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The transformation of early childhood research and services from a prevailing focus on risk and adversity, to a focus on counteracting the impact of adversity with positive and beneficial childhood experiences; drawing on and building resilience, strength, and community.
Programs
Current Research Projects
Research Project | CI | Funding Type | FOR Codes | Year |
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Volunteer Family Connect (VFC) Program of Research | Dr Kelly Baird, Prof Rebekah Grace | Commissioned | 2020 | |
Futuro Infantil Hoy | Prof Christine Woodrow | Commissioned | ||
Children as health ambassadors: an approach to improving health, wellbeing and learning outcomes for Indigenous children and communities | Prof Rebekah Grace, Dr Catherine Kaplun, Dr Janet Conti, Philip Good (PhD) | WSU PhD Scholarship | 2019 | |
Greenscapes: How does your garden grow? | Dr Catherine Kaplun, Prof Catherine Best, A/Prof Ann Dadich, Amy-Marie Gilpin | Perpetual Grant, Some funding pending | 390102, 420606, 120699 | 2020 |
Building Resilient Australian Communities | A/Prof Ann Dadich, Prof Rebekah Grace | Commissioned | 2023 | |
Transforming silos to linked up services | ||||
Upholding Cultural Connection for Children in Out-of-Home Care | Prof Rebekah Grace, A/Prof Stacy Blythe, A/Prof Amy Wright, Prof Manjula Waniganayake, Dr Pooja Sawrikar, Dr Fay Hadley | ARCL | ||
The ReSPECT Project: Reconceptualising services from the perspectives of experienced children and teens | Prof Rebekah Grace, D/Prof Lynn Kemp | ARC Linkage | 160512, 160807, 111704 | 2019 |
Improving children's early school outcomes, health and wellbeing using a child participatory methodology | Dr Catherine Kaplun, Prof Rebekah Grace, D/Prof Lynn Kemp | WSU ECR Grant | 130102, 130105, 111704 | 2019 |
The Acknowledgement Project: Embedding Indigenous knowledges in early childhood education and care | 2021 | |||
Subjective wellbeing in the early childhood years | Dr Kelly Baird, Prof Rebekah Grace, D/Prof Lynn Kemp | Narellan Rotary Club, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research and Narellan Rotary Mental Health Grant | 2021 | |
Listening carefully: Engaging families in early childhood education in the context of disadvantage | A/Prof Christine Woodrow, Dr Jennifer Skattebol, Dr Megan Blaxland, Dr BJ Newton, Prof Frances Press, Dr Marianne Fenech, Ms Pamela Spall, Mrs Penelope Markham | NSW Dept. of Education Strategic Grant | 390302, 390307 | |
"And it's Not History. It's Now": Embedding a Trauma Framework into the Practice of Welfare Practitioners who Work with Aboriginal Families in the NSW Child Protection Sector | Prof Rebekah Grace, Karen Menzies (PhD) | WSU PhD scholarship | ||
Sharing parenting stories and love | Prof Virginia Schmied, Dr Catherine Kaplun | RAFT | 111708 | 2020 |