Short article May 2024
Counselling effectiveness and the therapeutic alliance
This short article focuses on the quality of what is called the ‘therapeutic alliance’ between counsellor and client.
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Short article May 2024
This short article focuses on the quality of what is called the ‘therapeutic alliance’ between counsellor and client.
Short article May 2024
This short article provides a summary of the findings from the 2023 needs and impact survey. It also explains how we plan to use the information to understand the sector’s information needs and to guide the development of new CFCA resources.
Short article Apr 2024
This short article provides an overview of the research evidence on the association between parenting, peer relationships and mental health in the middle years. Knowledge of the continuing importance of parent–child relationships during this period can help practitioners support parents and young people to navigate changing relationships, which can help promote positive mental health and healthy peer relationships for young people.
Short article Feb 2024
This short article developed with Emerging Minds outlines how fathers’ approaches to setting limits and managing behaviour can affect child mental health. This article also provides considerations for practitioners to support effective practice with fathers and other caregivers.
Short article Feb 2024
This resource developed with Emerging Minds explores the research evidence on how fathers’ engagement can influence their children’s mental health. Specifically, it explores the effects of fathers’ warm and responsive parenting on their children’s mental health. This resource also provides insights into how practitioners and services can support fathers to display more warm and responsive behaviours to promote positive mental health in their children.
Submission Nov 2023
This is AIFS submission to the Inquiry into the provisions of the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023. AIFS has a long history in undertaking research on the leave-taking and employment of new parents, reporting on parental employment trends, and has ongoing involvement in the International Network on Leave Policies and Research.3 We recognise the importance of a paid parental leave scheme that provides families with options for taking time out of employment to nurture infants and young children, while maintaining a longer-term connection to employment.
Short article Sep 2023
This short article summarises key findings from a systematic review by Mitic and colleagues (2021) that looked at the determinants of supportive peer relationships in early adolescence.
Submission Sep 2023
On 16 July 2023 the Victorian Government announced reforms to reduce gambling harm at venues with electronic gaming machines (EGMs). Read our submission.
Submission Sep 2023
The Australian Gambling Research Centre has made a submission to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts on the Consultation Draft – Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games 2023.
Submission Jun 2023
The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee is currently reviewing a new Bill to amend the Family Law Act 1975.