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NEW! Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids suite of reports
Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (TQKP) is thrilled to share four important new reports, developed as part of the Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids initiative, funded by Queensland Mental Health Commission (QMHC).
These reports are a product of the collective effort of partners and collaborators including Emerging Minds, Yiliyapinya Indigenous Corporation, the Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland and Dovetail – as part of Insight.
TQKP extends our deep gratitude and appreciation to all those involved across a range of roles and organisations for your invaluable consultations, collaboration and input.
We hope you find these reports valuable and useful in developing neuro-informed capability within your organisation.
We would love to hear from you as you carry forward this important work so that children, young people, their families and communities can thrive.
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Implementation Guide - for Child and Youth Workforces: Embedding neuro-informed evidence into practice.
Helpful if you are looking to: Explore the different ways that the neuro-informed capability strands can be used in a range of contexts, including in education, youth justice, child safety and in tertiary institutions. There are case studies from each of the trial and test locations and an implementation science-based guide to developing in your own context.
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Final Report - the project overview, methodology, findings and recommendations
Helpful if you are looking to: Have an overview of the Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids initiative including the stages of the consultations, key findings, outline of the trial and test locations and initiative recommendations at a systems, organisational and an individual level.
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Analysis & Mapping - providing an overview of existing capability building offerings, policies and frameworks
Helpful if you are looking to: Understand national and state-based policies; aligned professional standards across government departments and an overview of existing capability building offerings.
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Executive Summary - Analysis & Mapping
Helpful if you are looking to: Have an overview of the documents that were mapped and key findings and recommendations.
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Visit the Enabling Workforces Toolkit
Explore the Enabling Workforces Toolkit to find 100+ options for education and training to support people working with children and families.
Background about this initiative
Across Queensland we have 100,000s of skilled people working with children and young people every day.
Many of these frontline workers are already experts in child development and know the latest science about connecting brains to bodies.
However, it’s not fair – for workers or children – that access to this information isn’t equally available to everyone.
When we equip and support the people who work directly with children – for example, teachers, doctors, nurses, youth workers, early childhood educators – with the latest evidence, we see huge benefits for children now and into the future.
We also see benefits for adults and their workplaces. Because when we’re all well supported with evidence-based tools, we can do our jobs better and with less stress.
Towards thriving
This initiative is supporting the health and development of Queensland’s children by … by sharing and deepening contemporary knowledge, skills and language about:
- brain and body health and development, mental wellbeing, healing and resilience for children, young people and their families
- incidence and impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), trauma, complexity and diversity.
Working together
Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids is an initiative of Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership in collaboration with Emerging Minds, Yiliyapinya Indigenous Corporation, The Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland and Dovetail, supported by the Queensland Mental Health Commission (QMHC).
How you can get involved
Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids is for everyone who interacts with children.
- Explore the online version of the Enabling Workforces Toolkit.
For more information or to talk about how to get more involved, contact michelle.cole@aracy.org.au.
Supporting links & documents
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The Brain in Context: A Scoping Review and Concept Definition of Neuro-Informed Policy and Practice
This scoping review examined the use and conceptualisation of neuro-informed policy and practice (NPP) over the last two decades. It highlights the importance of defining the concept of neuro-informed policy and practice, extending beyond the brain or individual in isolation to include consideration of the brain in context.
Authors include the Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland; School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology; and Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership.
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Shared Stories of Brain Building Across Workforces
Shared Stories of Brain Building Across Workforces in Queensland provides real-life examples of how Queensland professionals in a range of sectors are applying the latest neuroscience and brain health knowledge to create the optimal conditions for children’s mental, physical, social, emotional and cognitive development from the early years onwards.
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Brain Builder Workforces Booklet: The Neuro-informed Policy and Practice Framework & Evidence Brief
This work from the Queensland Brain Institute and Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership emerged from a need to establish a clear conceptualisation and identify key knowledge bases that underpin a neuro-informed approach.
Please note that Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (TQKP), is not part of the proposed Thriving Kids program that was recently announced. If your enquiry is about the proposed Thriving Kids program, you can find out more here or contact the Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability & Ageing.
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