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Welcome to KidsMatter Evaluation,
striving to measure the improved mental health of our
children.
KidsMatter Early Childhood Evaluation
KidsMatter Primary Evaluation
KidsMatter Primary and Students with
Disability Study
KidsMatter Evaluation publications
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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.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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