Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
Young people leaving care
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
Family Matters article Feb 2006
With data from the Growing Up in Australia study, this article provide estimates of the extent to which young children have contact with their grandparents including: living with grandparents; face-to-face contact; child-grandparent contact after parental separation; and regular care by grandparents.
Policy and practice paper May 2008
Examines bullying and its impact on young people’s health and wellbeing, and the significance of family relationships in dealing with bullying.
Research report May 1984
This paper focuses on the impact of death of a parent on children and their response to growing up in a one parent family.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Shortcomings raised by participants in relation to assessment procedures when used to assess potential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
In this paper we present study participants’ views about the shortage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers
Family Matters article Jun 2000
This paper outlines some of the potential benefits of social capital for government, business, communities and family life.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
In this paper, international and Australian research on children’s wellbeing and the views of young people in care are reviewed
Family Matters article Oct 2006
This article provides an insight into shifts in the community services sector involving a move from a welfare to a social enterprise orientation with greater emphasis on child and family focused prevention and early intervention.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article presents two views of the Australian Institute of Family Studies' Fifth Australian Family Research Conference: one looking at the nature of family studies, another summarising some of the themes introduced by keynote speakers at the conference, including policy research and policy development, corporate responsibility and the family, and economic restructuring and family living standards, and how they were developed in a range of papers.