From journal articles to Quick Guides and webinars, you will find tools and information to support.
This discussion article considers the nature of childhood emotional abuse generally, and verbal abuse in particular, and calls for a shift in domestic policy to afford greater priority to preventing and responding to this problem.
This parliamentary inquiry examines how Victoria can improve data collection on people who use family violence, highlighting challenges like data linkage, Indigenous Data Sovereignty, and misidentification rectification. It recommends a coordinated approach to research and data mapping.
A growing number of female teachers are noticing a troubling shift in classroom behavior — a rise in disrespect from male students. Dr Stephanie Wescott and teacher Simone Nguyen join the conversation to explore what’s behind this cultural shift and how educators can respond.
An ARACY project exploring young peoples' experiences with alcohol and other drugs (AoD), uncovering insights that challenge national narratives about declining alcohol use.
Findings highlight the need for sustained specialist and therapeutic support to improve the emotional wellbeing of mothers and children and address their past/shared experiences of trauma; support young people’s emotion regulation capacities; improve parent–child communication; and reduce intra/extra-familial stressors. The systemic and ecological model has potential to inform practice assessments and intervention approaches through focusing holistically on young people’s contextualized understandings of violence.
This session examined current research on child sexual exploitation and its implications for policy and practice. It outlined strategies for prevention and support, with an emphasis on strengthening system responses to the complex needs of survivors.
Report by Safe and Equal and SASVic.
The Victorian Law Reform Commission has initiated a community law reform project examining aspects of family violence intervention orders for children and young adults affected by family violence (other than as a respondent). This Issues Paper reflects Stage 1 of the project – Protection for children who turn 18 while on a Family Violence Intervention Order.
This article examines the experiences of young people in out-of-home care through video vlogs published on YouTube.