Short article Aug 2017
Practitioners on evidence: Cathie Valentine
Cathie Valentine discusses the need for collaboration between researchers and practitioners to help overcome complex problems affecting families.
Short article Aug 2017
Cathie Valentine discusses the need for collaboration between researchers and practitioners to help overcome complex problems affecting families.
Short article Feb 2018
This short article discusses some of the key themes explored at the National Housing Conference held late last year.
Short article Apr 2018
The National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health builds workforce capacity to support children at risk of mental health conditions.
Media release Dec 2015
Children who are exposed to domestic violence in the home are more likely to experience other forms of maltreatment including sexual abuse, according to a new report released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Media release May 2018
Many Australian carers are grandparents caring for vulnerable relatives living out-of-home and they are not getting the support services they need, according to a research report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Policy and practice paper Jun 1994
Every year in Australia, thousands of children, as well as women, suffer physically, psychologically and sexually as a result of acts of violence
Policy and practice paper Dec 1995
Current issues of child sexual abuse, perpetrator characteristics, the "backlash" against child abuse, ritual abuse and prevention initiatives.
Policy and practice paper Sep 1997
Explores definitions of emotional abuse within legal, practice and research frameworks.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2000
Exploration of the relationship between child maltreatment (especially child sexual abuse) and the experience or witnessing of domestic violence.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2007
This paper draws substantially from the Research Use in Australian Child and Family Welfare project, funded by the ACCP, Uni SA and NCPC, AIFS