Professor Anne Graham DipT(Catholic Teachers College- Syd), BEd(Catholic College - Syd), MEd(T&D)(UNENR), PhD(SCU) Professor Anne Graham is the Foundation Director of the Centre for Children and Young People at Southern Cross University, Lismore. Anne's background is in education and sociology. Her research and professional interests include children's social and emotional well-being, children’s rights (especially concerning their participation), ethical issues in researching with children & young people, and teacher learning. Anne developed a highly successful loss and grief education program, Seasons for Growth which supports children, young people and parents who have experienced significant change in their family due to death, separation or divorce. More than 150,000 children and young people in 5 countries have participated in the program.
Journal articles
"Something amazing I guess": children's views on having a say about supervised contact (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), Australian Social Work (2011)
This paper reports on a small-scale, qualitative study on children's perspectives about their participation in...
Grandparents raising grandchildren: negotiating the complexities of role-identity conflict (with Jan Backhouse), Child and Family Social Work (2011)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand the experience of grandparents who...
Supporting children’s mental health in schools: teacher views (with Renata Phelps, Carrie Maddison, and Robyn Fitzgerald), Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (2011)
Schools have increasingly been targeted as appropriate sites for mental health promotion and teachers are...
The changing status of children within family law from vision to reality? (with Robyn Fitzgerald), Griffith Law Review (2011)
Children’s participation in research: some possibilities and constraints in the current Australian research environment (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), Journal of Sociology (2010)
This article draws attention to a number of critical issues that exist in the current...
Books
Seasons for growth adult program companion manual : exploring the seasons of growth (with Clare P. Koch and Jodi Anderson), (2005)
Book chapters
Australian children’s perspectives on rights, responsibilities, and citizenship: implications for teacher practice and citizenship education (with Brad Shipway and Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), Children as Citizens? International Voices (2009)
The rights of children as citizens have become an increasing focus of international attention as...
Children’s participation as a struggle over recognition (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald, Anne B. Smith, and Nicola J. Taylor), A handbook for children and young people's participation (2009)
A Handbook of Children’s Participation brings together key thinkers and practitioners from diverse contexts across...
Children’s participation on citizenship: conclusions and future directions (with Udi Butler, Havard Bjerke, Anne B. Smith, Brad Shipway, Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald, and Nicola J. Taylor), Children as citizens? : International voices (2009)
‘Young People Big Voice’: Reflections on the participation of children and young people in a university setting (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), Involving children and young people in research: a compendium of papers and reflections from a think tank co-hosted by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth and the NSW Commission for Children and Young People on 11 November 2008 (2008)
The purpose of this paper is to share critical insights into the strengths and challenges...
A regional perspective on youth unemployment: What happened to working nation? (with Leonie E. Jennings), Against the odds : young people and work (1998)
Policy Submissions
Submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Children and Young People aged 9-14 years (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), (2008)
Submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the Bullying of Children and Young People (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), (2008)
A new approach to the family law system: implementation of reforms: discussion paper (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), (2005)
Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of Family Separation (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald and Richard Harris), (2003)
Background Briefings
Strengthening young people’s social and emotional wellbeing, Centre for Children and Young People: Background Briefing Series (2011)
Conference publications
Children's participation in family law decision making: rich insights from childhood studies, new challenges for family law (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), Fourteenth UCL Current Legal Issues Interdisciplinary Colloquium (2010)
The changing status of children in family law: from vision to reality? (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), Coffs Harbour Interagency Pathways Services for Families: Family Matters: Choices and Challenges Conference (2010)
Transitioning theory to practice: 'children's participation' from a practitioner perspective (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), 3rd Childhood and Youth in Transition Conference (2010)
Children's participation in family relationship centres: a cornerstone in strengthening the wellbeing of children following their parents' separation (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald and Julie Leete), Proceedings of Family Relationship Services Australia 2nd National Conference Children and Families; Reducing Risk, Building Resilience (2009)
Children's participation in research: some possibilities and constraints (with Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald), Children as Experts in Their Own Lives’ Social Justice Social Change Research Group Children's Symposium and ISCI Conference (2009)
Reports
Building capacity for ethical research with children and young people: an international research project to examine the ethical issues and challenges in undertaking research with and for children in different majority and minority world contexts (with Mary Ann Powell, Nicola J. Taylor, Sallie Newell, and Robyn Fitzgerald), Centre for Children and Young People (2011)
The Childwatch International Research Network is a global, non-profit, non-governmental network of institutions that collaborate...
Evaluating Interrelate's School Education Programs: consolidated report (with Sallie Newell and Wendy Britt), Centre for Children and Young People (2011)
In working towards their vision of being a ‘lighthouse’ organisation for recognising children, Interrelate offers...
Evaluating Interrelate's School Education Programs: Kids ConneXions (with Sallie Newell), Centre for Children and Young People (2011)
Kids ConneXions (KC) is one of six relationship and sexuality education programs delivered by Interrelate...
Evaluating Interrelate's School Education Programs: Minding Me (with Sallie Newell and Wendy Britt), Centre for Children and Young People (2011)
Minding Me is one of six relationship and sexuality education programs delivered by Interrelate Family...
Evaluating Interrelate's School Education Programs: Moving Into the Teen Years (with Sallie Newell and Wendy Britt), Centre for Children and Young People (2011)
Moving Into The Teen Years (MITTY) is one of six relationship and sexuality education programs...