Family Matters article Jun 1996
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Promoting the healthy functioning of young children with developmental disabilities, and their families
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Policy and practice paper Sep 1996
Child maltreatment and substance abuse
Discussion Paper 2. by the National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Childwatch International: Towards a consolidated international network for child research
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Policy and practice paper Dec 1996
Child maltreatment and disability
Examines the relationship between children with disabilities and parents with disabilities, and the potential for child maltreatment.
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Policy and practice paper Dec 1996
Child maltreatment and mental disorder
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Research report Dec 1996
Remaking families: Adaptation of parents and children to divorce
This book shows that most mothers, fathers and children appear to be living productive personal and family lives six years after separation.
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
News from the Family Court
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
The significance of the conceptualisation of childhood for child protection policy
This article suggests that children are frequently left out of social policy and its analysis and, in the specific area of child protection policy, even though by definition it appears to be child oriented, adultist perspectives dominate.
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Child care in a caring society
In this discussion of the role of child care services in supporting families in their rearing of children in contemporary Australia, the author argues that it is necessary to balance this perspective by thinking of child care as an investment in children and for children.
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Australian family research and policy news
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, this issue featuring reports from our corresponding consultants describing research that falls under the broad sub-headings of indigenous families and children and adolescents.