Family Matters article Jun 2001
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Opinion - The challenge of caring for children
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
Working with families to promote healthy adolescent development
This paper explores the evidence for family focused adolescent health promotion.
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
Forgotten families
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
Family and work
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
A framework for responding to vulnerable children and their families
Continuing previous research (1999) at the Australian Institute of Family Studies on the outcomes of the UK 'Looking After Children' approach in out of home care in Victoria, the author discusses the value of the UK Children in Need assessment framework for Victorian Family Services.
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Family Matters article Sep 2001
A history of child protection
This article gives an overview of the development of child protection and efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect, highlighting the cyclical nature of the evolution of child protection services and noting that many of the current approaches have been tried a number of times over the last 150 years and look likely to be re-applied in the next few decades.
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Family Matters article Sep 2001
Children and parenting
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Family Matters article Sep 2001
Australian families in transition
This article traces key transitions in Australian family life since Federation, some of their causes, and how we might best understand their implications.
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Family Matters article Sep 2001
Changing families in Australia 1901-2001
This article maps out the dimensions of family change over the past one hundred years in Australia, focusing in particular on the changing structure of households.
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Research report Oct 2001
How should family services respond to 'Children in Need'?
Should family service agencies in Australia adopt the Children in Need system?