Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) are coordinating the development of a national plan to improve the wellbeing of children and young people.  A number of activities are in the pipeline, including a review of evidence for effective intervention with children and young people,  and consultation with children, young people, parents and workers. 

Registrations are open for the Australian Children's Community Services (ACCS) 4th National Conference at the Novotel, Wollongong, Northbeach, on 18 and 19 May 2012.  This Conference is supported by the Office of Early Childhood, Education and Child Care in the Australian Government - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.  

Issues to be explored include...

The Youth Advocacy Centre (YAC) offer free legal assistance to young people who live in or around Brisbane, as well as some phone support for young people throughout the rest of Queensland.   They also provide training for youth workers, social workers and others in the helping professions right across Queensland, to help understand what the law is for young people and people who...

The Australian Institute of Family Studies have published a paper titled "Is resilience still a useful concept when working with children and young people?"  The paper critically considers the rise of the concept of resilience, from an antidote to deficit-based strategies of the past, through to what the authors infer has become somewhat of a "buzz word" - used so frequently, that its...