Time For Kids - Give a kid a break

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In March 2004, Dr Mark Halsey, of the Criminal Justice Program at Flinders University's Law School undertook preliminary research into the effectiveness of Time for Kids (at the time stilled called SOS Families for Children). In his executive summary, he stated:

Since its inception, SOS has assisted in excess of 3500 children - a proportion of whom would, on the best evidence, have most likely drifted away from key sites of social control and integration were it not for the efforts of the organisation. One of the key issues to arise out of this report is the degree to which SOS is, either by way of design or default, functioning as a key site for the practice of primary ("up stream") crime prevention techniques. When compared with alternatives (e.g. sense of hopelessness, ongoing frustration, cycles of abuse and neglect, drifting into delinquent milieus), broadening the "original" family structure to include foster carers is one of the best and least disruptive/traumatic ways of preserving or restoring environments conducive to safe, happy and challenging (in the best sense of the term) childhoods. This, essentially, is what SOS is and has been doing for over four decades.

 

In October 2006, Dr Mark Halsey completed the final stage of his research. Eleven former Time for Kids children, now adults, were personally interviewed and asked for their impression of the program and how it effected their lives. The report highlights just how effective  Time for Kids can be in the life of a child.

 

Client Perspectives Report

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