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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"Feeling heavy"
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Webinar Feb 2015
“Flying over the radar”: Changing practice to support children and families where a parent has a mental illness
This webinar described ways to foster systemic change in practice to improve outcomes for families where a parent has a mental illness.
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Family Matters article Mar 2009
A half-hearted defence of the CDEP scheme
This paper updates the Office of Evaluation and Audit 1997 report that evaluated the The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme developed as a response to the perceived social threat of "sit-down money" to Indigenous communities in the 1970s.
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2005
A new name for Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Defining fabricated or induced illness by carers
Describes Fabricated or Induced Illness by Carers (FIIC) and explore some implications for practitioners working to protect children from harm.
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Webinar Jul 2018
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination in child protection
This webinar outlined recent initiatives that promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and self-determination in child protection.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Aboriginal Australians and poverty
The author alerts readers to problems associated with measuring income poverty and argues that definitions used in measuring income amongst white Australians are not always appropriate when measuring income poverty amongst Aborigines.