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In this issue: This week: the federal government's boom budget prompts passionate responses; a research breakthrough on meningococcal; kids as young as 11 accessing explicit content online; and Australia drops from second to seventh in a ranking of the best places to be a mother.
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iPads, smartphones and computers are the new weapons in the war against mental health problems. A new web-based application (WebApp) which shows people how they can change the way they think and help minimise their risk of developing a mental illness is now available free from www.toxicthinking.info.
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This week: a new post over at the ARACY Fatherhood Research Network blog on fatherhood and mental illness; research on links between income support payments and poverty; and,...
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare in Victoria has published a paper titled "Their Voice: Involving Children and Young People in Decisions, Services and Systems". The document contains information about the conceptualisation of young people, and understanding the barriers to participation. It goes on to critically appraise examples of participation processes currently used...
The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) have published a fact sheet designed to assist workers who are engaged with young people from a refugee background. The fact sheet contains facts and figures, as well as information about the unique experiences and challenges faced by refugee young people as they start out in the Australian community.
...This issue features reflections by Gayle Carr, Coordinator, Family Inclusion Network Brisbane, with her meeting with Professor Eileen Munro in 2011. The issue also discusses the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, Developing Partnerships, Training events and much more.
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This week: research focus on early childhood development and wellbeing; sector leaders react to government moves to establish a child and youth commissioner; homelessness linked with childhood abuse and neglect; and, Australians recognise a national drinking problem, and more:
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The Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian have published a report which looks at the issues faced by young people in care, who use inhalants. The report focuses on two case studies which illustrate the difficulties faced by services in responding to young people in care who are using inhalants.
The report contains a number of recommendations...
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.
...Only a few short weeks ago, around 140 youth and alcohol and other drug workers gathered together in Brisbane to discuss issues relating to youth AOD use and develop priority areas for action. A huge amount of information was generated across the two days, and this has now been distilled into a report which contains an overview of the major themes that emerged across the two days....
