Family Matters articles from June 2006

Family Matters archives from June 2006

Family issues for Indigenous Australians.(VIEWPOINT)
June 22, 2006... I'm delighted that Family Matters is dedicating the last of its 2006 issues to focusing on Indigenous families and welcome the opportunity to contribute to the discussion, in my capacity as Chair of the National Indigenous Council (NIC). My...

The role of Indigenous Family Liaison Officers in the Family Court of Australia.(FAMILY LAW UPDATE)(Josephine Akee)(Speech)
June 22, 2006... This viewpoint is an edited version of a speech given by Ms Josephine Akee at the International Forum on Family Relationships in Transition: Legislative, Practical Response, 1-2 December 2005. The Aborigines of mainland Australia and the...

Recent initiatives in Family Law and implications for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.(FAMILY LAW UPDATE)
June 22, 2006... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families have traditionally encountered a number of barriers when seeking to make use of the family law system. The Family Law Pathways Advisory Group in its 2001 report--titled "Out of the...

Institute in Asia.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
June 22, 2006... In Singapore The second East Asian Ministerial Forum was held in Singapore 6-7 November 2006 and was hosted by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore. As the Institute's representative, Ruth Weston joined the...

SNAICC and Institute co-host workshop.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Secretariat for National Aboriginal Islander Child Care, Australian Institute of Family Studies)(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... The Secretariat for National Aboriginal Islander Child Care (SNAICC) Resource Service in collaboration with the Institute's Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia (CAFCA) co-hosted this event on 7 and 8 December 2006 in Melbourne....

Growing Up in Australia goes international.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... In Britain At the inaugural International Conference for Child Cohort Studies, hosted by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) and held in Oxford, UK, during 12-14 September 2006, Growing Up in Australia prominently featured in a...

Launch of the Parenting Orders Program.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... On 23 August, the Institute's Robyn Parker was present when the Attorney-General, the Honourable Mr Philip Ruddock officially launched the new Parenting Orders Program offered at Centacare in Footscray. The Parenting Orders Program is part of...

Recent family law conference in Perth.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... The annual national family law conference hosted by the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia remains one of the most important events for family lawyers, judicial officers, family law researchers, and policy makers in Australia....

Promising Practice Profiles workshop.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies)(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... In September and October 2006, a series of half day workshops were held by the research staff from the Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia (CAFCA). These workshops were held for staff from Stronger Families and Communities Strategy...

Institute in National Child Protection Week.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... In 2006 the Australian Institute of Family Studies became a founding NAPCAN National Child Protection Week Partner. Under this agreement the Institute agreed to help support the promotion of the National Child Protection Week primarily through...

Institute seminars 2006.
June 22, 2006... In 2006 the Australian Institute of Family Studies continued its series of public seminars presenting contemporary research on national and international issues related to the family. "Child centred family dispute resolution models: Comparative...

Beyond the foster care system: The future for teens.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Beyond the foster care system: The future for teens, by Betsy Krebs and Paul Pitcoff, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick 2006. In this exploration of the US foster care system, the authors argue that the existing system sets young...

What makes parenting programmes work in disadvantaged areas: The PALS trial.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... What makes parenting programmes work in disadvantaged areas: The PALS trial, by Stephen Scott, Thomas O'Connor and Annabel Futh, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, 2006. Price UK 14.95 In recent years governments have placed an emphasis on...

Program Evaluation: Forms and Approaches 3rd ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Program evaluation: Forms and approaches (3rd edition),by John M. Owen, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, 2006. The premise of this book is that evaluation should enhance the quality of interventions designed to solve or ameliorate problems in...

Census report: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander APS Employees and Census Survey results: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander APS Employees.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Census report: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander APS Employees and Census Survey results: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander APS Employees, Australian Public Service Commission, Canberra, 2006. (Available to download from...

Custodial Grandparenting: Individual, Cultural, and Ethnic Diversity.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Custodial grandparenting: Individual, cultural, and ethnic diversity, edited by Bert Hayslip and Julie Hicks Patrick, Springer, New York 2006. Approximately four million children in the US are living in grandparent headed families. Most of...

