our programs & research

 

Research & Development

Current Research includes:

  • Policy regarding welfare reform and "workfare" to explore how we can make our program of financial assistance more empowering for Bermudian families

  • the development of a Bermudian Child Bill of Rights

  • Forumulating a national symposium on social sustainability for the Fall of 2012

  • Participating in the Interagency on Children and Families' creation of National Children's Agenda

Past Research Publications include:

  • Major research in conjunction with Carleton University, Ontario, Canada, evaluating peer mediations programs

  • Listening, Healing, Empowering a new Paradigm for the Prevention of Violence in Bermuda, published 1998

  • Task force on Affordable Housing, 1998

  • Major Publication on Child Maltreatment in Bermuda, published 1996

  • Task Force on Nursery Schools, 1995

  • Evaluating the impact of emotional management training on at-risk students