Family Matters article Sep 1997
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Human services: changing language - changing concepts?
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Social polarisation in a suburban community?
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Replenishing social capital
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Child care in a caring society
In this discussion of the role of child care services in supporting families in their rearing of children in contemporary Australia, the author argues that it is necessary to balance this perspective by thinking of child care as an investment in children and for children.
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Resolution of disputes in family law
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
The significance of the conceptualisation of childhood for child protection policy
This article suggests that children are frequently left out of social policy and its analysis and, in the specific area of child protection policy, even though by definition it appears to be child oriented, adultist perspectives dominate.
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Policy and practice paper Dec 1996
Child maltreatment and mental disorder
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Policy and practice paper Dec 1996
Child maltreatment and disability
Examines the relationship between children with disabilities and parents with disabilities, and the potential for child maltreatment.
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Meeting the support needs of families with dependent children where the parent has a mental illness