Policy and practice paper May 2012
Parental involvement in preventing and responding to cyberbullying
Outlines definitions of cyberbullying, differences between cyberbullying and offline bullying, and parents' roles in dealing with cyberbullying.
Policy and practice paper May 2012
Outlines definitions of cyberbullying, differences between cyberbullying and offline bullying, and parents' roles in dealing with cyberbullying.
Policy and practice paper May 2012
An exploration of the concept of community resilience and frameworks and tools developed to understand and measure it.
Policy and practice paper Mar 2012
A review of research on building safe and supportive families and communities for children in Australia.
Family Matters article Dec 2011
Family Matters article examining three Australian studies on preparing young people to transition from out-of-home
Policy and practice paper Nov 2011
In this Issues Paper, therapeutic residential care is described and contrasted with other models of out-of-home care.
Research report Sep 2011
This report examines whether drought affected areas have higher rates of residential mobility out of these areas
Family Matters article Aug 2011
There has been growing recognition of the importance of fathers to families in recent years. Societal trends, such as rising levels of employment among mothers of young children and recognition of the importance of the father-child relationship, have given more prominence to the contribution that fathers make to family life.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2011
Discussion of the factors affecting relationship satisfaction for new parents and the types of programs that can support the transition to parenthood.
Family Matters article Mar 2011
Family Matters article on mothers who are liable to pay child support
Research report Jan 2011
This paper investigates the lower employment rates of single mothers by comparing their employment transition rates with those of partnered mothers