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2024

Conference Publication

Young people’s experiences of voice and choice in decisions about their lives when self-placing: an under-explored transition from out-of-home care

Venables, Jemma, Cullin, Joel, Ellem, Kathy and Healy, Karen (2024). Young people’s experiences of voice and choice in decisions about their lives when self-placing: an under-explored transition from out-of-home care. Journal of Youth Studies Conference, Belfast, United Kingdom, 3-5 September 2024.

Young people’s experiences of voice and choice in decisions about their lives when self-placing: an under-explored transition from out-of-home care

2024

Journal Article

Building capacity to engage in co-produced research: reflections from a digital storytelling project

Harris, Paul, Ellem, Kathy, Gallagher, Hilary, Burgess, Ashley, Abson, Louise and Sunderland, Naomi (2024). Building capacity to engage in co-produced research: reflections from a digital storytelling project. Disability and Society, 39 (5), 1256-1275. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2138267

Building capacity to engage in co-produced research: reflections from a digital storytelling project

2024

Conference Publication

Working together to support young people in out-of-home care who leave approved placements: the experience of practitioners

Venables, Jemma, Ellem, Kathy, Healy, Karen, Warrell, Chloe and Cullin, Joel (2024). Working together to support young people in out-of-home care who leave approved placements: the experience of practitioners. International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Uppsala, Sweden, 18-21 August 2024.

Working together to support young people in out-of-home care who leave approved placements: the experience of practitioners

2023

Book Chapter

Relationship-Based Practice with People with a Mild Intellectual Disability Who Have Been Socially Marginalised and Excluded

Ellem, Kathy and Venables, Jemma (2023). Relationship-Based Practice with People with a Mild Intellectual Disability Who Have Been Socially Marginalised and Excluded. Disability Practice. (pp. 101-120) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-6143-6_6

Relationship-Based Practice with People with a Mild Intellectual Disability Who Have Been Socially Marginalised and Excluded

2023

Other Outputs

Insights from people with lived experience of disability and the justice system: summary report

Ellem, K., Dowse, L., Rowe, S., Holland, L., Cullin, J., Parker, M. and Henderson, C. (2023). Insights from people with lived experience of disability and the justice system: summary report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Department of Justice and Attorney-General.

Insights from people with lived experience of disability and the justice system: summary report

2023

Other Outputs

The need for the Universities ACCORD to expressly recognise the educational and work rights of persons with cognitive disabilities

Harpur, Paul, Ellem, Kathy, Hardy, Fotina, Stein, Michael Ashley and Schormans, Ann Fudge (2023). The need for the Universities ACCORD to expressly recognise the educational and work rights of persons with cognitive disabilities. Brisbane, Australia:

The need for the Universities ACCORD to expressly recognise the educational and work rights of persons with cognitive disabilities

2023

Journal Article

Abuse is everybody’s business. Commentary on “Two scandals: the death of Ann Marie Smith in Australia and the Whorlton Hall scandal in Britain” (Hough 2022)

Cherry, Michael, O’Dea, Paul, Ellem, Kathy and O’Connor, Morrie (2023). Abuse is everybody’s business. Commentary on “Two scandals: the death of Ann Marie Smith in Australia and the Whorlton Hall scandal in Britain” (Hough 2022). Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 10 (1), 83-86. doi: 10.1080/23297018.2023.2170272

Abuse is everybody’s business. Commentary on “Two scandals: the death of Ann Marie Smith in Australia and the Whorlton Hall scandal in Britain” (Hough 2022)

2022

Other Outputs

Finding out about the ARROS PLACE program: supporting young people with cognitive disability and experiences of child protection &/or youth justice involvement

Venables, Jemma, Ellem, Kathy and Nathanson, Caitlin (2022). Finding out about the ARROS PLACE program: supporting young people with cognitive disability and experiences of child protection &/or youth justice involvement. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Finding out about the ARROS PLACE program: supporting young people with cognitive disability and experiences of child protection &/or youth justice involvement

2022

Journal Article

Emerging from the shadows: Digital stories of self‐advocates with intellectual disabilities

Ellem, Kathy, Harris, Paul and Strnadová, Iva (2022). Emerging from the shadows: Digital stories of self‐advocates with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 19 (4), 360-369. doi: 10.1111/jppi.12426

Emerging from the shadows: Digital stories of self‐advocates with intellectual disabilities

2022

Journal Article

If you don’t fight for it, you won’t get it. Commentary on “The National Disability Insurance Scheme: voices of adults with intellectual disability” (Lloyd et al., 2022)

O’Dea, Paul, Cherry, Michael, Ellem, Kathy and O’Connor, Morrie (2022). If you don’t fight for it, you won’t get it. Commentary on “The National Disability Insurance Scheme: voices of adults with intellectual disability” (Lloyd et al., 2022). Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 9 (1), 1-3. doi: 10.1080/23297018.2022.2055488

