Scott Avery

Biographic Data

ID4413238
NAMEScott Avery
GIVEN NAMESScott
FAMILY NAMEAvery
SIGNATUREAVERY S
AFFILIATIONSWestern Sydney University
ORCID0000-0001-5286-2022
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Building a Culture of Voice and Agency for Aboriginal Children in Out‐of‐Home Care

    Open AccessBradley Burns, Rebekah Grace et al.ARTICLEAustralian Journal of Social Issues2026

    Aboriginal children and young people in out‐of‐home care (OOHC), like all children and young people, have a fundamental right to be involved in decisions that affect them, to be afforded the opportunity for a voice, and to have that voice taken seriously. This paper gives focus to the extent to which current systems support the participation of Aboriginal children young people as stakeholders in their own care. It presents a case study of the OOH…

  • What are Aboriginal children and young people in out‐of‐home care telling us? A review of the child voice literature to understanding perspectives and experiences of the statutory care system

    Open AccessBradley Burns, Rebekah Grace et al.ARTICLEChildren & Society2024

    Aboriginal children and young people are over‐represented in the out‐of‐home care system, yet their voices are largely absent in practice and policy decision‐making. This paper presents a review of research that captures the voices of Aboriginal children and young people in out‐of‐home care. Three key themes are discussed: connection to culture, connection to family and participation. This paper argues for culturally meaningful research that hono…

  • Dear Reviewer n

    Open AccessScott AveryARTICLESocial Inclusion2023Cited by: 1

    This is an open letter on academic culture, structural racism, and the place of Indigenous knowledges

  • Living with Experience in the Academy

    Open AccessSusan Baidawi, Scott Avery et al.ARTICLEAustralian Social Work2023Cited by: 2References: 2

    Lived-experience perspectives have gained increasing traction in social work research, presenting valuable opportunities for novel insights to inform policy, practice, and research. Yet these developments have perhaps outpaced our capacity as producers and consumers of research to consider their broader ethical implications for social work researchers with lived experience (particularly those with undisclosed experiences). Through a series of cri…

  • Physical violence and violent threats reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability

    Open AccessJ Temple, Heather Wong et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability are at heightened risk of physical violence and threats compared to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people without disability, with increased exposure for people with multiple, severe or specific disabilities

  • Exposure to interpersonal racism and avoidance behaviours reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability

    Open AccessJ Temple, Heather Wong et al.ARTICLEAustralian Journal of Social Issues2020References: 35

    Using the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, this paper examines exposure to interpersonal racism and avoidance reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities. We find that in 2014–2015, 32 per cent of people aged 15–64 without a disability experienced racism compared with 42 per cent of those with a disability. Half of those living with an intellectual or psychological disability reported ra…