Webinar Oct 2023
Supporting children’s wellbeing when working with separating parents
This webinar will explore how practitioners can make children’s wellbeing central to conversations with parents who are navigating separation and/or divorce.
Webinar Oct 2023
This webinar will explore how practitioners can make children’s wellbeing central to conversations with parents who are navigating separation and/or divorce.
Media release Jun 2023
A new practice guide released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) aims to shine a light on technology-facilitated coercive control – and dispel the myth that victims withdrawing from technology lessens the impact.
Practice guide Jun 2023
This practice guide describes technology-facilitated coercive control and synthesises the evidence on how to support clients experiencing it.
Short article Sep 2022
Explains why adult mental health clients might not disclose their sexual abuse histories and summarises strategies to assist with effective enquiry.
Webinar Nov 2021
This webinar explored ways in which data from research and practice can inform services’ therapeutic responses to child sexual abuse.
Webinar Oct 2021
This webinar explored practitioners’ child-centred work with separating parents to support the child’s wellbeing and parent–child relationship.
Short article Aug 2021
This short article summarises a review of rates of therapy use among children disclosing sexual abuse, and what might improve engagement with therapy.
Short article Apr 2020
This short article discusses key considerations for involving children and young people in research, using an AIFS project as an illustrative example.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2017
This paper presents a review of available literature on problem sexual behaviours and sexually abusive behaviours exhibited in young people.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2017
An exploration of strategies to engage and address issues for family members who are continuing to live with domestic violence.