If you don’t fight for it, you won’t get it. Commentary on “The National Disability Insurance Scheme: voices of adults with intellectual disability” (Lloyd et al., 2022)

2022

Journal Article

The future of disability research in Australia: protocol for a multi-phase research agenda-setting exercise

Smith-Merry, Jennifer, O'Donovan, Mary-Ann, Dew, Angela, Hemsley, Bronwyn, Imms, Christine, Carey, Gemma, Darcy, Simon, Ellem, Kathy, Gallego, Gisselle, Gilroy, John, Guastella, Adam, Marella, Manjula, McVilly, Keith and Plumb, Jenny (2022). The future of disability research in Australia: protocol for a multi-phase research agenda-setting exercise. JMIR Research Protocols, 11 (1) e31126, e31126. doi: 10.2196/31126

The future of disability research in Australia: protocol for a multi-phase research agenda-setting exercise

2021

Other Outputs

Mapping disability research in Australia

Smith-Merry, J., Gallego, G., Yen, I., Imms, C., Dew, A. and Research Agenda Consortium (2021). Mapping disability research in Australia. Sydney, NSW, Australia: The University of Sydney.

Mapping disability research in Australia

2021

Conference Publication

Undergraduate students with caregiving responsibilities relying on substance use to cope with stress

Jauncey-Cooke, J., Ellem, K., Peacock, A., Hawley, G., Drayton, J. and Le Brocque, R. (2021). Undergraduate students with caregiving responsibilities relying on substance use to cope with stress. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 8-10 July 2021.

Undergraduate students with caregiving responsibilities relying on substance use to cope with stress

2020

Journal Article

Transcending the professional–client divide: supporting young people with complex support needs through transitions

Ellem, Kathy, Smith, Louisa, Baidawi, Susan, McGhee, Adrienne and Dowse, Leanne (2020). Transcending the professional–client divide: supporting young people with complex support needs through transitions. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 37 (2), 109-122. doi: 10.1007/s10560-020-00651-x

Transcending the professional–client divide: supporting young people with complex support needs through transitions

2020

Journal Article

Commentary on “Community practitioners supporting young men with borderline intellectual functioning in the criminal justice system: capability for voice and agency” (Catalano, 2019)

Ellem, Kathy (2020). Commentary on “Community practitioners supporting young men with borderline intellectual functioning in the criminal justice system: capability for voice and agency” (Catalano, 2019). Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 7 (1), 49-53. doi: 10.1080/23297018.2019.1683759

Commentary on “Community practitioners supporting young men with borderline intellectual functioning in the criminal justice system: capability for voice and agency” (Catalano, 2019)

2020

Book Chapter

Supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities leaving prison

Ellem, Kathy, Denton, Michelle and Davidson, Danielle (2020). Supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities leaving prison. The Wiley handbook on what works for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities: an evidence-based approach to theory, assessment, and treatment. (pp. 263-281) edited by William R. Lindsay, Leam A. Craig and Dorothy Griffiths. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Son. doi: 10.1002/9781119316268.ch13

Supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities leaving prison

2019

Journal Article

Supporting people with cognitive disabilities in contact with the criminal justice system: the importance of relationship-based practice

Ellem, Kathy (2019). Supporting people with cognitive disabilities in contact with the criminal justice system: the importance of relationship-based practice. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 6 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/23297018.2019.1629332

Supporting people with cognitive disabilities in contact with the criminal justice system: the importance of relationship-based practice

2019

Journal Article

Services to young people with complex support needs in rural and regional Australia: beyond a metro-centric response

Ellem, Kathy, Baidawi, Susan, Dowse, Leanne and Smith, Louisa (2019). Services to young people with complex support needs in rural and regional Australia: beyond a metro-centric response. Children and Youth Services Review, 99, 97-106. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.01.033

Services to young people with complex support needs in rural and regional Australia: beyond a metro-centric response

2019

Conference Publication

Preparing social work students for research: Using student perceptions of their research knowledge, confidence and preparedness to inform curriculum design

Venables, J. and Ellem, K. (2019). Preparing social work students for research: Using student perceptions of their research knowledge, confidence and preparedness to inform curriculum design. Australia and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 3-4th October 2019.

Preparing social work students for research: Using student perceptions of their research knowledge, confidence and preparedness to inform curriculum design

2018

Journal Article

Police contact with young people with cognitive disabilities: perceptions of procedural (in)justice

Ellem, Kathy and Richards, Kelly (2018). Police contact with young people with cognitive disabilities: perceptions of procedural (in)justice. Youth Justice, 18 (3), 147322541879435-247. doi: 10.1177/1473225418794357

Police contact with young people with cognitive disabilities: perceptions of procedural (in)justice