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• 2006 IDEA Journal
• Infected Interiors: Remodeling Contaminated Buildings
• [un]disciplined
• Jewish Museum of Berlin - Dancing Between the Lines
• A Design Workshop for Youth 'At Risk'
• A Personal (Pro)position: Finding a Place in Design
• The Environmental Experience of Shopping with Cognitive Impairment
• Person Environment Relationships to Health and Wellbeing: An Integrated Approach
• On Whenua, Landscape and Monumental Interiors

A Design Workshop for Youth 'At Risk'

Dr Kristine Jerome, Dr Jill Franz and Dr Dianne Smith

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Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Abstract: This paper describes an award winning program offered to homeless youth in 2001. It details the key learning and teaching approaches that underpinned its success. In the description it highlights the potential of embracing ‘design’ as a framework for facilitating change in youth deemed ‘at risk’ of homelessness. Furthermore, it offers an opportunity to address the significance of design education in community programs.