Policy and practice papers

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Indigenous responses to child protection issues
10 September 2007

Indigenous responses to child protection issues

Programs that collaborate with child protection services to enhance culturally relevant responses to child protection issues are profiled.

Comprehensive support for Indigenous carers and young people
8 September 2007

Comprehensive support for Indigenous carers and young people

Programs that offer comprehensive support for carers and young people are profiled in detail.

Assessing, training and recruiting Indigenous carers
6 September 2007

Assessing, training and recruiting Indigenous carers

Specific programs that assess and train Indigenous general and kinship carers are profiled

Common characteristics of the organisations’ programs and services that we profiled are outlined. Covers organisational practice and service delivery.
4 September 2007

Characteristics of promising Indigenous out-of-home care…

Common characteristics of the organisations’ programs and services that we profiled are outlined. Covers organisational practice and service delivery.

30 July 2007

Child inclusion as a principle and as evidence-based…

Provides evidence of the potential benefits of the child-inclusion model in dispute resolution with two successful applications.

18 May 2007

Building relationships between parents and carers in early…

An outline of strategies that professionals may employ to support and strengthen parent/carer partnerships.

2 May 2007

Tailoring parenting to fit the child

An overview about synchronising parenting methods and child characteristics, and ways in which parenting can be attuned to "fit" the child.

2 February 2007

Recent progress in marriage and relationship education in…

A summary of developments addressing challenges and directions for the field of marriage and relationship education.

3 December 2006

Young people who sexually abuse: Key issues

This paper is about young people who have committed acts of sexual abuse. It is written for those who come across this issue in their day-to-day work