Dr Kaylene Henderson

CHILD PSYCHIATRIST

PRESENTER

Dr Kaylene Henderson (MBBS FRANZCP Cert C&A Psych) is a medically trained Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and one of Australia’s leading parenting experts.

As a mother of three herself, she is passionate about sharing research based, practical advice with those living and working with young children, knowing that together, we can bring out the best in the young people for whom we all care. Dr Henderson has worked for many years with the ECEC sector as an expert professional development provider and shares practical, yet research based strategies that can help to bring out the best in our youngest generation.

Whether you’d like to learn more about attachment, behaviour guidance, anxiety and resilience or social and emotional wellbeing, Kaylene would love to help so that you can feel more confident in your important role.

Sam Jockel

FOUNDER AND CEO

OF PARENTTV

HOST

Sam Jockel started her career as a social worker and first launched into the digital world in 2010 when she started her first Facebook community for parents which grew from nothing to over 170,000 followers and counting. In 2012 established another online community called School Mum which has grown to over 440,000 followers.

In 2017 she ventured into the tech startup world and launched ParentTV a video streaming platform featuring the world's leading research based parenting experts direct to parents via any digital device. Supporting the wellbeing of educators and families to ensure access to great information to make the world a better place is what Sam is all about!

ACA

The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) is a not-for-profit, member-funded organisation advocating for the future of Australia’s children. We work on behalf of early learning service providers to ensure families and their children have an opportunity to access affordable, high quality early learning services throughout Australia.

The ACA has existed in various forms for more than 30 years and has extensive experience in the fields of early learning, training and management. Our experience means that we understand the critical role a quality early learning program plays in the life of families and the importance of a viable long day care sector in preparing children for the best start in life and learning. We work with Federal and State Governments, regulatory authorities and other key sector stakeholders to ensure that families are supported into the future with a sustainable, affordable and viable early learning sector.

ParentTV

Finding exactly what you are looking for online and knowing it's coming from a source you can trust are two of the biggest challenges in the online world. As the internet continues to grow as the place we go to when we need our questions answered it's critical that safe spaces are created particularly when it comes to the mental health and wellbeing of our children and those who care for them.

ParentTV is a safe place to land online for early learning services looking for a guide on the side to help them support parents and educators with credible content. ParentTV now boasts a collection of over 2000+ videos from birth to 17 from more than 40+ of the world's leading parenting educators in 5 languages including Hindi, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese and Arabic. Our experts include psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, general practitioners, speech pathologists, music therapists, play specialists, protective education specialists, sexuality educators and nutritionists just to name a few.