Resource sheet Jan 2017
Web resources: Disability and carers
This page contains selected web resources relating to disability and carers.
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Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to disability and carers.
Policy and practice paper Sep 1998
Overview of parent education and the effectiveness of parent education interventions in the prevention of child maltreatment.
Family Matters article Jun 2000
In this paper the New South Wales Commissioner for Children and Young People outlines some of the challenges facing communities, researchers and policy makers.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
In this article the author discusses the extent to which teenagers confide in their fathers, mothers and friends, and whether confiding in fathers is independently linked with the well being of teenagers.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Looks at what kind of training would assist in providing safe, nurturing care and continuity of cultural needs for children in care
Short article Sep 2017
Young people leaving care have specific needs and are at greater risk of contact with the justice system.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2005
Examines the recruitment, retention, training, assessment and support of Aboriginal and Torres people caring for children removed from their parents
Family Matters article Sep 1999
This article by researchers from the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, follows up two previously published papers calculating new sets of estimates of the cost of raising children based on two different methodological approaches.
Research report Jun 2008
Based upon data from a national survey, conducted in 2006, of 1,002 carers who receive an Australian Government payment directed towards carers
Family Matters article Mar 1996
This article describes the concern that parents have about their children being victims of assault if left unsupervised in public.