Resource sheet Jan 2024
Pre-employment and volunteer screening checks
This resource sheet provides an overview of screening checks for people who engage with vulnerable groups such as children in employment or volunteer activities in Australia.
Resource sheet Jan 2024
This resource sheet provides an overview of screening checks for people who engage with vulnerable groups such as children in employment or volunteer activities in Australia.
Short article Sep 2020
This short article outlines the challenges faced by Australian parents with intellectual disability and best practice and policy responses.
Webinar Mar 2022
This webinar explored approaches to working effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families through the perinatal period.
Short article Jun 2023
This article summarises the evidence on peer support for parents of children with complex needs and considers the implications for practitioners.
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.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2021
This paper identifies the common elements of evidence-based parenting programs that support children’s mental health through parental separation.
Short article Oct 2019
This short article explores the challenges and opportunities for parents of children in the pre-teen years, based on a recent survey.
Commissioned report Dec 2012
This paper compares the wellbeing of children in married- and cohabiting-parent families.
Research report Dec 2023
This research report explores how the Australian Government's Parental Leave Pay (PLP) and Dad and Partner Pay (DAPP) were used by families up to December 2022.
Webinar Dec 2019
This webinar discussed how practitioners can use child-led play to assist families to improve parent–child relationships and child mental health.