‘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.
Reframing the Early Years: Mini-Toolkit Developed for Early Years Framing Champions
This mini-toolkit is a quick and easy guide to support the use of framing strategies to drive effective communications about the Early Years. It was prepared by FrameWorks Institute for the Thriving Queensland Kids Framing Initiative, supported by Queensland Family & Child Commission (QFCC).
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).
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 […]
‘What surrounds us shapes us’: A framework for building children’s resilience to thrive in life
‘What surrounds us shapes us’: A framework for building children’s resilience to thrive in life introduces the Resilience Scale as a model for understanding the impact of environment and experiences on children’s brain health. Using ARACY’s The Nest framework, it provides examples of what children need to thrive. Transcript: When it comes to building resilience, what […]
We are all brain builders: Enabling workforce and organisational capability and system change
A webinar hosted by Paul Ramsay Foundation and presented by Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership on 27 March 2024. The webinar explores how brain building can be applied at a systems, organisational and individual level and featured a panel with: Kids Partnership gratefully acknowledges Paul Ramsay Foundation as a valued philanthropic partner in our efforts to […]
Shifting mindsets to address disadvantage: Words that work to influence change
Understanding the mindsets that shape how people think, feel and act when it comes to complex social issues is a necessary component of efforts to use communications to create social change. This webinar, hosted by Paul Ramsay Foundation, explores how the words we choose when speaking about issues can influence how people respond, and what […]
