Is resilience still a useful concept when working with children and young people?
Cathryn Hunter
CFCA Paper No. 2 — April 2012
A review of research on resilience, and how resilience is defined, measured and used in practice.
Publications
CFCA produces a range of publications. These include CFCA Papers, which offer an objective exploration of how research applies to policy and practice, and are written by or in collaboration with expert researchers and service providers. CFCA Resource Sheets and Practitioner Resources are shorter papers that focus on a specific issue in depth.
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Interagency collaboration: Part A. What is it, what does it look like, when is it needed and what supports it?
Myfanwy McDonald and Kate Rosier
AFRC Briefing No. 21 — October 2011
Looks at what collaboration is, the benefits and risks and when it is likely to be most effective.
Interagency collaboration: Part B. Does collaboration benefit children and families? Exploring the evidence
Myfanwy McDonald and Kate Rosier
AFRC Briefing No. 21 — October 2011
Investigates the relationship between collaboration and improved outcomes for children and families.
Collecting data from parents and children for the purpose of evaluation: Issues for child and family services in disadvantaged communities
Myfanwy McDonald and Kate Rosier
CAFCA Practice Sheet— June 2011
An outline of the challenges child and family services face when collecting data directly from parents and children for evaluation
Issues for the safety and wellbeing of children in families with multiple and complex problems: The co-occurrence of domestic violence, parental substance misuse, and mental health problems
Leah Bromfield, Alister Lamont, Robyn Parker and Briony Horsfall
NCPC Issues No. 33 — December 2010
The co-occurrence of domestic violence, parental substance misuse, and mental health problems
A stitch in time saves nine: Preventing and responding to the abuse and neglect of infants
Brigid Jordan and Robyn Sketchley
NCPC Issues No. 30 — September 2009
Explores the issues involved in applying a public health approach together with a human rights perspective to healing and protecting infants.
Working with families concerned with school-based bullying
Jodie Lodge
AFRC Briefing No. 11 — May 2008
Examines bullying and its impact on young people’s health and wellbeing, and the significance of family relationships in dealing with bullying.
Father-inclusive practice and associated professional competencies
Richard Fletcher
AFRC Briefing No. 9 — March 2008
Reporting on factors that may influence fathers' involvement with services and the competence of practitioners to engage with fathers.
Family issues in suicide postvention
Louise Flynn and Elly Robinson
AFRC Briefing No. 8 — February 2008
Looking at "postvention"for families - activities that can assist those bereaved by suicide to cope with what has occurred.
Strengthening Aboriginal family functioning: What works and why?
Roz Walker and Carrington Shepherd
AFRC Briefing No. 7 — February 2008
Insights into the protective effects and risks that influence forms of functioning among Aboriginal families.
