DrMichelle Benstead
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
Orcid identifier0000-0002-4470-9893 (opens in a new tab)
- Senior LecturerFaculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing
- Supporting parents and families
- Family-school partnerships
- Improving outcomes for family functioning and preservation
- Program evaluation
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHProgram Explication of Grampians Health Family Services Program delivered by The Central Highland Family Services Alliance11 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Benstead M,
- Shapiro J,
- Toumbourou J,
- Little K,
- Vasilevski V
- CONTRACT RESEARCHToolbox Education Program Explication.20 Sep 2023 - 30 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Benstead M,
- Supol M,
- Toumbourou J,
- Shapiro J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluation of online intervention to prevent student alcohol and other drug harm.3 Apr 2023 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Bennett C,
- Dunn M,
- Benstead M
- GRANTLSAC AIFS project.27 Mar 2023 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- McGillivray J,
- Supol M,
- Benstead M,
- Shapiro J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHPeer Support Australia Program Evaluation & Research Advisory Support.1 Jan 2023 - 30 Sep 2023People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Clancy E,
- Klettke B,
- Benstead M,
- Moffitt R
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluation of support program for parents with intellectual disability.1 Jul 2022 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Benstead M,
- McGillivray J,
- Minaie MG,
- Moody L-J,
- Toumbourou J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHBCYF Research Strategy.1 Jun 2022 - 31 Aug 2023People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Westrupp E,
- Benstead M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluation of Supporting Parents with an Intellectual Disability Program.1 Sep 2021 - 31 Jul 2022People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Little K,
- Benstead M,
- Doery E
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDesign, Implementation and Evaluation of a centralised, evidence-based assessment framework for child and family practitioners.1 Nov 2019 - 30 Jun 2020People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Rowland B,
- Donnelly A,
- Hosseini T,
- Benstead M
- GRANTImplementation of an evidence-based family program to improve child education outcomes in disadvantaged school communities23 Sep 2019 - 18 Jul 2025People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Rowland B,
- Renner H,
- Benstead M,
- Little K
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTSax Institute Review of Family School Partnerships.17 Apr 2019 - 9 Aug 2019People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Clancy E,
- Skvarc D,
- Westrupp E,
- Little K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHBethany Connect Up Evaluation28 Feb 2019 - 29 Nov 2019People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Rowland B,
- Clancy E,
- Benstead M