Practice guide Sep 2007
"Feeling heavy"
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material
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Practice guide Sep 2007
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material
Short article Mar 2018
Recent research suggests that parents whose children have been placed into out-of-home care should be more meaningfully included in their lives.
Practice guide Feb 2014
Paper aims to provide an overview of complex trauma as a concept for classifying a varying range of symptomatology.
Short article Oct 2017
This article examines the role of homelessness in the link between child maltreatment and youth offending.
Short article Nov 2017
Violence against child protection workers has negative effects on their health and wellbeing, but more research is needed to understand its impacts.
Short article Aug 2018
This short article highlights the importance of giving children a voice after cases of intimate partner homicide to better respond to their needs.
Short article May 2018
The MacKillop Family Services conference focused on what can be learned from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Short article Jul 2017
A recent review suggests that early parenting interventions improve parental responsiveness and prevent infant sleep problems.
Short article Dec 2018
We highlight key findings of a recent report on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Tasmania.
Practice guide Aug 2012
Outlines what works, what doesn't, and what further research is needed, illustrated with case studies of promising programs in Australia.