Being Dad: A Guide to Pregnancy and Birth for Dads.(The How to Guide on Caring for Your Baby from 3 to 6 Months: The Complete Visual Guide by Real Mums for Real Mums)(Audiovisual review)
June 22, 2006... Being Dad: A guide to pregnancy and birth for Dads, Snapper Lounge Media, Waterloo, 2005. Price: $29.95. Further information available from: http://www.beingdad.com.au/babydvd/index.htm The how to guide on caring for your baby from 3 to 6...

Social Work and Human Services Best Practice.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Social work and human services best practice, edited by Wing Hong Chui and Jill Wilson, The Federation Press, Annandale, 2006. Price: $49.95. This collection of Australian papers examine the best practice models, frameworks and approaches...

Family Law in Australia, 6th ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Family law in Australia (6th edition), by Geoff Monahan and Lisa Young, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Chatswood, 2006. Price: $125.00 This academic text examines the social, historical and legal background to Australia's family law system....

Conferences.(Calendar)
June 22, 2006... This short selection of forthcoming family-related conferences is taken from the Australian Institute of Family Studies website conference listing, which is updated regularly. For the complete, up-to-date list, refer to...

Selected crime and justice issues for Indigenous families.
June 22, 2006... Most previous analysis has been conducted using police and court data. However, insights into the socioeconomic forces underlying Indigenous interaction with the justice system can only be obtained by interrogating omnibus social surveys like...

Protecting Indigenous children: views of carers and young people on 'out-of-home care'.
June 22, 2006... The views of Indigenous young people in care as well as the views of carers of Indigenous young people about their experiences and needs, the challenges they have faced, and their views on promising practices are described. These views were...

"Workin' together": Indigenous perspectives on community development.
June 22, 2006... In this paper, the authors provide an overview of an evaluation of 'early learnings' from Indigenous Community Development projects funded by the Telstra Foundation. The projects look at community-identified solutions for the serious social and...

Indigenous employment in the Australian Public Service.
June 22, 2006... In August 2005, a new Strategy was launched to assist the APS to stabilise Indigenous employment rates and to implement measures to consolidate and increase the levels of Indigenous expertise in the APS. Several resultant programs are operating...

Maintaining the gains: sustainability in prevention and early intervention.
June 22, 2006... In this article, Alan Hayes considers a key question in prevention and early intervention: "How are the gains maintained?" He explores some of the key social systems that may sustain the benefits of prevention and early intervention...

Mothers' accounts of work and family decision-making in couple families: an analysis of the Family and Work Decisions Study.
June 22, 2006... This paper explores mothers' accounts about how decisions concerning Parenting and paid work were made in their families. Mothers' perceptions about the extent to which their partners contributed to these decisions, and how their beliefs about...

Director's report.(Australian Institute of Family Studies )
June 22, 2006... This issue focuses on Indigenous children, families and communities. As such, it is consistent with the commitment to an increased focus on research with Indigenous families, as outlined in the Institute's Research Plan (2006-2008). The...

Indigenous families and communities.
June 22, 2006... Recognition that, on average, Indigenous Australians experience much worse outcomes on a wide range of social, economic, health and other measures than the non-Indigenous population is not new. There is now a long history of policies, which...

The intergenerational effects of forced separation on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people.
June 22, 2006... It is now generally accepted that both forced separation and forced relocation have had devastating consequences in terms of social and cultural dislocation and have impacted on the health and wellbeing of subsequent generations. However, until...

Working with the Indigenous Community in the Pathways to Prevention Project.
June 22, 2006... In this paper, the authors reflect on the work of the Pathways to Prevention Project, particularly as it involved local Indigenous families. Two case studies are used to demonstrate the interconnectedness of the issues and challenges that...

The economic value of harvesting wild resources to the Indigenous community of the Wallis Lake Catchment, NSW.
June 22, 2006... Despite the potential economic significance of the use of wild resources by Australian Indigenous peoples, there has been relatively little research into this issue. Using a new methodology, this article provides estimates of the economic...