INSPIRE
(Information and News in Social Policy Ideas Research and Events)
May 2006
Welcome to the second edition of INSPIRE (previously known as e-Connect).
INSPIRE (previously known as e-Connect) will focus this edition on Youth and Blueprint for the Bush. This edition has included summaries of the following:
- National Evaluation of Youth Justice Board Mentoring Schemes 2001 to 2004
- Blueprint for the Bush
- Mission Australia National Youth Survey 2005
- Youth justice: criminal trajectories
- Indigenous housing needs 2005
- Pathways from child maltreatment to juvenile offending
- The 'Teen Triple P' Positive Parenting Program: a preliminary evaluation
- Engaged Government Project: An Update
- Predicting the Persistence of Aggressive Offending of African American Males From Adolescence Into Young Adulthood: The Importance of Peer Relations, Aggressive Behavior, and ADHD Symptoms
- Feeding Minds – the impact of food on mental health
- Children and Young People: Indicators of Wellbeing in New Zealand
Also featured are a large number of conferences and professional development opportunities over the next few months. Please check the list and mark your calendar.
The summaries of various reports, research, conferences and professional development opportunities included in INSPIRE are copies of the abstracts provided by the authors, researchers or promoters.
The views and conclusions expressed on and/or accessed through this site are those of the authors and original publishers and do not necessarilyrepresent the views or conclusions of the Department of Communities.
We invite your contributions and comments. If you would like to provide input or feedback research@communities.qld.gov.au
In this issue:
Feature topic
- National Evaluation of Youth Justice Board Mentoring Schemes 2001 to 2004
Tools and Tips
- Policy Tools
- Engaging Queenslanders: Evaluating community engagement
- Policy Tools from Sustainable Development for New Zealand: Programme of Action
- Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
International Research and Developments
- A better alternative: reducing child imprisonment
- Predicting the Persistence of Aggressive Offending of African American Males From Adolescence Into Young Adulthood: The Importance of Peer Relations, Aggressive Behavior, and ADHD Symptoms
- A better alternative: reducing child imprisonment
- Feeding Minds – the impact of food on mental health
- Role of risk and protective factors
- Children and Young People: Indicators of Wellbeing in New Zealand
National Research and Developments
- Mission Australia National Youth Survey 2005
- Youth justice: criminal trajectories
- Indigenous housing needs 2005
- Pathways from child maltreatment to juvenile offending
- The 'Teen Triple P' Positive Parenting Program: a preliminary evaluation
- Evaluation of the High risk Service Quality Improvement Initiative Report
- Youth Homelessness: Four Policy Proposals
- Patterns and precursors of adolescent antisocial behaviour: outcomes and connections
- Blueprint for the Bush
- Engaged Government Project: An Update
- Mission Australia’s role in community capacity building
Engaging Ideas – Coming up in 2006
- Matthew Manning – Methodology for measuring the cost utility of early childhood developmental intervention
- Dr Stephen Stathis – Mental Health (suicide/self harm) risk at entry into juvenile justice system
- Bernadette McDermott – UK Youth Justice Models
- International speakers on social-community infrastructure development
- More speakers to be announced soon...
Reviews
- Book Review: Using Narrative in Social Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Jane Elliot, London, 2005
- Governance World Watch compiled by the Knowledge Management Branch of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Conferences, Courses and Events
- Lighthouse Resources Professional Training Opportunities 2006
- Strengthening Practice: The First National Australian College for Child and Family Protection Practitioners Professional Development Conference, May 2006
- 5th International Conference on Drugs & Young People, May 2006
- Learning Choices Expo, Qld, May 2006
- Court drug diversion initiatives conference, Brisbane, Qld, May 2006
- Creating Synergy Between Drug & Alcohol & Mental Health Services Conference, NSW June 2006
- Australia’s Health 2006 Conference, ACT, June 2006
- Road to where? The politics and practice of implementing welfare-to-work, Qld, July 06
- Government Policy Evolution 2006 - Entrenching the Culture of Better Delivery , ACT, July 2006
- Regional Development: Growing Regions Conference, Qld, July 2006
- 2006 ACWA Conference incorporating the 7 th International Looking after Children Conference, NSW August 2006
- Conference Governments and communities in partnership: from theory to practice, VIC, September 2006
- The 2006 Strengths-Based Practice Conference, October 2006
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