Family Matters article Sep 1996
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Policy and practice paper Dec 1996
Child maltreatment and disability
Examines the relationship between children with disabilities and parents with disabilities, and the potential for child maltreatment.
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Policy and practice paper Dec 1996
Child maltreatment and mental disorder
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Research report Dec 1996
Citizen child: Australian law and children's rights
A collection of papers exploring the law and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to a number of children's services areas.
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Research report Dec 1996
Diary of social legislation and policy 1996
It provides a reference for researchers and workers in government and service organisations
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Costs of children in Australia - update
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
The significance of the conceptualisation of childhood for child protection policy
This article suggests that children are frequently left out of social policy and its analysis and, in the specific area of child protection policy, even though by definition it appears to be child oriented, adultist perspectives dominate.
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Adolescent sibling conflict
This article looks at a study examining the link between adolescents' experiences of parental favouritism and differences in sibling communication patterns during interactions with their sibling.
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Two views of the AIFS Australian Family Research Conference
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.
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Costs of children in Australia - update