Alert Program® Study Coordinator
BA BSocSc
Prior to commencing as a senior research officer at Telethon, Bree lived and worked in the remote Kimberley community of Fitzroy Crossing. She held the roles of teacher, primary school deputy principal and student services coordinator at the local district high school before furthering her passion for working in partnership with the local community by leading the operational establishment of the Baya Gawiy Children and Family Centre. In this role, Bree built her capacity to work with a range of stakeholders to develop programs and lead initiatives to close the gap of disadvantage between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in education and health. By joining the team at Telethon Kids Institute as the Alert Program® Study Coordinator in the Alcohol, Pregnancy & Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Research Group, Bree will continue working closely with the Fitzroy Valley community to coordinate a study which will evaluate the effectiveness of the Alert Program® at improving primary school aged children’s self-regulation and executive functioning skills. Bree is currently working towards a Masters in Child Health Research.
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March 2020
RE-AIM evaluation of a teacher-delivered programme to improve the self-regulation of children attending Australian Aboriginal community primary schools
Benefits in teaching the Alert Program® to students in a region with high reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and self-regulation impairment
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Published research Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD Research Group A Streptococcal & Rheumatic Heart Disease School and Community WellbeingMarch 2019Improving self-regulation and executive functioning skills in primary school children in a remote Australian Aboriginal community: A pilot study of the Alert Program®
This community partnered pilot research, evaluated a school-based program to reduce the behavioral impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Published research Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD Research School and Community WellbeingMarch 2018Study protocol for a self-controlled cluster randomised trial of the Alert Program to improve self-regulation and executive function in Australian Aboriginal children
This trial is evaluating the effectiveness of an Alert Program school curriculum for improving self-regulation and executive function in children living in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Published research Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD Research School and Community WellbeingJune 2017The development of a culturally appropriate school based intervention for Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communities: A formative evaluation of the Alert Program® intervention
The aim of this article is to describe a three phase formative process to develop and pilot a curriculum version of the Alert Program®
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Published research Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD Research -
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