Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
v.9 n.2
Winter 1990 (June 1990)
Youth affairs in Australia, by Michael Cusack
Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1990 v.9 n.2 pp.48-49.
The author reflects on 20 or so years experience as a participant in various youth-related forums in Australia.
The changing world of children and youth in Australia, by Millicent E. Poole & Jacqueline J. Goodnow
Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1990 v.9 n.2 pp.12-18.
Australia, with its diversity of population and rapid social change, provides a social context particularly influential on child and youth development. This article examines three important aspects of the Australian context.
Australian child and youth care: A personal perspective, by Frank Ainsworth
Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1990 v.9 n.2 pp.20-23.
This selective overview of child and youth care in Australia looks at the differing federal and state responsibilities and the shape of the service delivery system comparing it with the North American situation, and concludes with comments about the fragmentation of the field and a proposal that is designed to address this issue across the next decade.
Education and training in youth work, by Carey J. Denholm & Peter Ling
Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1990 v.9 n.2 pp.24-27.
From slow beginnings there has been recent rapid growth in services to youth in Australia and in formal training for youth work. This article describes developments within Australian educational institutions offering advanced training primarily in youth work.
Queensland child care systems: Reflections by Canadian work experience students, by Grant Charles & Ian Thumlert
Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1990 v.9 n.2 pp.28-33.
During a two-month period in 1988, a group of Canadian child and youth care students participated in a six-week work experience project in Queensland. Here they compare their observations and experiences with practitioners, children and youth in Australia to the current situation in Alberta, Canada.
Aboriginal children and their families: History and trends in Western Australia, by Eversley Ruth
Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1990 v.9 n.2 pp.34-41.
Over the past 150 years various government policies have subjected Aboriginal families to a range of interventions and approaches - all of them inevitably influencing the lives of Aboriginal children and youth. This overview of policies in Western Australia describes the slow move from control to a welfare approach to government services and notes that despite the earlier disruptive interventions, a strong cultural identity has been retained.
Youth work as a response to social values, by David Maunders
Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1990 v.9 n.2 pp.42-50.
From the development of 'character' to the concept of 'empowerment' - A comparison of youth programs from the Depressions of the 1890s, 1930s and 1970s.
Canadian child and youth care - 1979-89, by Carey J. Denholm
Youth Studies: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1990 v.9 n.2 pp.51-56.
Over the past ten years, Canadian child and youth care has developed a stronger provincial and national identity, increased its professional status, attained wider academic recognition, contributed to innovation in education and training programs and has experienced wider acceptance of its unique perspective on the care of children and youth. This article presents a brief analysis of developments occurring during the years 1979 to 1989 and looks at the implications for the move towards professionalisation in Australia.