Matheson, I. (2023). A guide for Tertiary Education Organisations on supporting care experienced learners. Tertiary Education Commission.
PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE: EDUCATION
Matheson, I. (2023). International best practice and models for youth justice residences. Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children.
EVIDENCE BRIEF: SECURE CARE
Matheson, I. (2023). Physical restraint and de-escalation: Best international practice as applicable to secure youth justice residences. Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children.
EVIDENCE BRIEF: RESIDENTIAL CARE
Matheson, I. (2022). Celebrating 20 residential child care developments from across the world. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 21(2).
JOURNAL ARTICLE: RESIDENTIAL CARE
Matheson, I. (2022, July 11-14). Restraining children and youth: What the research tells us [Conference presentation slides]. Sixty-sixth annual conference of the Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services, Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: RESIDENTIAL CARE
Matheson, I. & McNamara, T. (2022, July 11-14). As essential staff in therapeutic residential care, what is your education story and why does it matter? [Conference presentation slides]. Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services’, Essential staff in therapeutic residential care international conference, hosted online from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: EDUCATION
Matheson, I. (2021, August 3-6). Leveraging residential care global learning to improve quality [Conference presentation slides]. Sixty-fifth annual conference of the Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.
https://togetherthevoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PowerPoint-Leveraging-Residential-Care.pdf
CONFERENCE SLIDES: RESIDENTIAL CARE
Matheson, I. (2021, September 1-3). The extended foster care evidence base: Needing and valuing children and young people’s perspectives [Conference presentation slides]. Sixteenth biennial international conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EUSARF), hosted online from Zurich, Switzerland.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: EXTENDED FOSTER CARE
CONFERENCE SLIDES: EDUCATION
Matheson, I., McNamara, T., & Humphries, J, (2021, September 1-3). Professional development to enhance education outcomes for Australasian children and young people in out-of-home care [Conference presentation slides]. Sixteenth biennial international conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EUSARF), hosted online from Zurich, Switzerland.
Matheson, I. (2021). Leveraging out-of-home care global learning.
WEBINAR SUPPORT MATERIAL: Global Learning
Matheson, I. (2020). Summary of slipping down ladders and climbing up snakes: The experiences of New Zealand university students formerly in foster care - doctoral thesis, University of Otago (2nd ed.).
doctoral RESEARCH: care leavers,care, and education
Article: Leadership
Matheson, I. (2020). Ten things residential and foster care managers must remember they already know about leading through uncertainty [LinkedIn article].
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-things-residential-foster-care-managers-must-already-matheson
bOOK CHAPTER: TRANSITIONING FROM Care AND EDUCATION
Matheson, I. (2019). Education success factors and barriers: Learning from the experiences of New Zealand care leavers who went to university. In T. McNamara, S. Wise, & C. Montserrat, Education in out-of-home care: International perspectives on policy, practice and research (pp. 267-281). Springer.
Matheson, I. (2019, August 27-28). International experience on formal and informal extended care [Symposium plenary slides]. Homestretch Symposium, Sydney, Australia.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: EXTENDED FOSTER CARE
ARTICLE: EXTENDED CARE
Matheson, I. (2019). Ten evidence-based reasons for extending foster care beyond eighteen years (LinkedIn article]. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ten-evidence-based-reasons-extending-foster-care-beyond-matheson/
Matheson, I. (2018, September 1-3). Extending care from 18 to 21: Towards an international evidence base [Conference presentation slides]. Fifteenth biennial international conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EUSARF), Porto, Portugal.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: EXTENDED FOSTER CARE
Matheson, I. (2018, August 20-22). Effecting successful system-wide change: Towards a quality education for all children and young people in out-of-home care [Conference presentation slides]. Biennial conference of the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies, Sydney, Australia.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: EDUCATION
Matheson, I. & Kendrick, A. (2018, August 20-22). Giving voice to perspectives of residential child care: Some reflections on the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care [Conference presentation slides]. Biennial conference of the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies, Sydney, Australia.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: RESIDENTIAL CARE
Matheson, I. & McDonald, P. (2018, August 20-22). Extending care from 18 to 21: Towards an Australasian evidence base [Conference presentation slides]. Biennial conference of the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies, Sydney, Australia.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: EXTENDED FOSTER CARE
BOOK CHAPTER: RESIDENTIAL AND FOSTER CARE
Matheson, I. (2016). State of indifference? An overview of residential and foster care in New Zealand. In T. Islam & L. Fulcher (Eds.), Residential child and youth care in a developing world: Global perspectives (pp. 311-328). CYC-Net Press.
Matheson, I. (2016, September 13-16). The experiences of New Zealand care leavers who went to university: Slipping down ladders and climbing up snakes [Conference presentation slides with audio clips]. Fourteenth biennial international conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EUSARF), Oviedo, Spain.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: EDUCATION
ARTICLE: EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN CARE
Matheson, I. (2016). The importance of individual personal factors: The experiences of care leavers who went to university [Special issue]. Developing Practice, 46, 42-54.
Matheson, I. (Ed.) (2016). The education of children in out-of-home care [Special double issue]. Developing Practice, 46.
https://search.informit.com.au/browsePublication;py=2016;res=IELHSS;issn=1445-6818;iss=46
EDITED JOURNAL: EDUCATION
Matheson, I. (Ed.) (2016). The education of children in out-of-home care [Special double issue]. Developing Practice, 45.
https://search.informit.com.au/browsePublication;py=2016;res=IELHSS;issn=1445-6818;iss=45
EDITED JOURNAL: EDUCATION
ARTICLE: linkEDIN EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN CARE NETWORK
Matheson, I., Brady, E., & Connelly, G. (2016). Social media meets international Community of Interest: The LinkedIn Education of Children in Care Network. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care 16(1), 49-55.
https://www.celcis.org/files/7514/6054/8503/005._2016_Vol_15_1_Matheson_Social_Media.pdf
Matheson, I. (2015, October 22). The Modernising Child Youth and Family Expert Panel's interim report: The good, the bad and the potentially ugly - part two [Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand guest blog post].
GUEST BLOG: The Modernising Child Youth and Family Expert Panel's interim report (Part 2)
GUEST BLOG: The Modernising Child Youth and Family Expert Panel's interim report (Part 1)
Matheson, I. (2015, October 19). The Modernising Child Youth and Family Expert Panel's interim report: The good, the bad and the potentially ugly - part one [Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand guest blog post].
REPORT: education
Matheson, I. & Connelly, G. (2012). The education of looked after children in Scotland: Some comparisons with Scandinavian countries and Finland. Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland.
Matheson, I. (2011, July 12-17). Education of children and young people: Research on what works. [Conference presentation slides]. World conference of the International Foster Care Organisation, Victoria, British Columbia.
CONFERENCE SLIDES: FOSTER CARE
ARTICLE: FOSTER CARER recruitment
Matheson, I. (2010). Recruitment of foster families: Lessons from international research. Canada's Children, 17(2), 11-18.
Matheson, I. (2009, July 12-17). Foster care standards in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the UK [Conference plenary slides]. World conference of the International Foster Care Organisation, Dublin, Ireland.