Local Authority Candidates 2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 This report presents the results of a survey of local authority election candidates in the October 2007 elections. Candidates include those standing for community boards, licensing…
New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 If New Zealand aspires to being a highly-skilled economy in the modern, global marketplace we need to maximise the talent pool of men and women at…
Te Raukura: Mental Health and Alcohol and other Drugs: Improving outcomes for children and youth Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Te Raukura: Mental health and alcohol and other drugs: Improving outcomes for children and youth draws together the key issues and priorities that have been identified…
Post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder traits in the child welfare population Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Social Work Now, Issue 38, pages 29-35. This article focuses on two conditions – post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traits of borderline personality disorder (BPD) –…
Strengthening our engagement with families and understanding practice depth Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Social Work Now, Issue 38, pages 21-28. Statutory child protection work is often viewed as the sharp end of social work practice, located in a turbulent environment…
The role of secure attachment as a protective factor for vulnerable infants Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Social Work Now, Issue 38, pages 11-20. Children begin their lives entirely dependent on adults for survival. Bowlby (1969) believed that attachment behaviour was biological in origin,…
BES Case Study 3: Make sense of student literacy practices to improve teacher practices Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 The best evidence syntheses (BESs) bring together research evidence about ‘what works’ for diverse (all) learners in education. Recent BESs each include a number of cases…
Teacher Professional Learning and Development: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration (BES) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Although New Zealand students typically achieve well in OECD surveys, disparities in student achievement are amongst the greatest in the OECD. Of particular concern is the…
A research study of Young Carers: The development of a recording tool for agencies to identify young carers Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2007 This report by Michael Gaffney of the Children’s Issues Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, in association with Carers New Zealand was commissioned and funded by the…
Report on the SPEaR Best Practice Māori Guidelines Hui 2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2007 The development of the SPEaR Best Practice Guidelines (Contracting, Ethics, Māori and Pasifika) is a key part of developing the research and evaluation capacity and capability…