child Health
Dr Bret Hart	Medical Co-Director, Population Health Program	Northern Metropolitan Health Service (WA)
Dr Magdalena Janus	Assistant Professor	Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Robyn Cooper	Early Childhood Education Sector	Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training
Professor Frank Oberklaid	Director	Centre for Community Child Health
Dr Ken Rowe	Research Director	Australian Council for Educational Research
Professor Ann Sanson	School of Behavioural Science	University of Melbourne
Professor Sven Silburn	Professor	Telethon Institute of Child Health Research
Dr Max Smith	Educational Measurement	NSW Department of Education and Training

Stakeholder Reference Group

A Stakeholder Reference Group with representatives from states and territories has also been formed to provide strategic advice to the AEDI partnership about the utility of the AEDI in Australia. Membership of this group has developed/changed as the project progresses. To date organisations represented on this Stakeholder Reference Group have been:

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing	Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services
Independent Schools Council of Australia	National Catholic Education Commission
Mission Australia	Centre for Community Child Health (VIC)
Department of Human Services (VIC)	Department of Education (NSW)
Department of Community Services (NSW)	Department of Family and Community Services (NSW Office)
Kaleidoscope Children's Services (NSW)	Department of Education, Youth and Family Services (ACT)
Department of Education and Children's Services (SA)	Department of Employment, Education and Training (NT)
Department of Education and Training (WA)	Department of Community Development (WA)
North Metropolitan Health Service (WA)	Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (WA)
Education Queensland (QLD)	Department of Education (TAS)
University of Sydney	Victoria University

Last Updated 14-Jul-2009. Authorised by: June McLoughlin. Enquiries: Mary Sayers.