Family Matters article Jun 2007
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Disability and family carers
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
Families' care work during the transition from school to post-school for children with severe disabilities
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
The Families Caring for a Person with a Disability Study and the social lives of carers
This article introduces the 'Families Caring for a Person with a Disability Study', a collaborative project between the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, describing its aims and methodology, and presents initial findings on the social lives of carers.
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Indigenous responses to child protection issues
Programs that collaborate with child protection services to enhance culturally relevant responses to child protection issues are profiled.
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Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
Kinship care
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
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Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
Family group conferencing in Australia 15 years on
This paper looks at the extent of family group conferencing in Australian child protection practice since the first trial was initiated in 1992.
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Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
Developing a road map for research: Identifying the priorities for a national child protection research agenda
Identifying the priorities for a national child protection research agenda.
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Commissioned report Mar 2008
Protecting Australian children: The CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection
PDF fact sheet produced by AIFS that outlines findings from the CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection Project
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Family Matters article Apr 2008
Some aspects of the early history of child protection in Australia
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Research report Jun 2008
The nature and impact of caring for family members with a disability in Australia
Based upon data from a national survey, conducted in 2006, of 1,002 carers who receive an Australian Government payment directed towards carers