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SDN strongly supports research conducted by our staff, and by external agencies in cooperation with staff. A Research Ethics Committee oversees procedures in relation to research activity at SDN. Anybody wishing to conduct research within SDN, whether internal or external, must submit an ethics application to SDN's Research and Ethics Committee. No research can commence until approval has been granted by the Research Ethics Committee. Our Guidelines for Conducting Research within SDN Children's Services will assist you in making a successful application. You are strongly advised to contact the Research & Evaluation Manager at research@sdn.org.au prior to making your submission.
Click below for the following: Development of a Research Culture Recently Completed Research Projects Role of SDN's Research & Evaluation Team
RESEARCH Research within SDN refers to: any planned and systematic investigation that is undertaken in order to confirm existing or gain new knowledge, and/or review practices and where information is sought for the specific purpose of that investigation. Such investigation may include but is not limited to involving others in collaborative processes where the researcher and participants work together on collecting, reviewing and interpreting research data. Research for the purpose of these guidelines does not include activity undertaken on a regular basis such as child observations for the purposes of documentation of children's learning, the collection of information associated with accreditation procedures or data collected for funding reporting purposes. ROLE OF SDN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE The establishment of a Research Ethics Committee was approved by the SDN Board at its Board meeting held on 28 May 2004. The Research Ethics Committee's role is to:
SDN'S RESEARCH POLICY The following policy was adopted by the SDN Board at its March 2004 meeting ‘No research involving the children who are or have been in SDN's care at any time, the families of those children, the information about those children and families which is or has been in SDN's possession at any time or any one or more of those things be permitted by SDN without the consent of SDN's Research Ethics committee or SDN's board, whether the researcher or researchers be from outside or within the organisation.' (statement approved by the SDN Board, 31 May, 2004.)
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