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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
People Magazine Article on Dr. Berry - 2-27-78
No full textAn article about Dr. Berry in People Magazine, 2-27-78 titled Medics Space Doctor Charles Berry now Fights More Down-to-Earth Afflictions
Group of Adventist workers who labored in Australasia, included is E.G.W.
No full textGroup of people attending the General Conference Session in Takoma Park, Washington, June 4, 1909. First row, left to right: 1. Mary Daniells, wife of A.G. Daniells, General Conference President, 1901-1922; 2. W.C. White, son of James and Ellen; 3. Ellen G. White; 4. Sara McEnterfer, companion, editorial assistant to Mrs. White; 5. S.N. Haskell, evangelist, administrator; 6. E.W. Farnsworth, evangelist, administrator; 7. E.R. Palmer, Review and Herald manager, 1921-1931; 8. John Burden, administrator, founder of the College of Medical Evangelists; 9. Mrs. Burden; 10. Dr. Lauretta Kress, physician, who with her husband, Daniel, founded a strong medical work in Australia; 11. A.G. Daniells (see number one); 12. Dr. Daniel Kress; 13. G.A. Irwin, General Conference president, 1897-1901; 14. Mrs. Irwin; 15. G.B. Starr, minister, teacher, administrator; 16. O.A. Olsen, General Conference president, 1888-1897; 17. A.T. Robinson, minister, administrator; 18. D.E. Robinson, secretary, editor; 19. W.C. Sisley, architect, builder; 20. Minnie Hawkings Crisler; 21. Mabel White, Arthur White's half sister; 22. Elder Henneg, brother of Mrs. C.W. Irwin, Bible teacher; 23. Mrs. Henneg; 24. Charles W. Irwin, founder of Pacific Union College, son of the G.A. Irwins; 25. Mrs. Minnie V. Irwin, wife of Charles, teacher; 26. Vesta Cady Farnsworth, author, wife of Elder E.W. Farnsworth; 27. Sarah E. Peck, teacher and Bible textbook author; 28. Leonard G. Paap, teacher
A strong future for young people leaving out-of-home care
No full textYoung people leaving care or who have left care are over-represented in the statistics on homelessness, early school leaving and contact with the criminal justice system. They are also more likely to have children at an early age and are at greater risk of having their own child taken into care.
Improving outcomes for young people who are leaving care requires a dual focus on improving the quality of care and providing better support to young people as they are transitioning from care.
UnitingCare Chidlren Young People and Famliies has conducted a review of Australian and international policy and program approaches relevant to improving outcomes for young people who are transitioning from OOHC to adulthood. This paper sets out the key learnings from this review. The paper focuses on the policy changes that are needed for young people who are transitioning from care across the leaving and aftercare phases. It includes a six-point plan to improve outcomes for young people who are transitioning from OOHC to adulthood. While the paper focuses particularly on the NSW policy context it will also have relevance to readers in other Australian states and territories.
 
NSW strategic plan for children and young people – consultation results
No full textMore than 4,000 children and young people take part in consultations to tell the NSW Government what is or is not working for them.
Introduction
Every process has a beginning and this report sets out, in detail, the beginning of the development of the first whole of government Strategic Plan for Children and Young People in NSW.
Under the Advocate for Children and Young People Act 2014, the Advocate is mandated to prepare, in consultation with Minister John Ajaka MLC, a three-year whole of government Strategic Plan for Children and Young People. Promoting the participation of children and young people in decision making is central to the role of the office of the Advocate for Children and Young People and as such it was essential to ensure not only that the voices of children and young people inform the first Strategic Plan but that children and young people had the first say on setting the themes and directions of the Plan.
Our commitment to ensuring that the voices of children and young people feature in the Strategic Plan led us to consult with more than 4,000 children and young people in NSW. In this report you will discover the results of our consultations along with the methods employed to engage such a vast number in the consultation process and the learnings we take from the process.
Consulting with more than 4,000 children and young people in a meaningful way is certainly no easy feat and we are indebted to the many government and non-government organisations who came forward with their support and assistance in engaging children and young people through their networks and of course a special thanks to the children and young people who took part in the consultations.
All participants in the consultation process contributed their time voluntarily; the willingness and enthusiasm displayed by children and young people not only in committing their time to engage in the consultations but also the meaningful contributions they made are an overwhelming reminder of the value of participation.
