Te Kōtahitanga Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 The Te Kōtahitanga project sought to investigate how to improve the educational achievement of Māori students in mainstream secondary school classrooms, by talking with Māori students and…
Finding the best way to work with children and young people: Good engagement and giving them a voice Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 6-12. Frontline Child, Youth and Family social workers discuss the meaning and reality of engagement with young people. This key skill…
Listening to experts: Children and young people’s participation Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 30-39. Social workers who want their practice to be more child centred must learn to find new and better ways to listen to…
Telling a child’s story: creating a words and pictures story book to tell children why they are in care Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2012 Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 13-20. Open Home Foundation, an organisation that works with children and young people in care uses a story book approach to…
Healthy Beginnings: Developing perinatal and infant mental health services in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 20 Jan 2012 Healthy Beginnings provides guidance for district health boards, other health planners and funders and providers of perinatal and infant mental health and alcohol and other drug…
Safety of Subsequent Children – Māori children and whānau Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 his literature review was a response to a request from the Minister for Social Development and Employment that the Families Commission undertake an “international literature review…
Safety of Subsequent Children: International literature review Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 This literature review was a response to a request by the Minister for Social Development and Employment that the Families Commission undertake an “international literature review…
Curriculum support in science Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 This report documents the results of a short online teacher survey that asked about teachers' access to, and use of, a range of resources that could…
A study of the children of prisoners: findings from Māori data Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2011 This study reports on the Māori data collected as part of a research project on the children of prisoners carried out in 2009 and 2010, for…
Learning More about Support Staff in Schools: Results from Surveys of Principals & Support Staff Members Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2011 This research report presents results from surveys of principals and school support staff members carried out in late 2010 in a random sample of schools. It complements…