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Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial

Aussie Optimism Program with teacher training along with coaching may have the potential to positively impact on suicidality and pro-social behavior in the pre-adolescent years

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Family Involvement in a Whole-School Bullying Intervention: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Communication and Influence with Children

These results highlight the importance of working with both male and female caregivers when addressing children’s bullying behaviour.

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School policies on bullying and cyberbullying: perspectives across three Australian states

The perspectives of professionals involved in bullying and cyberbullying policy construction, across three different Australian states

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A social-ecological framework for understanding and reducing cyberbullying behaviours

While the CFS findings suggest the combined whole-school response to the mediators was somewhat effective, the study wasn't able to determine the relative...

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Longitudinal research: Applications for the design, conduct and dissemination of early childhood research

The conduct of longitudinal research in early childhood is the focus of this chap­ter

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Using online environments to build school staff capacity to address student wellbeing

Professional development of school staff can be enhanced with carefully developed and delivered online learning resources

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Children and young people at risk of disengagement from school

The review examines the international literature to determine how disengagement can be defined & understood, & then examines student disengagement in Australia.

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Service use by Australian children for emotional and behavioural problems: Findings from the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

The proportion of children and adolescents in Australia with mental disorders who used services for emotional and behavioural problems

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Suicidal behaviours: Prevalence estimates from the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental disorders should be a leading intervention point for suicide prevention both in the primary health sector and in the mental health sector specifically

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The Prevalence of Stimulant and Antidepressant Use by Australian Children and Adolescents

A minority of 4- to 17-year-olds with ADHD and major depressive disorder were being treated with stimulant or antidepressant medication