Communities do Matter Focus Module Reports

Brisbane 29 April, 2010

Jane Taylor (State Project Officer for Queensland) and Aaron Ken (Community Partnerships Officer) facilitated this workshop held at the Novotel. Representatives from the Queensland Department of Education, the Catholic Education Office, Independent Schools Queensland, the Australian Red Cross, and schools in the education region of Greater Brisbane attended the workshop. This module explored the diversity within communities and how schools could work in respectful partnership to enhance school and community mental health and wellbeing, planning and action.

Comments from the workshop included:

‘Very inclusive.’
‘I have enjoyed the discussion and interaction immensely and learned lots of new ideas regarding community involvement in schools.’
‘This focus module has piqued my interest – great overview.’
‘Would like to work towards increased parent and community involvement in school, using strategies discussed.’