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The parent–child relationship, emotions and behaviours, routines, communication and meaning-making and support networks (PERCS) conversation guide

mental health, practice tool
2021

This guide is designed to support specialist and non-specialist practitioners to have collaborative, respectful conversations with parent–clients about how family violence can affect the whole family.

Relationship between Punitive Discipline and Child-to-Parent Violence: The Moderating Role of the Context and Implementation of Parenting Practices

adolescent violence
2021

This study examines the influence of punitive parental discipline on child-to-parent violence (CPV). The moderating roles of parental context (stress and parental ineffectiveness), mode of implementation of parental discipline (parental impulsivity or warmth/support) and the gender of the aggressor in the relationship between punitive discipline and CPV are examined.

Literature Review: Building Understanding to Improve Outcomes for Families

adolescent violence
2021

This document incorporates the collaborative insights, findings, recommendations from individuals with lived experience and interested practitioners and professionals.

Youthlaw Legal Pod Program – Summary of evaluation findings

This poster reports on Youthlaw's Legal Pod program, a unique initiative that brings together pro-bono private lawyers to provide legal advice and support to young people leaving care for upto 3 years. OPEN completed the evaluation for this project and reported some excellent outcomes and benefits.

Amplify report: Turning up the volume on young people and family violence

adolescent violence, family violence
2021

Melbourne City Mission has released this report examining the policy and service gaps for young people experiencing family violence in Victoria. A key finding of the study is that young people’s ways of managing their safety are often misunderstood and seen as problematic instead of being recognised as protective. The report makes 20 recommendations.

A Systematic Review of Child to Parent Violence Interventions

adolescent violence, service delivery
2021

The findings from this systematic review identifies the need for further research into child to parent violence including what makes interventions effective, what needs and outcomes the interventions are addressing, and the implications of classifications of this violence.

Provides history of development of the NFCAS screening tool.

Collaboration: A plan for Making the Difference

collaboration, FVSV
2021

A panel discussion about Making the Difference which is an initiative of The North Central Victorian Family Services Alliance (NCVFSA) Executive implementing the Safe & Together approach across all family services agencies and specialist family violence across the region.

Keeping children in view through the Safe & Together™ Model

FVSV
2021

A webinar discussion outlining the 'STACY For Children' project, conducted by University of Melbourne researchers in partnership with ANROWS.

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