Family Matters article Sep 2010
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Overview: Violence, abuse and neglect
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2010
Family violence: Towards a holistic approach to screening and risk assessment in family support services
A review of the current research and literature specific to family violence screening and risk assessment.
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Policy and practice paper Mar 2010
What works with adolescents? Family connections and involvement in interventions for adolescent problem behaviours
Examines the literature regarding adolescent-parent relationships, and the evidence for family involvement in interventions to address problems.
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Research report Mar 2010
An exploration of the timing and nature of parental time with 4-5 year olds using Australian children's time use data
Looks at data from over 5,000 time use diaries of 4-5 year old children collected in the first wave (2004) of the Growing Up in Australia study
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Policy and practice paper Dec 2009
Parental intellectual disability and child protection: Key issues
Produced by the National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Submission Oct 2009
Inquiry into the impact of violence on young Australians
Submission to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth.
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Family Matters article Mar 2009
Family statistics and trends
Family Matters article on statistics and trends in the acquisition of parenting and relationship skills
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Family Matters article Mar 2009
Working poor in Australia
This article presents an analysis of poverty among households where at least one member is employed part- or full-time, based on the most recent ABS Survey of Income and Housing (2005-06), and using the OECD half-median household disposable income poverty line.
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2008
Improving outcomes for children living in families with parental substance misuse: What do we know and what should we do
An overview of the research literature on the outcomes of children raised in families with multiple problems including parental substance misuse.
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Family Matters article Sep 2008
Engaging fathers in child and family services
Family Matters article on good practice in engaging fathers in child and family services