VFST AIR Application Demos
The following installer packages are available:
Things I Like
This computer-assisted interview suitable for young people in the 14 to 18 years age range. Another version is available for young adults, and a child version is under development. It asks young people: what they want to achieve in the next 12 months; everyday activities they do and do not like to do; to rate 12 self esteem items on a visual analog scale.
It then asks them to process 3 story situations that usually involve difficulties, related to friendship and rejection, school problems, family discord. It asks participants for an interpretation of each situation, their own experiences and ways of handling these kinds of situation.
People and Places
This computer-assisted interview is suitable for children of up to 13 or 14 years. A version is available for older teen-agers and young adults. It focuses on children's wellbeing.
It asks children to: sort 9 positive and negative feelings about places in their lives (e,g., home, school, where they lived before Australia) by throwing labels into baskets; show how close they are to family members by constructing circles of relationships; rate their feelings of being nurtured (loved, listened to, not hurt) at home, with 9 illustrated and animated ratings and how often they feel bad; sort relationships and activities that help them to feel better or not, and to identify who helps them and how.
Living In Australia
(Young People)
This computer-assisted interview is suitable for young people in the 14 to 18 years range. Other versions are available for children and for young adults. It focuses specifically on the sources and extent of young people's worries (with particular reference to worry about family members still overseas). It uses illustrated projective situations and choices to trace the extent of their worries and how those worries affect their everyday life; and asks the young person to construct interactive diagrams and open-ended comments to show who helps them and how.
All applications require the installation of Adobe AIR, which is a free download for Mac and PC.