From journal articles to Quick Guides and webinars, you will find tools and information to support.
This webinar explores how to have difficult conversations with young people about school. We hear from Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown (University of Melbourne) and Tiffany Westphal (Student Stress Investigation) on considerations for working with young people who have low school attendance and their families.
Research suggests that the dimensions of childhood maltreatment (type, age of onset, duration, frequency and perpetrator) play an important role in determining health and wellbeing outcomes, though little information is available on these dimensions for any care experienced cohorts.
This webinar explored how programs develop, implement, and facilitate groupwork programs to effectively work with young people. We heard from Laura Crozier about the Yeah, Nah Affirmative Consent program, developed by young people for young people. We also heard from a panel of specialist AVITH providers who participated in a facilitated question and answer session regarding considerations around delivering groupwork for young people who use violence in the home.
This study assessed the cumulative impact of childhood maltreatment, substance use, and neurocognitive ability (working memory, cognitive flexibility, decision making, response inhibition, and cognitive control) on aggressive behaviour in adulthood.
Dave Burck's published PhD thesis, from University of Queensland. This qualitative study centres on 15 face-to-face interviews with women and 10 face-to-face interviews with young people ages 12 to 17 (five boys and five girls) who have experienced IPV, Family Violence and Adolescent-Mother-Violence.
In February 2024, the “I Need to Know You’re Safe” framework was launched by the Centre for Multicultural Youth and Anglicare Victoria, highlighting the experiences of multicultural young people affected by family violence.
Explores the Specialist Family Violence Youth Worker (SFVYW) Program, which offers individualised case management for young people experiencing family violence, along with support for their caregivers.
Guided by insights from people with lived experience of sexual assault and cross-sector practitioners, the REACH project identifies key factors that support recovery and healing.
Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon’s keynote presentation provided insights into the sector, emphasising the need for a coordinated and supportive approach.
