Short article Jun 2017
Can early childhood environmental factors help predict child maltreatment?
Risk factors for child maltreatment are often interrelated, and need to be addressed by holistic prevention and early intervention strategies.
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Short article Jun 2017
Risk factors for child maltreatment are often interrelated, and need to be addressed by holistic prevention and early intervention strategies.
Research report Dec 2013
This paper explores trends in child care in Australia from 1984 to 2011, for children aged under 12 years old with employed mothers
Short article Oct 2017
This article examines the role of homelessness in the link between child maltreatment and youth offending.
Webinar Nov 2016
This webinar discussed attachment theory with special emphasis on its strengths and limitations for informing practice in out-of-home care.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2013
This paper uses existing literature to describe Australia's family leave policy history leading up to the government-funded Dad and Partner Pay
Research report May 2013
The National Families Week theme for 2013 draws attention to the sometimes difficult task of achieving balance in our lives
Family Matters article Jul 2013
Family Matters article on families balancing their lives
Policy and practice paper Feb 2014
Australian research into FIFO work practices suggests this lifestyle has a range of effects on children and on family relationships.
Family Matters article Dec 2013
FAMILY MATTERS NO. 93 - Explores how family policy can support greater gender equality in paid and unpaid work, for parents in particular.
Webinar Sep 2016
This webinar described evidence-based solutions to creating child-safe cultures in child and family welfare organisations.