On 4th November 2011, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill launched Solved, our latest effort in scouting for and sharing social solutions working to address social issues across Australia.
Before joining TACSI I was a junior primary teacher. For many years I tried to spread the word to anyone who’d listen about the importance of play for children’s development and wellbeing.To be honest I’m not sure if I’ve been too successful. Some realise it’s value for little kids but as soon as children hit school learning to read and write (formally) becomes the overwhelming priority. In fact, learning these skills, along with skills in numeracy, will dominate a child’s day at school five days a week for 12 or so years. And it has to if you want them to do well in NAPLAN and a whole range of other testing. I’m not saying these skills aren’t important, they are, but I believe these skills only make up a small part of what children need to become a happy and healthy, involved member of their community.
Christmas has been approaching so fast this year, hasn’t it? It seemed like December has been under a time lapse rushing to become history. At the radical redesign studio our thinking & doing caps have been focused on creating the Insights & Opportunities report of the caring project (to be released in January).
Hello! I am Suhit Anantula, the new Business Coach of Family by Family.
Nicholas Gruen [1]
One of the many things I have learnt since being at Family by Family is a deeper understanding of the role of the Family Coach.
Nominations for the TACSI Board of Directors
So far as a Radical Redesigner I’ve had to prototype a sandwich, make a “best practice” cocktail, rapidly prototype a bag for a friend at co-design camp, formulate ridiculous plans to recruit carers (one of which included a bear suit), analyse policy, craft an argument, talk to people on busy streets in suburban Adelaide, and the list continues to grow day by day.
Every so often Sarah plunks down a truly intimidating stack of journal articles on our desks. Coming from university backgrounds in engineering and design, I've waded through literature, but nothing on the scale of the social science folks. I'm told that some of you love this part of the process, but for me that stack doesn't inspire anything other than a cold sweat.
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