The United Nations has dedicated 12 August as International Youth Day. As we focus on young people around the world, we are dedicated to making young people's voices more mainstream, and help them take part in meaningful engagement with political, economic and social decisions. We are joined by two Griffith University researchers who have found that when you give young people access to arts and culture, even in challenging and isolating environments, the benefits for all of society are immense.Dr Alexis Kallio is using her background in music education and criminology to exploring how music can be a powerful tool for rehabilitation in Australian Juvenile Detention Centres. Joel Spence, a secondary school teacher, is researching how ballet as a dance therapy has huge benefits for traumatic brain injury survivors and their carers. Join us to find out more about their research.

Dr Alexis Kallio is using her background in music education and criminology to exploring how music an be a powerful tool for rehabilitation in Australian Juvenile Detention Centres. Joel Spence, a secondary school teacher, is researching how ballet as a dance therapy has huge benefits for traumatic brain injury survivors and their carers. Join us to find out more about their research.

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