Research
Current research in the school
| Academic |
Research |
| Fiona Campbell |
Law and disability; cross-cultural studies; inter-religious dialogue |
| Jennifer Cartmel |
Sharing spaces: Outside school hours care and Queensland schools |
| Lesley Chenoweth |
(a) Recruitment and retention of rural practitioners ( ARC Linkage grant with the Department of Child Safety); (b) Social work and welfare reform (Study of social workers' responses to welfare reform and impacts on practice); (c) Long term outcomes after deinstitutionalisation (Follow up study of outcomes of residents with intellectual disability who moved from Queensland institutions from 1996 to 1998) |
| Jayne Clapton |
Disability and ethics; Addressing the housing and support needs of people with impaired capacity who are chronically homeless
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| Jane Fowler |
Mentoring in education and work settings; impact of a long-term strike on workers and their families |
| Ann Ingamells |
Evaluation of Communities for children community development project |
| Stephen Larmar |
Early intervention and prevention for children at risk of conduct problems |
Donna McAuliffe
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Ethical conduct and professional practice standards; dual relationships and statutory authority in rural and remote communities; social work education and the impact of employment on study.
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| Kym MacFarlane |
Parent involvement in schooling |
| Jennifer Osmond |
Permanency Planning decision making; Critical thinking in social work education; Cross-cultural teaching tool |
| Christine Randall |
Better practice in occupational rehabilitation; disability management, rehabilitation counselling competencies, employment opportunities for people with mental illness
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| Clare Tilbury |
Kinship care and the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers in the child protection system; performance measurement in child welfare, permanency planning, and school to work transition for young people in care |
| Sandra Woodbridge |
Grandparent relationships and grandchildren with disability; Retirement housing choices |
Journal
Grants
Lesley Chenoweth
- 2008 ARC Discovery Managing tensions in professional statutory practice: Living and working in rural and remote communities Investigators: Prof L. Chenoweth, D MCAuliffe, B.O’Connor, P. Jervis Tracey and D Stehlik $135,000 2007 Qld Government Q150
- 1000 voices: Queenslanders with disability $10,000 2007 AUDA Foundation 1000 voices project with Naomi Sunderland $20.000 2007 Funding and Support Options for People with Disabilities: An international comparative study, Office of the Public Advocate, Office of the Adult Guardian, Qld health and National Disability Services (Qld) ($30,000) 2007 ARC Linkage
- Pathways to better practice: developing human resources in child protection services for Indigenous communities in Western Australia and Queensland. Investigators: Prof Daniela Anna Stehlik, Prof Lesley Irene Chenoweth, Dr Donna McAuliffe, Dr Clare Tilbury ARC Linkage project ($290,000) 2007 ARC Linkage
- Determinants of successful community transition for individuals with acquired brain injury and their families Investigators: Dr Jennifer Michelle Fleming, Prof Linda Elizabeth Worrall, Dr Petrea Lee Cornwell, Dr Terry Peter Haines, Dr Tamara Ownsworth, Miss Melissa Bianca Kendall, Prof Lesley Irene Chenoweth
- 2007 Fair funding of community services (Social Policy Research Centre UNSW, DSaRI, Lesley Chenoweth) Dept Communities Qld, DSQ $300,000
- 2007 Outcomes of the Spinal Cord Injury Response Program (Pat Dorsett, Heidi Meunchberger, Lesley Chenoweth, Elizabeth Kendall) Disability Services Queensland $80,000
- 2006-07 Consumer participation in planning and management of funded disability services in Queensland. $25,000 Disability Services Queensland
- 2006 Service Needs of Residents in Private Residential Services Disability Services Queensland with SPRC University of NSW and DSaRI $100,000
- 2006 Organisational Planning for Sustainability: A Study of disability services National Disability Services Qld $35000
- 2005 - The future of social work: A comparative study of social workers and welfare reform in Australia and the United States. With C. McDonald (Qld) and M Gray (Newcastle). Faculty Grant for 2005 ARC Discovery in top 30% but not funded by ARC. ($12,000)
- 2004 – Referral patterns to private accommodation services. Disability Services Queensland with SPRC University of NSW and DSaRI . ($70,000)
- 2004 – Community Living Project: Deinstitutionalisation Follow Up Study. Japanese Government with Dr Louise Young (UQ), Prof H. Katoda, and Dr Linda Sun (Japan). ($10,000)
- 2004 – ARC Linkage: Recruitment and retention of rural practitioners. Industry Partner: Dept of Child Safety with D McAuliffe and D Stehlik. ($100,000)
Clare Tilbury
- Australian Research Council – Linkage (2007-09) Prof PA Creed, Prof N Buys, Dr C Tilbury, Promoting successful further education and work transitions for young people in state care . Industry partners: Education Queensland and Department of Child Safety
- Australian Research Council – Linkage (2008-10) Prof DA Stehlik, Prof LI Chenoweth, Dr D McAuliffe, Dr C Tilbury, Pathways to better practice: human resources in child protection services for Indigenous families in rural and remote communities , Industry partners: WA Dept for Child Safety, Qld Dept of Child Safety
- Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University (2007-08) Cross-national study of racial disparities and indigenous over-representation in child welfare systems
- Australian Research Council – Discovery (2009-2010) A national assessment of Australia’s Children’s Courts , member of national team led by Prof A Borowski (Latrobe)
Research centres
Griffith University
Other Research centres
Industry research partners
International
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA
- Sri Lanka
- Gladnet and the International Disability Management Researchers Network
Government
- Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service
- Centre for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine
- CRS Australia
- Department of Communities
- Disability Services Queensland
- Education Queensland
- Mater Children's Hospital
- Motor Accident Insurance Commission
- Princess Alexander Hospital - Rehabilitation Unit
- Q-COMP
- Queensland Department of Child Safety
- Queensland Department of Industrial Relations
- Queensland Health
- Queensland Police Service
- Queensland Office of the Public Advocate
- Queensland Office of the Adult Guardian
- WorkCover Queensland
- WorkCover, Western Australia
- Western Australia Department for Child Protection
Community
- Arthritis Queensland
- Australian Association of Social Workers
- Brain Injury Association of Queensland
- Brisbane Southside Central Division of General Practice
- Energise Rehabilitation
- Indian Health Service
- National Disability services (Queensland)
- Queensland Council of Carers
- Rehabilitation of Brain injured Children and Neuromuscular disorders
- Salvation Army – Communities for Children
- Southport Catholic Parish
- Stroke Support Group
- Wesley Hospital Multi-disciplinary Pain Program
- Wesley Mission
- Work Directions Australia
- World Vision
- Youngcare
Research theses
- Perry, C. (2008). Towards a theory of perspective enhancement.
Principal Supervisor: J. Clapton
