Practice guide Jun 2020
Responding to the coronavirus pandemic: Assessing rapid service changes
This short article discusses how you can assess the changes you have made to programs and services in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Practice guide Jun 2020
This short article discusses how you can assess the changes you have made to programs and services in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Practice guide Jun 2020
This short article provides guidance to services on conducting a needs assessment during the coronavirus pandemic.
Practice guide Jun 2020
This short article is for anyone who is delivering, or planning to deliver, a program or service modified in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Commissioned report Mar 2020
This brief investigates the role of parenting, parents’ mental health and their health behaviours on the social-emotional wellbeing of their children.
Short article Dec 2019
This short article describes Playgroup Queensland’s pilot to provide an opportunity for aged care residents to engage in a weekly playgroup.
Short article Jun 2020
This short article outlines how out-of-home care caseworkers can support contact between children and their birth families during social restrictions.
Research programs
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is a major study following the development of 10,000 children and families from all parts of Australia. The study commenced in 2004.
Research programs
The Families in Australia Survey survey series ran from May 2020 to December 2021. A particular focus was the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on family life.
Media release Jun 2019
The often incompatible demands of work and family life typically have been viewed as a burden for mothers. However new research shows it is also affecting fathers.
Media release May 2020
A new survey from the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) is calling on every Australian to share the experience of COVID-19 for them and their family as we look forward towards recovery.