School of Education

Honorary Professor

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Education, Murdoch University.
• Diploma of Teaching, Other WA higher ed institution.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Enhancing rehabilitation services for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: Healing Right Way,  National Health and Medical Research Council,  Partnership Projects,  2016 - 2023,  $3,281,800.
• Reform Rationalisation Reinvestment Project,  Department of Aboriginal Affairs WA,  Grant,  2015 - 2016,  $180,740.
• Evaluation of four family literacy projects developed as part of the Better Beginnings program Project 1 - 4-5 years remote indigenous communities,  Department of Culture and the Arts,  Dept of Culture and the Arts - Grant,  2012 - 2016,  $187,836.
• Synergies of Meaning: A documentary film series exploring the relationship and unity between traditional Indigenous Noongar knowledge and western natural and social scientific knowledge.,  Lotterywest,  Grant,  2014 - 2015,  $171,541.
• Provision of Advisory and Research Services Category 2: Specialist Advice And/Or Research on Aboriginal Matters,  Commissioner for Children and Young People WA,  Tender,  2013 - 2015,  $40,000.
• Research a design and implement an evaluation of the Rural In-Reach program,  Women's Health Care Association Inc,  Grant,  2012 - 2015,  $31,817.
• One Life WA Suicide Prevention Strategy,  Centrecare (Inc),  Grant - WA Suicide Prevention Strategy,  2011 - 2014,  $1,000,000.
• Evaluation of four family literacy projects developed as part of the Better Beginnings program Project 3 - Better Beginnings - 6-9 Years,  Department of Culture and the Arts,  Dept of Culture and the Arts - Grant,  2012 - 2014,  $57,884.
• Evaluation of four family literacy projects developed as part of the Better Beginnings program - Project 2 - Cald Program,  Department of Culture and the Arts,  Dept of Culture and the Arts - Grant,  2012 - 2014,  $65,071.
• Facilitators to Develop and Maintain School Community Partnership Agreements within Aboriginal Innovation Schools,  Department of Education WA,  Department of Education - Tender,  2012 - 2013,  $40,455.
• Evaluation of the Better Beginnings Plus Pilot 2010,  State Library of WA,  Grant,  2010 - 2013,  $134,306.
• Engaging Aboriginal Children and their teachers with science,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant,  2011 - 2012,  $62,157.
• Creating cultural empathy and challenging attitudes through Indigenous narratives,  Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations,  Novated ALTC Grant,  2010 - 2012,  $351,816.
• Bridging the gap between cultural practices and mainstream visitor management approaches to develop an integrated monitoring framework for Australia's northwest ,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant,  2010 - 2011,  $73,559.
• Stronger Smarter Learning Communities Regional Research Partner Teams,  Queensland University of Technology,  Grant,  2010 - 2011,  $134,589.
• Communication difficulties after stroke in Indigenous Australians: Issues and attitudes,  Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies,  AIATSIS - Grant,  2010 - 2011,  $35,541.
• Research Evaluation of the Dare to Dream Program Roebourne,  David Wirrpanda Foundation,  Grant,  2010,  $15,300.
• Evaluation of the Performance of the Indigenous Hip Hop Program,  beyondblue,  Grant,  2009 - 2010,  $44,871.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N., (2020), A screening tool for acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: lessons learned from the pilot phase. Aphasiology, 34(11), 1388-1412, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1678107.
• Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Flicker, L., Cross, N., Arabi, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., (2019), ‘I’ve got to row the boat on my own, more or less’: aboriginal australian experiences of traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 20(2), 120-136, DOI: 10.1017/BrImp.2019.19.
• Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., Hersh, D., Katznellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Ciccone, N., Flicker, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Dowell, C., McAllister, M., (2019), “You felt like a prisoner in your own self, trapped”: the experiences of Aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2019(Article in press), 1-15, DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1686073.
• Hersh, D., Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Ciccone, N., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Hayward, C., Flicker, L., Woods, D., (2019), General practitioners’ perceptions of their communication with Australian Aboriginal patients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(12), 2310-2317, Ireland, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.07.029.
• Graf, A., Ewens, B., Vafeas, C., Delves, L., Hayward, C., Nannup, N., Baum, G., (2018), Closing the gap: A whole of school approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inclusivity in higher education. Nurse Education in Practice, 30(May 2018), 86-90, DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2018.04.001.
• Katzenellenbogen, J., Atkins, E., Thompson, S., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N., Woods, D., Greenland, M., McAllister, M., Armstrong, B., (2018), Missing Voices: Profile, Extent, and 12-Month Outcomes of Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injury in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Adults in Western Australia Using Linked Administrative Records. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 33(6), 412-423, United States, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000371.
• Armstrong, B., Ciccone, N., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Woods, D., McAllister, M., (2017), Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): a screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19(3),  297-308, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1290136.
• Katzenellenbogen, J., Atkins, E., Thompson, S., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Ciccone, N., Woods, D., McAllister, M., Armstrong, B., (2016), Missing Voices: Profile and extent of acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adult stroke survivors in Western Australia using linked administrative records. International Journal of Stroke, 11(1), 103-116, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, DOI: 10.1177/1747493015607521.
• Wain, T., Sim, M., Bessarab, D., Mak, D., Hayward, C., Rudd, C., (2016), Engaging Australian Aboriginal narratives to challenge attitudes and create empathy in health care: a methodological perspective. BMC Medical Education, 16(1), Article no. 156, BioMed Central Ltd., DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0677-2.

Research Student Supervision

Co-ordinating Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Repositioning the denkbild: A painting investigation into deaths in custody in 21st century Australia.