From journal articles to Quick Guides and webinars, you will find tools and information to support.
Sarah Townsend shares findings from her Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travel Fellowship. She explores practices in the UK and Australia for addressing Child and Adolescent-to-parent Violence (CAPVA) to inform approaches in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The report calls for coordinated, rights-based action to strengthen accountability, improve data on children’s experiences, invest in prevention and early intervention, and support community-led, culturally safe solutions.
This study examines the links between child sexual abuse victimisation experiences and sexual offending. Findings highlight the need for early intervention to prevent the emergence of sexual harm.
Explore the intersection of DFV/AOD/MH. Practitioners and staff will hear both theory to practice and learn the basics of what is DFV and how it presents.
Childhood potentially traumatic events are prevalent in the Australian general population and associated with serious mental and physical health conditions. These findings have important implications for early detection and intervention, trauma-informed healthcare approaches, and for policy and practice across health, education and social service systems.
Features Tim Moore and Morag McArthur. This study explores children and young people’s views on their role in preventing abuse and maltreatment. It highlights that young people want information, choice, and meaningful participation, rather than tokenistic involvement.
This study analyses child protection case files to distinguish coercive control from situational couple violence and examines how these patterns shape risk, child safety, and intervention outcomes. It demonstrates that misidentifying the violence type can lead to inappropriate responses, including unsafe reunification or misdirected support.
This article outlines the national co-design process used to develop minimum practice standards for responding to child sexual abuse. It describes collaboration across lived experience, government and sector partners, and identifies core components of high-quality, child-safe services.
This review revisits the concept of cumulative harm through recent research, legislative changes, and coronial findings, making the case that cumulative harm remains an under-recognised driver of poor outcomes for children. The article critiques fragmented responses across systems and highlights how children’s experiences of violence, neglect, and instability accumulate over time.
