RESEARCH TRANSLATION
GENDERED VIOLENCE RESEARCH NETWORK( GVRN)
UNSW RESEARCH
Gendered Violence Research Network( GVRN) is at the forefront of developing solutions to prevent gendered violence – one of the most prevalent human rights violations affecting our world today.
EMPOWERING PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS DISRUPTIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOUR
UNSW RESEARCH
Disruptive student behaviour has a school-wide impact. It disturbs classroom teaching and learning and increases teacher stress and burn-out. It also leads to academic underachievement, school failure and dropout. Despite the prevalence and impact of disruptive student behaviour, teachers report lacking the skills to effectively manage these students and there are limited professional learning opportunities for practical skills training. School-based‘ Parent-Child Interaction Therapy’ offers a new solution for addressing disruptive student behaviour at school.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy( PCIT) is an early intervention that has been shown in multiple clinical trials to improve disruptive child behaviours and the quality of the parent-child relationship, and reduce parent stress levels. School PCIT is intended to enhance these outcomes by integrating the child’ s teacher into the therapy process.
Although studies clearly show that women and children are disproportionately affected, GVRN’ s research explores the impact of gendered violence – also known as‘ gender-based violence’ or‘ gender-related violence’ – on all population groups.
Its co-convenors, Professor Jan Breckenridge and Associate Professor Kyllie Cripps, orient the organisation’ s research towards maximum impact in innovative social policy development, best practice service provision, and outcome measurement of effectiveness.
This means that GVRN generates evaluations that have realworld policy implications. The team also writes articles that are accompanied by community guides and partners with organisations and service providers who work directly with people affected by gendered violence.
> Partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia( CBA) to increase awareness and understanding of economic and financial abuse in the community and industry. Partnership resulted in a research series exploring the current knowledge of economic and financial abuse in Australia.
> Breaking Silent Codes- supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to talk about domestic and family violence and sexual assault in their communities. Supported by the LARRK Foundation.
> Identified students in need of intervention through grade-wide screening and a teacher-referral pathway.
> Delivered‘ School PCIT’ early intervention to students with disruptive behaviour problems and their parents and teachers at school. This will provide parents and teachers with skills to build a positive relationship with, and effectively manage the behaviour of, these at-risk children.
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