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Literature review

Reunification for children in out-of-home care - Part 5: Evidence-based programs that promote successful reunifications


There is growing evidence that reunifying children with their birth families is often unsuccessful. UK figures suggest that around 30 percent of reunified children will return to care within five years. Insights from evaluations of successful reunification programs are needed to develop effective reunification practices, however with the exception of the evaluation of the Newpin...
Report

In limbo: exploring income and housing barriers for reunifying Tasmanian families


This report looks at the nature and extent of income and housing challenges faced by Tasmanian families who have had their children removed by Child Safety Services.
Report

What children and young people think should happen when families separate


This report reflects what children said they would like from the time their parents separate to after the Family Law process officially concludes. This is supported by best practice case studies of how these steps could be achieved and recommendations to bring the focus onto children.
Report

The prevalence of Acquired Brain Injury among victims and perpetrators of family violence


This is the first evidence-based study of acquired brain injury and family violence in Australia. It identifies a strong association between brain injury and family violence, and significant gaps in service responses, ranging from lack of screening for brain injury, through to inadequate opportunities for effective rehabilitation, recovery and support.
Journal article

The Aboriginal Australian Family Wellbeing Program: a historical analysis of the conditions that enabled its spread

This study examined the scaling of the Aboriginal-developed Family Wellbeing (FWB) program, that spread nationally to sixty known sites and was delivered to more than 3,500 participants.