Short article Jul 2016
Emotional abuse of children is a growing problem in Australia
How many children are in the child protection system? How can we improve the system's response to these children and their families?
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Short article Jul 2016
How many children are in the child protection system? How can we improve the system's response to these children and their families?
Commissioned report Aug 2016
50 in-depth interviews were conducted with victim/survivors and their families to explore the effect of disclosure of abuse.
Short article Sep 2016
What can be learned from the death of a child and how can preventable death or serious injury be avoided in the future?
Commissioned report Oct 2016
Synthesises international evidence regarding risk and protective factors related to child sexual abuse in institutional contexts.
Commissioned report Oct 2016
Reviews the emergence of trauma-informed care in Australia and overseas and how it is being implemented in practice.
Short article Nov 2016
New reports show a lack of care for the cultural needs of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and OOHC.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2016
This paper offers guidance to the management of child protection and related services by drawing on occupational health literature
Policy and practice paper Apr 2017
An overview of what is known about the prevalence of different forms of child abuse and neglect in Australia
Practice guide Apr 2017
Practical guidance for involving children in child-safe organisations, based on what children and young people have said themselves
Family Matters article Apr 2017
Commissioner and Justice Jennifer Coate describes the aims and work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.