Family Matters article Jun 1996
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Promoting the healthy functioning of young children with developmental disabilities, and their families
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Research report Dec 1991
Paying for the children: Parent and employer experiences of stage one of Australia's Child Support Scheme
The Institute's evaluation of the first stage of Australia's Child Support Scheme covers the experiences of more than 15,000 parents.
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Family Matters article Mar 2016
Payee mothers’ interactions with the Department of Human Services-Child Support
This article explores mothers' experiences with the child support scheme in Australia, highlighting how interactions with the Department of Human Services-Child Support (DHS-CS) agency can facilitate or undermine the receipt of child support.
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Research report Nov 2000
Pathways from infancy to adolescence
This publication tells the story of the Australian Temperament Project, a longitudinal study of Australian children born in Victoria 1982-83
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Research snapshot Feb 2012
Past and present adoptions in Australia
Summary of the ways in which adoption currently operates, past adoption practices, and the potential impacts adoption has on those involved.
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Media release Feb 2012
Past and present adoptions in Australia
Changes to Australia’s adoption rates and practices are drawn together in a new detailed facts sheet released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Research report Aug 2012
Past Adoption Experiences
This report presents the findings of the National Research Study on the Service Response to Past Adoption Practices
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Media release Jun 2016
Parents' risky drinking linked to kids alcohol use
Levels of risky drinking among Australian parents is a strong factor influencing their teenage children to try alcohol, according to a new study by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article Jun 2008
Parents' involvement in their children's education
Engaging families in the education of their children is increasingly viewed as important, with research finding that children achieve more when schools and families work together. This paper investigates the relationship between parental involvement and children's learning competence, with an analysis of Wave 2 data from Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), for children in Years 1 and 2 at school.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parenting resources in one and two parent families