Family Matters article Feb 2006
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Does it take a village?
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Family Matters article Jun 2008
Do Australian children have more problems today than twenty years ago?
The popular view that today's Australian children are faring worse than those of yesteryear can be investigated by comparing similar studies from now and from 20 years ago.
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
Disability and family carers
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Family Matters article Nov 1990
Director's report
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Family Matters article Dec 2012
Digital natives?
This paper discusses the effects of access, context and time "exposed" to different media (including reading) on the child's language skills at different stages of their development.
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Webinar Aug 2018
Diagnosing children with mental health difficulties: Benefits, risks and complexities
This webinar explored some of the complexities involved when psychiatric labels are applied to children.
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Family Matters article Sep 1996
Developments in disability policies
In this article the author outlines the issues likely to be addressed in the lead up to the renewal of the 1991 Commonwealth State Disability Agreement (CSDA) in 1997 and changes which the Commonwealth government may seek to incorporate in the Agreement.
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Webinar May 2018
Developmental differences in children who have experienced adversity: Emerging evidence and implications for practice
This webinar outlined emerging evidence on the impact of early adversity on children’s development and discussed implications for practice.
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Research report May 2002
Determinants of Australian mothers’ employment
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Census to analyse the factors which explain the employment gap.
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Family Matters article Apr 2011
Desperately seeking security
Family Matters article on UK family policy