Commissioned report Mar 2008
Protecting Australian children: The CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection
PDF fact sheet produced by AIFS that outlines findings from the CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection Project
Commissioned report Mar 2008
PDF fact sheet produced by AIFS that outlines findings from the CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection Project
Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
Looking at "postvention"for families - activities that can assist those bereaved by suicide to cope with what has occurred.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
This paper looks at the extent of family group conferencing in Australian child protection practice since the first trial was initiated in 1992.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
Identifying the priorities for a national child protection research agenda.
Family Matters article Jan 2008
Family Matters article Jan 2008
This article describes the old adversarial system of the the Family Law Act, prior to the 2006 amendments; judicial decision making; previous, smaller changes to children's cases; the development of the Children's Cases Program, a pilot program run by the Family Court in New South Wales; and less adversarial principles and duties under the new legislation.
Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
A discussion of problems in defining and understanding the complexities of stepfamilies, and differences between stepfamilies and nuclear families.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Programs that collaborate with child protection services to enhance culturally relevant responses to child protection issues are profiled.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2007
Provides evidence of the potential benefits of the child-inclusion model in dispute resolution with two successful applications.
Research report Jul 2007
This paper compares the employment aspirations and expectations of mothers with and without long-term health problems.