Thriving Kids in Disasters: Words Into Practice (Webinar 2)
This is the second of three webinars in the series Thriving Kids in Disasters: Words into Practice, held from September – November 2024. This session is focused on supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of children and their caregivers in disasters. The webinar is hosted by Anita Egginton from the Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership and […]
The Experience of Trauma by Queensland children
Prepared as a consultation paper to contribute the development of the Queensland Trauma Strategy. Prepared by: Sophie Morson, Michael Hogan, Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership What is this research about? This paper outlines key insights from well-established and emerging evidence and expertise about trauma in childhood (5-12 years). This includes its incidence and impact, and implications […]
‘What is Child Wellbeing?’ explainer video
Wellbeing is a commonly used term, but it can mean different things to different people. This variability in interpretation can make it challenging to fully understand what wellbeing entails and, ultimately, to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people. To address this, ARACY has partnered with Emerging Minds to create a dynamic […]
Thriving Kids in Disasters – SUMMARY REPORT (2024)
This report has been compiled to support the Thriving Kids in Disaster full report, by providing a summary of the findings, principles and recommendations.
Evaluation of TQKP: Engaging the system and improving evidence (Report 1)
ARTD was commissioned by the Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) to evaluate Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (TQKP) between July 2022 and June 2025. This Report 1 covers July 2022 to May 2024, and answers evaluation questions relating to: What methods are working best for engaging multi-sector (government, academic, not-for-profit) organisations as partners in TQKP? a. What […]
Reframing Youth Issues – Mini-Toolkit Developed for Youth-Supporting Framing Champions
This mini-toolkit is a quick and easy guide to support the use of framing strategies to drive effective communications about young people. It was prepared by FrameWorks Institute for the Thriving Queensland Kids Framing Initiative, supported by Queensland Family & Child Commission (QFCC).
Queensland Place-Based Rivermap
The Queensland Place-Based Rivermap proposes systemic actions to support our many place-based initiatives so they can enable all children, young people, and families to thrive. Co-created by the Thriving PLACES, Thriving KIDS Collaborative (an initiative of Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership)
Child and family hubs: an important ‘front door’ for equitable support for families across Australia
This National Child and Family Hubs Network paper explores the meaning of a ‘Child and Family Hub’ and identifies core components that underpin the delivery of these hubs that have emerged from Australian and international research. The authors propose opportunities to consider how hubs can become important ‘front doors’ to drive equitable access and quality […]
Child and Family Hubs: an integrated means of enhancing equitable wellbeing for Australia’s children and families
This document provides a brief overview of Child and Family Hubs and covers the following topics: Produced by ARACY and Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership.
Thriving Kids in Disasters – 2024
Thriving Kids in Disasters (TKiD) contributes a Queensland based analysis of strengths and opportunities for improvement of current and future capabilities of DM systems as they relate to Queensland kids. By bringing together current research with stakeholder insights, TKiD offers a number of principles and systems-level recommendations to better support kids’ resilience and wellbeing through […]
