Family Matters article Mar 2005
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Mothers' views on using formal child care
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Family Matters article Feb 2006
What can the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children tell us about infants' and 4 to 5 year olds' experiences of early childhood education and care?
In this article the authors provide an overview of data from the Growing Up in Australia study on patterns of use of child care.
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Policy and practice paper Apr 2006
The effectiveness of parent education and home visiting child maltreatment prevention programs
This paper investigates the effectiveness of child maltreatment prevention programs.
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Research report Jun 2006
Reservation wages and the earnings capacity of lone and couple mothers
This paper concerns the factor of wages in attracting income support recipients into the work force.
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Research report Jun 2006
Parenting partnerships in culturally diverse child care settings
This paper presents findings from the Child Care in Cultural Context study.
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Family Matters article Oct 2006
Investing in the early years
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Research report Apr 2007
Differential parenting of children from diverse cultural backgrounds attending child care
This paper explores how children from Anglo, Somali and Vietnamese cultural backgrounds are parented at home and in day care.
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Policy and practice paper Jul 2007
Child inclusion as a principle and as evidence-based practice: Applications to family law services and related sectors
Provides evidence of the potential benefits of the child-inclusion model in dispute resolution with two successful applications.
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Why standard assessment processes are culturally inappropriate
Shortcomings raised by participants in relation to assessment procedures when used to assess potential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers
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Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
'Getting the big picture': A synopsis and critique of Australian out-of-home care research
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse.