ABCD Asia Pacific Network

Supporting others and ourselves to discover and mobilise community strengths.

The ABCD Asia Pacific Network is a group well versed in ABCD. We offer support, share successes and help with challenges and evaluation.

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Dee Brooks left a comment for Flora George
"Hi Flora, We have something in common! I love my job, too! :D There are a few overseas examples in the Forum but feel free to add your own discussion and someone might have some links for you... Welcome to the Network! Regards, Dee... "
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Flora George is now a member of ABCD Asia Pacific Network
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Nestor Maniebo Pestelos left a comment for Janice Kathleen Jones
"Janice, much thanks. Hope to have lots of sharing with friends on the ABCD experience in the future. Cheers!  "
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Coping and Resilience: People's innovative solutions

Coping and Resilience: People’s innovative solutionsVenkat Pulla1, Charles Sturt Universityvpulla@csu.edu.auAbstractThis Paper introduces the intertwined concepts of coping and resilience, with their varied dimensions. Beginning with brief stories that show how individuals, groups, communities and nations display both coping and resilience every day, the analysis shifts to the meaning of every day stress and adversity that have become inevitable parts of daily jigsaw puzzle of life. The paper…See More
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Welcome to ABCD Asia Pacific Network! Please help by sharing news and updates with colleagues.

 

Welcome! This website is to encourage discussion, share information and to support communities and ABCD practitioners throughout the Asia Pacific Region!

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To request or discuss the possibilities for special features or events on the site please contact Janice Jones (Site Administrator)  jonesja@usq.edu.au

Warm good wishes to all ABCD' ers!

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Pulling back from the edge: an asset-based approach to ageing well

Providing better ambulances at the bottom of the cliff instead of fences at the top is a half-baked and wasteful endeavour for policy makers and practitioners alike; it resembles the cartoon world of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, not a blueprint for a complex, integrated and functional society. Nowhere along the life-course is the futility of such practices more apparent than in the third and fourth ages. This reflection piece, therefore, is concerned with the means by which, with older…

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Posted by Cormac Russell on September 8, 2012 at 12:18am — 4 Comments

ABCD with Children

Hi

I am supporting a project which is working in an economically disadvantaged community. The project has a focus on children, so I am wondering if anyone has any successfull stories to share about involving children on the journey of ABCD.

Thanks

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Posted by Megan Lee on June 12, 2012 at 8:32pm — 5 Comments

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