Report
Analysis summary: Raising community awareness of parenting
This report summarises existing Australian initiatives with community awareness-raising messages about parenting.
Evaluation
Practice First evaluation report
This report describes the evaluation of the implementation and service system outcomes of Practice First across 24 CSCs in NSW. The evaluation used four methodologies, with findings from each triangulated to strengthen conclusions.
Report
Perceptions of parenting: mapping the gaps between expert and public understandings of effective parenting in Australia
This report, published by the Parenting Research Centre, responds to the gaps between the expert knowledge and common assumptions among the Australian public about what effective parenting involves. The study describes what the common assumptions are about parenting as a first step to seeking to reframe the issue to help translate expert understandings. It argues...
Report
Implementation best practice: a rapid evidence assessment
The purpose of this review is to support the Royal Commission’s work in developing recommendations for both preventing institutional child sexual abuse and improving institutional responses to this type of abuse.
Briefing paper
Interventions for parents and families: the evidence for improving emotional outcomes for children
Parents and the family and home environment play a central role in the early learning and development of infants and children. A range of interventions exist to support parents and families, particularly in situations where the family is vulnerable and/or where the infant or child may be at risk of delays in learning or development...