Practice guide Jul 2014
Positive learning environments for Indigenous children and young people
Reviews the research literature to identify the school-based factors that contribute to an effective learning environment.
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Practice guide Jul 2014
Reviews the research literature to identify the school-based factors that contribute to an effective learning environment.
Practice guide Aug 2012
Reviews parenting and home-visiting programs in general, and then focuses on the evidence for programs aimed at Indigenous families.
Family Matters article May 2010
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.
Research snapshot May 2006
To support the 2006 National Families Week, AIFS has prepared this Facts Sheet about families with adolescent children aged 8 to 12 years
Research report Dec 1989
Commissioned by the International Literacy Year Secretariat
Research report Oct 2012
This report presents information on parents who care for people with a disability in Victoria, focusing on the issue of ageing.
Research report Jan 2011
This paper investigates the lower employment rates of single mothers by comparing their employment transition rates with those of partnered mothers
Research report Oct 2010
This report analyses the effect of receipt of child support payments on the labour supply of resident mothers.
Short article Apr 2019
This discussion article explains the importance of understanding how parents think about parenting in order to communicate more effectively with them.