From journal articles to Quick Guides and webinars, you will find tools and information to support.
Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) has released this report seeking to understand the experiences of children and young people with disability and their families accessing the NDIS and their thoughts on proposed reforms relating to Independent Assessments. CYDA conducted a survey with 12 per cent of the 270 responses being from children and young people. The study found that less than half (45 per cent) of respondents were satisfied with the services and support received under the NDIS and overall, 80 per cent of respondents had a negative view of the proposed reforms.
This report from the Crime Statistics Agency examines the prevalence and outcomes of witnessing family violence for children aged 0-17 in Victoria. It found that over a five-year-period in Victoria, 109,356 family violence incidents occurred with at least one child witness present. Of those child witnesses, over two-thirds were aged 9 years or younger. In 2018-19, over a third of incidents took place in the lowest ranking socio-economic areas in Victoria.
This brief provides an overview of the key findings relating to domestic and family violence from the report Migrant and Refugee Women in Australia: The Safety and Security Study by Monash University.
This guide is designed to help practitioners better support children and young people with experiences of family violence. It was co-produced with Berry Street’s Y-Change Lived Experience Consultants – a group of young people who work to challenge the thinking and practices of social systems through their lived experience advocacy and leadership.
The Working Together Project is a joint initiative of the Family Services Alliance (CHFSA) and Central Highlands Integrated Family Violence Committee (CHIFVC). This video explores the project's strategic vision to develop a collaborative service system and practice model that can best respond to the immediate and longer-term needs of families experiencing family violence.
This is a recording of Youthlaw's Law Week 2021 event which explored the issues and complexities of working with adolescents who use violence in the home, many of whom are also victims of violence themselves.
This short article provides an overview of the national guidelines for screen time, the effects of excessive screen time and how practitioners can support families to reduce screen time.
This webinar by Safe + Equal explores the compounding risk factors and barriers to safety people with disability experience, and covers ways you can adapt your practice to ensure people with disability feel safe, heard and supported during risk assessment.
