Nigel Thomas

Exploring student participation across different arenas of school life

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 28-09-2018

DOI: 10.1002/BERJ.3477

Child‐safe organizations and the ethics of empowered inclusion

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 18-04-2023

DOI: 10.1111/CHSO.12732

Abstract: The emergence of the ‘child‐safe’ organization requires close attention to practices that contribute to children's wellbeing and safety. Based on data collected in schools, residential care and disability services, this article argues for a more nuanced understanding of the ethical frameworks informing practice in these settings. Findings suggest both young people and adults predominantly describe ethical practice in terms of intersubjective relations. This ethical relationality is understood, less in terms of vertical responsibilities of care (largely the domain of adults and shaped by institutional norms), and more in terms of vertical and horizontal (interpersonal) relations, giving way to more empowered inclusion.

Predictors for estimating subcortical EEG responses to continuous speech

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Date: 03-2023

DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.01.530635

Abstract: Perception of sounds and speech involves structures in the auditory brainstem that rapidly process ongoing auditory stimuli. The role of these structures in speech understanding can be investigated by measuring their electrical activity using scalpmounted electrodes. Typical analysis methods involve averaging responses to many short repetitive stimuli. Recently, responses to more ecologically relevant continuous speech were detected using linear encoding models called temporal response functions (TRFs). Non-linear predictors derived from complex auditory models may improve TRFs. Here, we compare predictors from both simple and complex auditory models for estimating brainstem TRFs on electroencephalography (EEG) data from 24 subjects listening to continuous speech. Predictors from simple models result in comparable TRFs to those from complex models, and are much faster to compute. We also discuss the effect of data length on TRF peaks for efficient estimation of subcortical TRFs.

Children and safety in Australian policy: Implications for organisations and practitioners

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 05-10-2020

DOI: 10.1002/AJS4.134

Child safety in policy: Who is being kept safe and from what?

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 22-03-2020

DOI: 10.1111/SPOL.12591

Exploring the associations between student participation, wellbeing and recognition at school

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 06-03-2022

DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2022.2031886

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP110200656

Start Date: 07-2011

End Date: 06-2014

Amount: $186,611.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100540

Start Date: 12-2014

End Date: 07-2018

Amount: $320,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180100465

Start Date: 06-2018

End Date: 08-2022

Amount: $463,136.00

Funder: Australian Research Council