All children and young people are supported to maximise their participation in education All young people are able to make a successful transition to further education, training or into employment that may include ongoing education The community values the critical role of parents in shaping the learning and development of their children The community values education and life-long learning. Local Action Groups were formed in each of the Great South Coast local government areas with participants from a wide range of sectors, organisation and communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities. Each area, including Warrnambool, developed a Community Action Plan outlining the community’s focus for the next two years. The action areas include establishing partnerships between education and industry, improving spoken language and literacy skills, improving wellbeing and developing strong and supportive parenting skills through programs. In 2015 the Warrnambool Local Action Group of Beyond the Bell established Communities That Care (CTC) Warrnambool. Using prevention science as its base, CTC promotes healthy youth development, improves youth outcomes, and reduces problem behaviours. CTC Warrnambool conducted a survey of 1,215 Year 6, 8 and 10 students from 13 Warrnambool schools. From the results it determined that the following risk factors be selected as priorities to target with evidence-based prevention programmes: Low commitment to school (School risk factor) School opportunities for prosocial involvement (School protective factor) Family opportunities for prosocial involvement (Family protective factor) Laws/norms favourable to substance use (Community risk factor) Favourable attitude towards drug use (Peer/individual risk factor) CTC is currently identifying what existing programmes have been shown to effectively address these priorities and, where there are gaps, identify relevant evidence-based prevention programmes to introduce to Warrnambool. King says it may seem like progress is slow but there is absolute community commitment to this process. For more information contact Catherine Nolan Victorian AEDC Coordinator Department of Education and Training Community story Doveton, Victoria 3177
All children and young people are supported to maximise their participation in education All young people are able to make a successful transition to further education, training or into employment that may include ongoing education The community values the critical role of parents in shaping the learning and development of their children The community values education and life-long learning. Local Action Groups were formed in each of the Great South Coast local government areas with participants from a wide range of sectors, organisation and communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities. Each area, including Warrnambool, developed a Community Action Plan outlining the community’s focus for the next two years. The action areas include establishing partnerships between education and industry, improving spoken language and literacy skills, improving wellbeing and developing strong and supportive parenting skills through programs. In 2015 the Warrnambool Local Action Group of Beyond the Bell established Communities That Care (CTC) Warrnambool. Using prevention science as its base, CTC promotes healthy youth development, improves youth outcomes, and reduces problem behaviours. CTC Warrnambool conducted a survey of 1,215 Year 6, 8 and 10 students from 13 Warrnambool schools. From the results it determined that the following risk factors be selected as priorities to target with evidence-based prevention programmes: Low commitment to school (School risk factor) School opportunities for prosocial involvement (School protective factor) Family opportunities for prosocial involvement (Family protective factor) Laws/norms favourable to substance use (Community risk factor) Favourable attitude towards drug use (Peer/individual risk factor) CTC is currently identifying what existing programmes have been shown to effectively address these priorities and, where there are gaps, identify relevant evidence-based prevention programmes to introduce to Warrnambool. King says it may seem like progress is slow but there is absolute community commitment to this process. For more information contact Catherine Nolan Victorian AEDC Coordinator Department of Education and Training Community story Doveton, Victoria 3177
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