The first whole of government Strategic Plan for Children and Young People in NSW is significant progress in the NSW Government’s commitment to making the lives of our youngest citizens better. Through positive collaboration across government departments the Plan aims to bring about positive and tangible change for children and young people.
Throughout the pages of this report you will gain insight into how children and young people in NSW view what is already being done to assist them in every day life and you will also find out what they feel the NSW Government can do or change to further enhance their experience of growing up in NSW
Facilitating independence: The benefits of a post-diagnostic support project for people with dementia.
No full textProviding support in the form of information, advice and access to services or social events is promoted as beneficial for people newly diagnosed with dementia and their families. This paper reports on key findings from an evaluation of a post-diagnostic support pilot project in Scotland addressing local service gaps, namely information provision, emotional and practical support and maintaining community links. Twenty-seven participants (14 people newly diagnosed with dementia and 13 family carers) were interviewed at two time points: T1 shortly after joining the pilot project and T2 approximately six months later, to ascertain their views on existing services and the support offered by the pilot project. A comparative thematic analysis revealed that the project facilitated increased independence (associated with increased motivation and self-confidence) of people with dementia. The project illustrates what can be achieved if resources are targeted at providing individualised post-diagnostic support, particularly where there are service delivery gaps
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
“...as a good parent would...”
No full textThis inquiry headed by Principal Commissioner, Bernie Geary OAM, addresses the issue of sexual abuse, exploitation and the adequacy of the provision of residential care services to Victorian children and young people in care.
Executive summary
The Commission’s Inquiry into the adequacy of the provision of residential care services to children and young people who have been subject to reports of alleged sexual abuse or sexual exploitation whilst residing in residential care (the Inquiry) was established by the Principal Commissioner, Mr Bernie Geary, in March 2014, pursuant to section 39 of the CCYP Act 2012.
Concerns about the adequacy of the Victorian residential care system are not new. There have been many previous independent inquiries and reports. Despite the awareness of deficits in the system, children continue to be at risk of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation when they are in residential care. Action is urgently needed, particularly because the number of children living in out-of-home care continues to grow and there is vast over-representation of Aboriginal children.
Society is measured by how we treat our most vulnerable members and there are few more vulnerable than children in out-of-home care. These children are particularly vulnerable to a range of human rights violations and, as a corollary, those in charge of their care should be more acutely focused on protecting their human rights. At the most fundamental level, these children have the right to protection and to feel safe - and they have the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In Victoria, through instruments such as the Charter and the Rights of the Child, we have the tools to demand public authorities and those exercising public functions to guard and protect the human rights of these vulnerable children and provide a far higher standard of care.
This Inquiry has called for an urgent redevelopment of residential care services in Victoria and the development of specialised care options for children. Nine key recommendations have been made. The recommendations are interlinked and should not be read in isolation. The recommendations have been formulated through findings from this Inquiry, learnings from other inquiries, contemporary research and sector consultations.
The decision to undertake the Inquiry resulted from our grave concern at the ongoing inadequacies of systemic responses to preventing and responding to the occurrence of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children in residential care. We have read and confirmed reports of alleged sexual abuse and sexual exploitation in residential care of children as young as seven.
We sought advice and information from the sector, the broader community and invited people with personal experience to make a submission to the Inquiry.
We analysed the Department’s CIRs from 1 March 2013 to 28 February 2014 (the Inquiry period). This involved 189 reports of alleged incidents of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation relating to 166 children in residential care. Forty-two of these children were subject to multiple reports. Of major concern, we discovered this data is flawed.
The true extent of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children living in residential care is not yet known. This is due to the Department’s inadequate and inconsistent record keeping, which has resulted in poor data availability. The data is unreliable and this is made even worse by current reporting systems. The Commission witnessed inconsistencies in the way that serious allegations of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation in residential care are defined, reported and investigated.
In April 2015, the Department advised the Commission that 402 CIRs relating to incidents occurring between January 2013 to April 2015, therefore falling within the Inquiry period, had not been provided to the Commission due to an ‘oversight’. Of these 402 CIRs, 69 related to allegations of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation. These 69CIRs were unable to be included in this report. We must therefore assume that the data presented in this report significantly underestimates the extent of the problem
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