From journal articles to Quick Guides and webinars, you will find tools and information to support.
The CREATE Foundation has released a report on the transition from out-of-home care for young people, addressing the challenges and key issues they face, including education, health, accommodation, and family relationships. This valuable resource equips family service practitioners with insights to better support young individuals navigating the leaving care process.
The Australian National University's Centre for Social Research and Methods evaluated the 2018 national reforms to early childhood education and care. The findings indicate modest improvements in childcare affordability for low and middle-income families, but limited impact on workforce participation. These insights are valuable for family service practitioners to understand the outcomes of the reforms and tailor their support accordingly.
This Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health study provides valuable insights for practitioners in child and family services. It examines child protection contact among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children in South Australia and reveals a higher likelihood compared to non-CALD children. Practitioners can benefit from this research as it emphasises the importance of targeting support within the child protection system to address the specific challenges that CALD children and their families face.
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS) conducted by Haslam et al. (2023) provides the first nationally representative data on the prevalence of child maltreatment in Australia. Results indicate alarmingly high prevalence rates of various forms of child maltreatment, emphasising the need for trauma-informed care in child and family services to address its complex impact on children's wellbeing.
In this presentation, Occupational Therapist Stephanie Nelson explores our sensory system, including how we take in information about the world around us, how our brain processes this information, and the impact it can have on function and emotional regulation when things don't go quite right. She will also discuss the impact that trauma and chronic stress can have on sensory processing.
This discussion explores how we might provide earlier support and interventions to young people who have experienced family violence, and ways we can engage with young people to promote positive and healthy attitudes about relationships.
A collection of 10 interviews that reveal valuable insights into the journey experienced by Aboriginal families, including women and girls, when parenting a child on the autism spectrum.
This article concludes with important new recommendations on 1) the need for better referral routes, 2) greater emphasis on neurodiversity, 3) very early intervention, and 4) the benefit of online platforms used during the COVID-19 lockdown for engaging parents and grandparents.
This Tri-Peaks Project webinar, presented by Mathew Wilson, the state-wide program manager of the Family Drug Treatment Court, focuses on 'Family Drug Treatment Court: Engaging with parents to support family reunification.'
