July 23, 2014

‘Celebrity Parent Hero Award’ goes to Jo Stanley

MEDIA RELEASE – 24 July 2014 ‘Celebrity Parent Hero Award’ goes to Jo Stanley The CASSE Peaceful Schools Program is delighted to announce that Jo Stanley […]
May 27, 2014

Gaming for good

Developing computer games with a sense of altruism CASSE’s student-driven Peaceful Schools Program (PSP) is working with Deakin University Information Technology students to develop a new computer game […]
April 17, 2014

CASSE’s PSP can lead the way in reducing bullying

By Carolyn Aston RE: ‘Schoolyard bullies cost taxpayers millions in victim compensation payouts’, by Wes Hosking, published in The Herald Sun, Wednesday 16 April 2014 This […]
June 4, 2013

CASSE Student Day

If you do not care, it’s not fair! CASSE Student teams from primary schools involved in CASSE’s Pilot Program journeyed to St Gabriel’s Primary in Traralgon […]
May 14, 2013

‘Reverie’ exhibition explores mentalisation and emotional wellbeing

By Margaret Nixon The ability to mentalise, to stop and think about the thoughts and actions of oneself and of others, is central to CASSE’s approach […]
April 3, 2013

Education Theories and CASSE

by Jane Searle “A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another’s learning” (Rogers, 1951). This sums up the notion of current […]
March 26, 2013

A Developmental Approach to Mentalizing Communities

by Margaret Nixon I came across this article by Twemlow, Fonagy and Sacco some time ago and it is one I often recommend to people who […]
October 17, 2011

Teaching mentalisation

by Professor Stuart Twemlow What is mentalisation? And why is it so important? Children tend to act before they think. Ask any young person up to […]