Policy and practice paper Nov 2011
Therapeutic residential care in Australia: Taking stock and looking forward
In this Issues Paper, therapeutic residential care is described and contrasted with other models of out-of-home care.
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Therapeutic residential care in Australia: Taking stock and looking forward
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Policy and practice paper Dec 2010
Issues for the safety and wellbeing of children in families with multiple and complex problems
The co-occurrence of domestic violence, parental substance misuse, and mental health problems
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Policy and practice paper Jun 1995
Spotlight on child neglect
Examines child neglect, the way it is minimised and the place of neglect in the child protection system.
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2014
Who abuses children?
An overview of the current evidence on who is likely to be a perpetrator of child abuse and neglect
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Research report Dec 2000
Child care in cultural context
Describes a new study that aims to fill gaps in the research literature concerning the influence of home-child care discontinuities on children.
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Research report Dec 1984
Changing families, changing schools
This paper gives a brief overview of the changing relationship between school and family in Australia
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Research report Oct 1981
Migrant families in Australia
The paper reviews the history of post war migration and the socioeconomic context in which migrants live and work
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Research report Jun 1985
Family formation and ethnicity
This paper uses data from the first-phase survey of the Australian Family Formation Project, a longitudinal survey of Australians aged 18 to 34 years
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Research report Dec 1985
Ethnic family values in Australia
This book looks at the major cultural groups with respect to their traditional values, and their attitudes towards a number of issues.
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Research report Dec 1987
Getting a lot further: Some factors influencing decisions which ethnic families make about children's schooling and post-school futures
A report prepared for the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Multicultural and Migrant Education 1987