Family Matters article Jun 2007
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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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Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
Kinship care
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Family Matters article Jan 2008
The effectiveness of marriage and relationship education programs.
This article reports on a recent analysis of a large-scale survey in which lower odds of divorce were found to be associated with participation in a pre-marriage education program.
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Policy and practice paper May 2008
Working with families concerned with school-based bullying
Examines bullying and its impact on young people’s health and wellbeing, and the significance of family relationships in dealing with bullying.
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Family Matters article Sep 2008
History of social security in Australia
Family Matters article on the history of social security in Australia
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Policy and practice paper Mar 2009
Strengthening and repairing relationships: Addressing forgiveness and sacrifice in couples education and counselling
Examines the role of pro-relationship behaviours, specifically forgiveness and sacrifice, in repairing and maintaining couple relationships.
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Practice guide Nov 2009
Evaluating child abuse and neglect intervention programs
This paper outlines different evaluation types, identifies the key elements to developing a rigorous evaluation and highlights possible limitations.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Family and place
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Children's exposure to parental and familial adversities
Family Matters article