Awards & Research

Awards

  • Shortlisted for the Mental Health Commission Good Outcomes Awards (2013) – Category six – Dr Mark Rooney Award for improved outcomes in child youth mental health sponsored by the Commissioner for Children and Young People.
  • Suicide Prevention Australia’s LIFE Award in the Youth Category (2008)
  • Curtin University’s Division of Health Sciences’ Research Group of the Year (2004)

Past Research Projects

2019: Aussie Optimism: I Spy Feelings: Investigating program efficacy in pre-primary over 3 months. A pilot study.

2015-2019: The Effectiveness of Aussie Optimism: Evaluation of a whole school approach.

2013–2014: Aussie Optimism: Enhancing the effects of the Positive Thinking Program: A longitudinal evaluation.

2010-2013: Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills Program: Preventing Childhood Internalising disorders: 42 and 54 months follow-up.

2008-2009: Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills Program: Prevention of Internalizing Disorders in 9-10 year old children: Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills Program at 30-month follow-up.

2007-2008: Aussie Optimism Secondary Dissemination

2004-2007: Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills Program Universal Randomised Controlled Trial   Prevention of internalising disorders in 8-9 year olds

2003-2006: Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills program: The prevention of Depression in 8 to 9-year old children: a pilot study.

2002: Aussie Optimism Universal Randomised Controlled Dissemination Trial: Diffusion and dissemination of a mental health innovation in an educational setting

2001-2004: Aussie Optimism Parents and Families Program Universal Controlled Trial of a family-based mental health promotion for younger adolescents

2000-2002: Aussie Optimism Social Life Skills and Optimistic Thinking Skills Programs, A Universal Randomised Controlled Trial. The prevention of internalising problems in children: The effectiveness of a universal version of the Aussie Optimism Program.

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