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Personal profile
Biography
Aron Shlonsky is Professor and Head of Department (Social Work) at Monash University School of Primary and Allied Health Care. Professor Shlonsky graduated from UC Berkeley with a doctorate in social welfare (2002) and a master’s degree in public health (2000). He was an Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work (2002-2005), Associate Professor and Factor-Inwentash Chair in Child Welfare at the University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work (2005-2013), and Professor of Evidence-Informed Practice at the University of Melbourne (2013-2018). Shlonsky is known internationally for his work in child and youth services, particularly in the generation, synthesis and implementation of evidence to inform practice and policy in the child and family services field. He has been primary chief investigator, Chief Investigator, or Co-Investigator on over 70 contracts and grants in Australia and internationally. He is Co-Author with Bianca Albers and Robyn Mildon of Implementation Science 3.0 (Springer, 2020) and with Rami Benbenishty of From Evidence to Outcomes: An international reader (Oxford University Press, 2014) – both of which are among the first books to bring together Common Elements / Core Components and Implementation Science with more standard approaches to evidence-informed practice. Shlonsky has authored and co-authored numerous other books, peer-reviewed articles and government reports in the child protection and family services areas including decision-making and risk assessment in child welfare, youth justice and domestic violence services, the predictors and effects of sibling separation in foster care, issues surrounding kinship foster care, and the teaching and implementation of evidence-informed practice.
Education/Academic qualification
Social Welfare, PhD, University of California Berkeley
Award Date: 1 Jan 2002
Research area keywords
- family and domestic violence
- Implementation science
- Systematic Review
- Program evaluation
- child trauma
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Proof of Concept (PoC) Prediction Tool for OOHC Placement Stability
Shlonsky, A. & Padmanabhan, K.
30/11/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Disability Royal Commission Systematic Review on Maltreatment
Shlonsky, A. & Featherston, R.
Attorney-General's Department (Australia)
15/10/20 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
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Exploring migrant mothers' experiences of alienation in association with parenting: A scoping review
Yang, T., Featherston, R. & Shlonsky, A., Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Child & Family Social Work. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Guidelines for Using Simulation for Online Teaching and Learning of Clinical Social Work Practice in the Time of COVID
Bay, U., Maghidman, M., Waugh, J. & Shlonsky, A., Jun 2021, In: Clinical Social Work Journal. 49, 2, p. 128-135 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Hospital Parenting Support for Adults with Incurable End-Stage Cancer: Multidisciplinary Health Professional Perspectives
Steiner, V., Joubert, L., Shlonsky, A. & Morris, A., Nov 2021, In: Health and Social Work. 46, 4, p. 289-298 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Interventions that address institutional child maltreatment: An evidence and gap map
Finch, M., Featherston, R., Chakraborty, S., Bjørndal, L., Mildon, R., Albers, B., Fiennes, C., Taylor, D. J. A., Schachtman, R., Yang, T. & Shlonsky, A., Mar 2021, In: Campbell Systematic Reviews. 17, 1, 104 p., e1139.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Protocol for a systematic review of policies, programs or interventions designed to improve health and wellbeing of young people leaving the out-of-home care system
Taylor, D. J. A., Shlonsky, A., Albers, B., Chakraborty, S., Lewis, J., Mendes, P., Macdonald, G. & Williams, K., Dec 2021, In: Systematic Reviews. 10, 1, 9 p., 240.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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FMNHS Dean's Award for Excellence in Industry Education Programs (team)
Callaway, Elizabeth (Recipient), Bould, Em (Recipient), Brusco, Natasha (Recipient), Williams, Cylie (Recipient), Layton, Natasha (Recipient), Sloan, S. (Recipient), Morgan, Prue (Recipient), Fossey, Ellie (Recipient), Ekegren, Christina (Recipient), Shlonsky, Aron (Recipient), Tregloan, Kate (Recipient), Bangerter, M. (Recipient) & Martin, D. (Recipient), 6 Oct 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice-Chancellor's Education and Research Excellence Awards 2021
Callaway, Elizabeth (Recipient), Bould, Em (Recipient), Brusco, Natasha (Recipient), Williams, Cylie (Recipient), Layton, Natasha (Recipient), Sloan, S. (Recipient), Morgan, Prue (Recipient), Fossey, Ellie (Recipient), Ekegren, Christina (Recipient), Shlonsky, Aron (Recipient), Tregloan, Kate (Recipient), Bangerter, M. (Recipient) & Martin, D. (Recipient), 22 Nov 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)