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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Information about applying motivational interviewing techniques to support parents to enhance the safety and wellbeing of their children
A brief overview of the evidence-based principles of parent-skills training
A guide for practitioners on assisting their clients to develop and implement a safety plan
This paper explores how insights from the field of community capacity-building can improve child welfare practice and policy in Australia.
An overview of the ethical review process and how it applies to service providers evaluating their own programs
This paper is an overview of an analysis of the Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Client Access Strategies
This paper explores the theoretical understandings of supervisory neglect and how these understandings might assist in delivering practical responses
A review of research on building safe and supportive families and communities for Indigenous children in Australia.
A review of research on resilience, and how resilience is defined, measured and used in practice.
A review of research on building safe and supportive families and communities for children in Australia.
The Australian Institute of Family Studies acknowledges the traditional country throughout Australia on which we gather, live, work and stand.
We acknowledge all traditional custodians, their Elders past, present and emerging, and we pay our respects to their continuing connection to their culture, community, land, sea and rivers.
