Family Matters article Dec 2013
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Research report Dec 2013
Child care participation and maternal employment trends in Australia
This paper explores trends in child care in Australia from 1984 to 2011, for children aged under 12 years old with employed mothers
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Submission Nov 2013
Separated families and access to the family law system
A focus on access to justice for separated families when parents dispute arrangements for children.
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Family Matters article Jul 2013
Families working together
Family Matters article on families balancing their lives
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Family Matters article Jul 2013
Children's direct participation and the views of Australian judges
Family Matters article
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Family Matters article Jul 2013
Violence, abuse and the limits of shared parental responsibility
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
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Policy and practice paper Jun 2013
Rarely an isolated incident: Acknowledging the interrelatedness of child maltreatment, victimisation and trauma
Experiences of child maltreatment are rarely isolated incidents; different forms of abuse often co-occur, and trauma often develops over time
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Webinar May 2013
Evidence Informed Practice in Intensive Family Support Programs: Are we there yet?
This webinar described how The Benevolent Society applies the Resilience Practice Framework to their intensive family support programs.
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Policy and practice paper May 2013
Meeting children's needs when the family environment isn't always "good enough": A systems approach
This paper provides a theoretical basis to working with vulnerable and high-risk families where parenting is not "good enough" or even unsafe
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Practice guide May 2013
The application of motivational interviewing techniques for engaging "resistant" families
Information about applying motivational interviewing techniques to support parents to enhance the safety and wellbeing of their children