Family Matters article Dec 1993
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Parental involvement in reading with children and television viewing in the first five years
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parenting resources in one and two parent families
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Well being of young people in different family circumstances
This paper examines the financial, physical and emotional wellbeing of adolescents from sole-mother and couple families, some of whose parents are in paid work and some not.
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Practice guide Sep 2008
Sexual assault and adults with a disability
This paper provides clear directions for future research and practice in responding to and preventing sexual assault among adults with a disability.
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Practice guide Aug 2012
Improving access to urban and regional early childhood services
Outlines what works, what doesn't, and what further research is needed, illustrated with case studies of promising programs in Australia.
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Practice guide Feb 2014
Increasing employment rates for Indigenous people with a disability
Looks at the effectiveness of both Indigenous-specific and mainstream Australian employment programs, as well as overseas programs.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Circles of Care
Grounded in developmental systems theory, the article addresses issues of very practical relevance to those delivering place-based interventions.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Family and place
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.
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Research report Jul 1980
The family and the pre-school child
Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
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Research report Oct 1982
One-parent families and educational disadvantage
Paper is based on the findings from a pilot study of possible educational problems suffered by the growing number of children from one parents homes