Positive Sense of Identity and Culture
Work by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) reinforces the importance of culture and identity to the wellbeing of young Australians and offers guidance on how these can be better measured and managed. In 2013 ARACY developed an evidence-based wellbeing framework for children and young people called The Nest. Developed in consultation with about […]
Taking Responsibility: Preventing educational disadvantage for seriously sick kids missing school.
Over a 12 month period, ARACY investigated the point of cross-over between health and education systems experienced by seriously sick kids missing school, examining how education and health jurisdictions are working to build co-operation across and between their organisations in support of these kids. In this investigation, ARACY was supported by the Australian Government Department of Education […]
To have and to have not: Measuring child deprivation and opportunity in Australia
ARACY has produced To have and to have not: Measuring child deprivation and opportunity in Australia which examines the extent to which children are having their needs met in five key and interlocking areas, which The Nest shows are central to a child’s wellbeing. The report uses the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) to assess these interlocking areas by selecting up […]
