Evaluating family-centred approaches to recovery

A presentation by Laura Hayes, Research Development at the Psychosocial Research Centre in Coburg.

Laura Hayes recently completed an evaluation of Mind's Building Family Skills Together program based in Brunswick, Melbourne. At the February Colloquium, Elise Whatley, a worker at the BFST program, gave an overview of its history and the way it operated. Laura then presented the results of her formal evaluation. Click here to see the powerpoint presentation.

Chronic homelessness: Three policy challenges

Since its election the Federal Government has developed a range of policy responses to address chronic homelessness. More so than ever before housing has been at the centre of these policy responses. This presentation by Dr Guy Johnson draws on two studies of the chronically homeless to examine three policy challenges related to housing chronically homeless people.
Dr Guy Johnson  is a Senior Research Fellow  at the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, RMIT University He has been involved in the area of homelessness for almost two decades, initially as a practitioner and more recently as a researcher. Guy has extensive knowledge of existing homelessness research, current homelessness policies, and is well acquainted with the homelessness service system.

Networks, resources and agencies: On the role of ‘enabling places’ in facilitating recovery from mental illness, a presentation by Cameron Duff, Monash University.

Networks, resources and agencies: On the role of ‘enabling places’ in facilitating recovery from mental illness, a presentation by Cameron Duff, Monash University.

In September 2011,  Cameron Duff, Monash Fellow, Social Sciences and Health, presented the first of the Mind Colloquium series. He presented his findings from his research into the notion of ‘enabling places’ in an attempt to clarify the links between community participation, social inclusion and recovery. 
In the video, Dr Duff is introduced by Lisa Brophy, Mind’s Research Director.

The Mind Colloquium Series is a collaboration with VICSERV and The Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, The Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourn