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KidsMatter Evaluation publications
Supporting school-based mental health services for children and students with a disability
Dix, K.L. and Shearer, J. (2010). Supporting school-based mental health services for children and students with a disability. RISE Conference , Flinders University, 5 November, Adelaide.
Dix Shearer Mental Health RISE 2010 (PDF 3MB)
KidsMatter Primary Pilot Evaluation: Improving Mental Health
Dix, K.L. (2010). KidsMatter Primary Pilot Evaluation: Improving Mental Health. Invited symposium paper presented at the 27th Conference of the International Congress for Applied Psychology , 11-16 July 2010, Melbourne.
What Matters about KidsMatter?
Dix, K.L. (2010). What Matters about KidsMatter? Educational Futures Conference , 22 November 2010, Flinders University.
KidsMatter Primary Evaluation Final Report and the Executive Summary
Slee, P.T., Lawson, M.J., Russell, A., Askell-Williams, H., Dix, K.L., Owens, L., Skrzypiec, G., Spears, B. (2009). KidsMatter Primary Evaluation Final Report . KidsMatter and the Centre for Analysis of Educational Futures.
Kidsmatter Report Executive Summary (PDF 937KB)
Kidsmatter Full Report (PDF 3MB)
KidsMatter Primary Evaluation Technical Report and User Guide
Dix, K.L., Keeves, J.P., Slee, P.T., Lawson, M.J., Russell, A., Askell-Williams, H., Owens, L., Skrzypiec, G., Spears, B. (2010) KidsMatter Primary Evaluation Technical Report and User Guide . Adelaide: Shannon Research Press.
Kidsmatter Tech Report (PDF 6MB)
KidsMatter for Students with a Disability: Evaluation Report
Dix, K.L., Shearer, J., Slee, P.T. and Butcher, C. (2010). KidsMatter for Students with a Disability: Evaluation Report. Ministerial Advisory Committee: Students with Disabilities , Adelaide.
Dix KMP MACSWD 2010 (PDF 634KB)
Implementing a new initiative in mental health in Australian primary schools
Lawson MJ, Askell-Williams H, Dix KL, Slee PT, Skrzypiec G, and Spears B (2009) Implementing a new initiative in mental health in Australian primary schools. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education , December.
Correspondence between measures of children's mental health
Askell-Williams, H. and Lawson, M.J. (2009). Correspondence between measures of children�s mental health. In B. Matthews and J.A. Gibbons (eds) The Process of Research in Education: A Festschrift in Honour of John P Keeves AM, (pp.116-134). Adelaide: Shannon Research Press.
Askell from Matthews 2009 (PDF 292KB)
Identifying categories of student mental health with multiple measures and multiple informants using Latent Class Analysis
Dix, K.L. (2009). Identifying categories of student mental health with multiple measures and multiple informants using Latent Class Analysis . In B. Matthews and J.A. Gibbons (eds) The Process of Research in Education: A Festschrift in Honour of John P Keeves AM, (pp.135-150). Adelaide: Shannon Research Press.
Dix from Matthews 2009 (PDF 336KB)
School-based influences on student mental health: Components of the KidsMatter Initiative
Dix, K.L., Askell-Williams, H., Lawson, M.J., Russell, A. and Slee, P.T. (2009) School-based influences on student mental health: Components of the KidsMatter Initiative. Poster presentation at the ARACY Conference , Making Prevention Work, Melbourne, 2-4 September.
School characteristics, parenting and student mental health: Parents reports from 100 Australian KidsMatter schools
Askell-Williams, H., Dix, K.L., Lawson. M.J. and Russell, A. (2008). School characteristics, parenting and student mental health: Parents reports from 100 Australian KidsMatter schools. Paper presented at the World Education Forum Conference, Adelaide, June.
Early challenges in evaluating the KidsMatter national mental health promotion initiative in Australian primary schools
Askell-Williams, H., Russell, A., Dix, K.L., Slee, P. T., Spears, B.A.., Lawson, M.J., Owens, L.D. and Gregory, K. (2008). Early challenges in evaluating the KidsMatter national mental health promotion initiative in Australian primary schools. The International Journal of Mental Health Promotion , 10, 35-44.
Venturing into schools: Locating mental health initiatives in complex environments
Askell-Williams, Lawson, M.J., Slee, P.T. (2009). Venturing into schools: Locating mental health initiatives in complex environments. International Journal of Emotional Education , 1(2), 7-14.
Askell-Williams 2009 (PDF 138KB)
KidsMatter Evaluation: Presentation of the Main Findings
Dix, K.L. and Skrzypiec, G. (2009) KidsMatter Evaluation: Presentation of the Main Findings. Presentation to the KidsMatter Partners and Project Officers at the Australian Psychological Society, Melbourne, 19 August.
Dix Kidsmatter Launch (PDF 1MB)
Different measures, different informants, same outcomes? Investigating multiple perspectives of primary school students' mental health
Dix, K.L., Askell-Williams, H. and Lawson, M.J. (2008). Different measures, different informants, same outcomes? Investigating multiple perspectives of primary school students� mental health. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education , Brisbane, December.
Issues in measuring student mental health. Symposium: Evaluating whole school approaches to mental health promotion: transferring learning to practice
Gregory, K., Lawson, M.J., Russell, A. and Dix, K.L. (2008) Issues in measuring student mental health. Symposium: Evaluating whole school approaches to mental health promotion: transferring learning to practice. Paper presented at From Margins to Mainstream: 5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders , 10-12 September, Melbourne.
Mental Health promotion in primary schools: The KidsMatter evaluation from concept to data and beyond
Slee, P., Lawson, M.J., Russell, A., Askell-Williams, H., Dix, K.L., Owens, L., Skryzpiec, G. and Spears, B. (2008) Mental Health promotion in primary schools: The KidsMatter evaluation from concept to data and beyond. Paper presented at the Learner Wellbeing Conference 2008 , Flinders University, Adelaide.
CAEF Presentation 2008 (PDF 3MB)
KidsMatter Project Officers facilitating change in schools
Spears, B.A. and Dix, K.L. (2008) KidsMatter Project Officers facilitating change in schools. Symposium: Evaluating whole school approaches to mental health promotion: transferring learning to practice. Paper presented at From Margins to Mainstream: 5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, 10-12 September, Melbourne.
Other KidsMatter Evaluation related articles
Coping part of the curriculum: Tackling mental health issues at school
Tobler, H. (2011) Coping part of the curriculum: tackling mental health issues at school helps teachers, parents and children. The Weekend Australian: Health and Science , 5 March 2011.
Report: KidsMatter for Students with a Disability
Report: KidsMatter for Students with a Disability. Healthy Development Adelaide , 6(5), 10.
HDA Newsletter October 2010 (PDF 2MB)
For further information contact
Dr Katherine Dix
KidsMatter Evaluation Manager
Phone: +61 8 8201 5878
Fax: +61 8 8201 3184
Email: kidsmatter@flinders.edu.au
