Family Matters article Mar 2000
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Short article Dec 2017
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Report released
A short overview of the final report released by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on 15 December 2017.
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Short article Jan 2018
It’s organisational leaders who fail to manage situational risks for the safety of children
Professor Daryl Higgins reflects on the findings from the Royal Commission and considers how organisational leaders can best respond.
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Media release Jul 2018
Children in separated families feel left out and left "in the dark" when it comes to decisions about their lives
Children and young people want to be heard more often in family law decision-making and to have their views taken seriously by both parents and professionals, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Media release Sep 2018
Welfare dependence - cause or symptom of disadvantage?
The Australian Institute of Family Study’s submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence ‘highlights the importance of service systems that are responsive to the needs of vulnerable families – and the particular value of coordinated, responsive systems in the context of communities that experience high levels of social and economic disadvantage’.
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Policy and practice paper Sep 1997
Emotional abuse: The hidden form of maltreatment
Explores definitions of emotional abuse within legal, practice and research frameworks.
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Policy and practice paper Nov 2006
Child maltreatment in organisations: Risk factors and strategies for prevention
This paper investigates recent literature on child maltreatment in organisational settings.
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Policy and practice paper Jul 2014
Children who bully at school
This paper provides background information about children who bully.
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Policy and practice paper Jul 2014
Working with families whose child is bullying
This guide aims to provide practitioners and other professionals with information on school bullying and ways to work with a child who is bullying.
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Policy and practice paper Nov 2005
Indigenous community development projects
This evaluation is focused on early learnings from Indigenous community development projects