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indigenous children and young people continue to be removed from their families at a higher rate than the general population.
Recommendation 43 of the report proposed the introduction of national legislation establishing the framework for negotiation at the community and regional level for the implementation of self - determination in relation to the well - being of
Indigenous children and young people.
The Productivity Commission has also noted concern about the development of
Indigenous children and young people.
Bringing them home recommended self - determination for
Indigenous children and young people be implemented through national framework legislation for juvenile justice and care and protection systems.
Indigenous children and young people are removed from their families at a higher rate than the general population in Australia.
The Third Report examines the juvenile justice system and its impact on
Indigenous children and young people.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has called for action on the over-representation of
Indigenous children and young people in the child protection... Read more
As a mentor and role model herself now to a younger generation of
Indigenous children and young people, Dr Trust described how she tries to influence a culture of high expectations for Indigenous young people.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has called for action on the over-representation of
Indigenous children and young people in the child protection system, and for greater support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with disability.
In our paper, we found that school attendance among
Indigenous children and young people has been improving over recent decades and years.
Tony Dreise asks — What is the role for teachers in improving school attendance among
Indigenous children and young people?
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young child are the only survivors of a plane crash on a heavily forested island filled with hostile
indigenous people that just aren't normal.
She says the growing empirical evidence of the multiple ways in which racism is harmful to the health, well - being, educational
and social outcomes of
children and young people throughout their lives significantly overlaps with the Abbott Government's «number one priority» in
Indigenous affairs: to get
Indigenous children to school.
This has been identified to be a problem that disproportionately affects
Indigenous young people who have very high levels of mobility, including across state borders, often due to cultural reasons.6 Of the 917
children who were completely excluded from the analysis, based on an attendance rate of less than 30 %, 81 % were
Indigenous and 45 % had a mother with a maternal alcohol use diagnosis.
The
Indigenous Young People, Crime
and Justice Conference was hosted by the Australian Institute of Criminology in partnership with the NSW Commission for
Children and Young People, the NSW Department of Justice
and Attorney General
and the Australian Human Rights Commission.
A number of factors have been associated with poor school attendance, including low socioeconomic status
and low levels of parental education.1 3 In Australia,
Indigenous young people have been identified to have significantly worse attendance
and school retention when compared with non-
Indigenous children,
and it has been suggested that this is a key driver of the gap in academic outcomes between non-
Indigenous and Indigenous young people.6 — 8 In addition Moore
and McArthur9 identified that maternal
and family risks, such as family instability, mental illness
and drug
and alcohol issues, are associated with reduced
child participation in school.
Highest priority is given to vulnerable
children,
young people and their families including those from
Indigenous or culturally
and linguistically diverse backgrounds,
children and families in contact with the
child protection system,
and young people transitioning from out - of - home care.
In addition to looking at youth citizenship
and social justice, The Sociology of Childhood
and Youth in Canada also includes chapters on a range of topics, from ethnography
and creative visual methods in research with
children, to representations of race
and gender in
children's books, to how
young people engage with consumer culture, to settler colonialism
and Indigenous children in Canada.
«Introducing a single Act would create a whole - of - system «paradigm shift,» resulting in a trauma - informed, therapeutic approach that prioritises the needs of
children,
young people and their families,
and addresses over-incarcertaion of
Indigenous youth.»
Policies
and programs will need to be focused on addressing the unique structure of the
Indigenous population,
and hence will need to be focussed on
young Indigenous people and families if they are to make any headway in addressing the inequality experienced by
Indigenous families
and children.
Children, Youth
and Family Services, in partnership with
Child Adolescent Mental Health Services, has established «
Indigenous Well - Being» workers to provide mental health assessment, follow up services
and referral for
Indigenous young people (including those with cognitive disabilities) in the State's two juvenile detention centres.