Family Matters article Jun 1998
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Family Matters article Jun 1998
Quality of School Life in Government, Catholic and Other Private Secondary Schools
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Family Matters article Jun 1996
Promoting the healthy functioning of young children with developmental disabilities, and their families
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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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Family Matters article May 2010
Picking up the pieces
This article is a literature review of research regarding the responses of individuals, families and communities to catastrophic events.
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Short article Oct 2018
Paying attention to the mental health of parents of children with a disability
This short article explores opportunities to build workforce capacity to better support the mental health of parents of children with a disability.
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Research report Nov 2000
Pathways from infancy to adolescence
This publication tells the story of the Australian Temperament Project, a longitudinal study of Australian children born in Victoria 1982-83
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Media release Jun 2016
Parents' risky drinking linked to kids alcohol use
Levels of risky drinking among Australian parents is a strong factor influencing their teenage children to try alcohol, according to a new study by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article Jun 2008
Parents' involvement in their children's education
Engaging families in the education of their children is increasingly viewed as important, with research finding that children achieve more when schools and families work together. This paper investigates the relationship between parental involvement and children's learning competence, with an analysis of Wave 2 data from Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), for children in Years 1 and 2 at school.
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Media release Sep 2016
Parents primary school choice about more than academic results
Australian parents decide which primary school is best for their child based on convenience and a host of other largely, personal factors that go beyond academic outcomes, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.