Fathers who use violence: Options for safe practice where there is ongoing contact with children
An exploration of strategies to engage and address issues for family members who are continuing to live with domestic violence.
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An exploration of strategies to engage and address issues for family members who are continuing to live with domestic violence.
Articles include: lessons from other sectors in screening for family violence; issues related to past adoption practices; incarcerated mothers
Articles include shariah law and marriage in Australia, working with families after traumatic events, a whole-of-agency public health approach
A brief overview of mental health problems and causes, and the impact of mental health problems on family relationships and dynamics.
Identifying and using the issues and concerns of CALD families and service providers to make practice, procedure and policy recommendations.
Reporting on factors that may influence fathers' involvement with services and the competence of practitioners to engage with fathers.
Insights into the protective effects and risks that influence forms of functioning among Aboriginal families.
Challenges and strategies for encouraging individuals to engage in prevention and early-intervention activities focusing on healthy relationships.
Advent of compulsory family dispute resolution, implications for practitioners; Marital disaffection; the Break Through program for help
Provides evidence of the potential benefits of the child-inclusion model in dispute resolution with two successful applications.