12,354 research outputs found
Jonathan Lasker, Patrick Heron, Katie Pratt
No full textKatie Pratt exhibited two large and three small pantings in this exhibition of three abstract painters at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. Also exhibiting were the renowned New York-based artist, Jonathan Lasker and the St.Ives painter, Patrick Heron, 'one of the half dozen important British painters of the twentieth century' (McNay 1999).\ud
The exhibition considered ways in which three diverse abstract painters use chance to begin painting. \ud
Katie Pratt contributed a gallery talk.\ud
A conversation about the exhibition between Stephen Foster (Director of JHG) and Katie Pratt was podcast and exists on the JHG website
Portrait of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Patrick Heron, Jonathan Lasker, Katie Pratt
No full textWhere does an abstract painting begin? With a drawing, a doodle, a chance event, a colour? And how does this define the appearance of the final work? This exhibition explores the process of ‘cause and effect’ within the work of three painters, spanning three generations of artPatrick Heron, Jonathan Lasker and Katie Prat
Jonathan Lasker, Patrick Heron, Katie Pratt
No full textKatie Pratt exhibited two large and three small pantings in this exhibition of three abstract painters at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. Also exhibiting were the renowned New York-based artist, Jonathan Lasker and the St.Ives painter, Patrick Heron, 'one of the half dozen important British painters of the twentieth century' (McNay 1999).
The exhibition considered ways in which three diverse abstract painters use chance to begin painting.
Katie Pratt contributed a gallery talk.
A conversation about the exhibition between Stephen Foster (Director of JHG) and Katie Pratt was podcast and exists on the JHG website
Author David Foster with academic Jeff Doyle at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Author David Foster and academic Jeff Doyle at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Views of children and young people in foster care survey: education
No full textThis paper explores the educational experiences of children and young people living in foster care in Queensland. Findings are drawn from the responses of 845 children and 1180 young people to the 2011 Views of Children and Young People in Foster Care survey, which is a rich source of information about children’s and young people’s attitudes towards and perceptions of their own education. Findings relate to educational status, key markers of educational disadvantage including suspensions and exclusions, and specific problems children and young people experience at school, as well as children’s and young people’s enjoyment of school and aspirations for the future. Information about educational support, including Educational Support Plans and support provided by Child Safety Officers and Community Visitors are also presented. Where relevant, comparisons are made between the 2011 survey results and prior surveys conducted in 2006, 2007 and 2009. Relationships between key educational measures as well as relationships to other important measures of health and placement stability are also explored.
The findings suggest that children and young people continue to experience educational disadvantage, including high rates of suspension and exclusion and a range of problems at school including problems with schoolwork, bullying and behaviour and that these difficulties can be exacerbated by the child protection system, for example, through placement instability. However, there are reasons for optimism. Children and young people are overwhelmingly likely to report that they enjoy school, expect to complete Year 12 and that their teachers generally like their schoolwork. Furthermore, over time, the proportions of young people reporting that they have an Educational Support Plan have grown, and, importantly, they are more likely to report that these plans are helpful. Analyses in relation to a number of educational variables reveal that young people with a plan they consider to be helpful fare better. Children and young people were also positive about the important role that CSOs and CVs are able to play in supporting their education.
While educational disadvantage is an enduring problem, the survey findings provide evidence of progress in key areas and suggestions for how continued improvements may be made
Parental Substance Abuse and Foster Care: Evidence from Two Methamphetamine Supply Shocks
No full textFoster care caseloads have almost doubled over the last two decades, but the cause of the growth is poorly understood. We study the role of parental methamphetamine (meth) use, which social workers have linked to recent growth in foster care admissions. To mitigate the impact of omitted variable bias, we take advantage of two significant, exogenous supply-side interventions in meth markets in 1995 and 1997, and find robust evidence that meth use has caused growth in foster care caseloads. Further, we identify the mechanisms by which increased meth use caused an increase in foster care caseloads. First, we find that treatment for meth abuse caused foster caseloads to fall in situations where a child was removed because of parental incarceration, suggesting that substance abuse treatment is a substitute for foster care services and more generally an effective demand-side intervention. Secondly, we find that parental meth use causes an increase in both child abuse and child neglect foster care cases. These results suggest that child welfare policies should be designed specifically for the children of meth-using parents.child welfare, illegal drugs, crime
Microbe-immune crosstalk: Evidence that T Cells influence the development of the brain metabolome
No full textCross-talk between the immune system and the brain is essential to neuronal development, neuronal excitability, neuroplasticity, and neurotransmission. Gut microbiota are essential to immune system development and immune function; hence, it is essential to consider more broadly the microbiota-immune-brain axis in neurodevelopment. The gut, brain, and microbial metabolomes obtained from C57Bl/6 and T-cell-deficient mice across four developmental timepoints (postnatal day 17, 24, 28, and 84) were studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed on cecal and fecal samples. In the absence of T-cells, the developmental trajectory of the gut microbiota and of the host's metabolic profile was altered. The novel insights from this work include (1) the requirement of functional T-cells for the normal trajectory of microbiotal development and the metabolic maturation of the supra-organism, (2) the potential role for Muribaculaceae taxa in modulating the cecal availability of metabolites previously implicated with a role in the gut-brain axis in T-cell deficient mice, and (3) the impact of T-cell-deficiency on central levels of neuroactive metabolites
What's the Hurry? A Retrospective Study of Former Foster Youth Who Have Transitioned Out of Foster Care and Into Adulthood
No full textABSTRACT\ud
WHAT???S THE HURRY? A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF FORMER\ud
FOSTER YOUTH WHO HAVE TRANSITIONED OUT OF\ud
FOSTER CARE AND INTO ADULTHOOD\ud
by\ud
Sherry Anne Jones-Gore\ud
Master of Arts in Social Science\ud
California State University, Chico\ud
Summer 2009\ud
Numerous researchers have described the processes and transitions that former foster care youth experience. Typically, much of this policy-driven research is focused on negative outcomes (incarceration, homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and dependency on public assistance) that effect public institutions. The following study is unique in that it focuses not on the measurements of researchers, but on the memories and emotions of adult former foster children about the foster care system, much of which is funded by a variety of government institutions. This study develops retrospective qualitative data that gives insight into how former foster children viewed their lives growing up in the foster care system and how it affected them as adults. Because this study was conducted within a single family/household, there is an intimacy that is not typically found in previous studies. The author makes recommendations for\ud
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improvements to the system based on analysis of the interviews. These interviews emphasized the relationship of the foster children to what they called ???the system,??? and the pressure such foster children felt to ???hurry??? through childhood as they shifted between many institutions. These issues in turn have an impact on the effectiveness of program delivery while they are in ???the system.??? Such issues also limit the capacity of former foster care children to develop effective skills and plans needed to pursue post-secondary education.\ud
The most important of these recommendations resulting from this study is that any decision-making regarding the lives of these foster children include their own voices, opinions, and desires in the hopes that transiency will be reduced. Ultimately this implies that there needs to be increased government funding. Increasing government funding could provide a positive investment that is a significant aid in the recruitment, training and retention of effective foster parents. Finally one of the last recommendations that this study made was for more options to be provided for foster care youth to obtain higher education. This is needed because they do not have support networks to fall back on. One way these educational options might be provided would be through the establishment of mentoring services within their educational settings.CSU, Chic
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