Implementation Guide – Enabling Workforces & Organisations for Thriving Kids
Enabling Workforces and Organisations for Thriving Kids is an initiative of Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership (TQKP) in collaboration with Emerging Minds, Yiliyapinya Indigenous Corporation, the Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland and Dovetail – as part of Insight, supported by the Queensland Mental Health Commission (QMHC). Purpose of the Enabling Workforces and Organisations […]
Resilience Scale Resource
Resilience Scale Resource This Child Protection Week (7–13 September 2025), let’s keep building a shared language around what children need. Children thrive when communities come together to: – Add positive supports (‘green boxes’) – Reduce adversity (‘red boxes’) – Build skills and abilities That’s the core message behind the Resilience Scale resource – a partnership […]
‘We are brain builders’ flyer
This 2-page A4 flyer, highlights the 6 core metaphors developed as part of The Brain Story, reproduced with permission from our partners at the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative. The flyer has been created to support our aims to equip as many people as possible with proven tools to embed neuroscience in our communities to support […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
Webinar – Operationalising Resilience: Taking Evidence Into Practice
The Operationalising Resilience: Taking Evidence Into Practice webinar was held on Wednesday 8 May 2024 as a partnership between Institute for Social Science Research, UQ and Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership. In response to the research question ‘How has resilience science been applied as part of a bio-psycho-socioecological framework in the context of improving child, youth, […]
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 […]
Year in Review 2022-23
An overview of Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership’s work during 2022-23 including highlights, learnings, initiatives and activities.
Childhood Builders – Operationalising Resilience Frames and Tools Evidence Review Report
Resilience (broadly defined as the capacity to adapt or recover from the impacts of adverse events) plays a critical role in supporting individuals to thrive and meet their true potential. It features multiple components at the individual, family and community levels, and the capacity of the system itself to adapt to adversity. The Institute for […]
Toward a state of brain health, skills and wellbeing: neuro-inspired policy & practice
How could economic, social and other policies and practices be informed by the latest insights from neuroscience? How can we build brains better – from the start of life, and across the life course? How can this contribute to reducing inequity, growing productivity and improving system resilience? For this webinar, we welcomed guest presenter, Harris […]
