This webinar discussed changes in AEDI results over the last three years, and described the work of the newly-established Fraser Mustard Centre.
Dr Jennifer McIntosh outlines a risk-screening tool that assists separating parents and professionals to detect and evaluate well-being and risks.
The latest approaches to healing intergenerational trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people
Financial support after separation can affect children’s wellbeing across a range of areas, and negotiation of financial arrangements is one of the key tasks for many parents in the post-separation period.
Regular school attendance plays a significant role in shaping both school-related and later life outcomes, including reduced levels of unemployment, risk of destructive behaviour, use of addictive substances, welfare dependency and involvement in the justice system.
Indigenous children continue to experience poorer health and developmental outcomes compared to non-Indigenous children. Understanding what might be contributing to these different outcomes is essential for the development of possible solutions to reduce this “gap”.
Findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) point to an increased likelihood of intergenerational disadvantage for children if their parents and/or grandparents experienced joblessness, relationship separation, or both.
This paper provides practitioners, policy-makers and researchers with an overview of a number of influential recent approaches to conceptualising, recognising and responding to the complexity of child maltreatment and trauma.
Magistrate Gregory Levine of the Children’s Court of Victoria has recently been engaged in discussions with stakeholders and is working towards securing appropriate funding and resourcing for the establishment of a Pilot Family Drug Treatment Court program in the Children’s Court.
Therapeutic residential care is becoming an increasingly relevant out-of-home care option for children and young people with multiple and complex needs.
