Background Paper: Intensive Family-Based Support Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families
April 2012
Background Paper identifying an evidence-based working definition of programs aimed at family preservation and family restoration or reunification and provides an overview of the features and scope of intensive family support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Download Submission Paper: Integrated service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families
March 2012
Submission Paper reviewing the literature on integrated service delivery models for children and families and presenting a summary of promising approaches to inform the design of integrated service systems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family service contexts.
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Fact Sheet: Meeting the Needs of our Children Effective Community-Controlled Strategies that Prevent and Respond to Family Violence
March 2012
Fact Sheet aimed at raising awareness among service providers, researchers, policymakers and other decision-makers about effective community-controlled strategies that prevent and respond to family violence.
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Growing Up Our Way: Child Rearing Practices Matrix
December 2011
Resource detailing the available literature on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child rearing practices from across Australia, serving as a tool for researchers and policymakers, child care workers, family support workers and all those who work alongside our children and families, as well as those interested in learning more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child rearing practices.
Growing Up Our Way: Child Rearing Practices Matrix (Supporting Document)
December 2011
Supporting Document for Growing Up Our Way: Child Rearing Practices Matrix
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Cultural Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in Out-of-Home Care
January 2011
Report reviewing state and territory legislation and policy regarding requirements for cultural care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care, with special reference to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles (in collaboration with Barnardos).
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Working & Walking Together
March 2010
Resource to support non-Indigenous Family Relationship Services in developing culturally appropriate professional practice and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Policy Paper: Service Development, Cultural Respect and Service Access Policy
August 2008
Policy Paper identifying the rights Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have in the development of their own community services, outlining the important roles non-Indigenous services can play in developing programs that respect cultural rights and identity and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community organisations.
Download Characteristics of promising Indigenous out-of-home care programs and services
November 2007
Report that identifies the characteristics of promising out-of-home care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers and children.
Download Through Young Black Eyes (2007 Edition)
October 2007
A handbook to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from the impact of family violence and child abuse.
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Remember Me: Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Bringing Them Home Report
September 2007
Publication commemorating the tenth anniversary of the release of Bringing Them Home, the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families.
Download National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day Activity Kits
August 2006
A collection of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day Activity Kits for Educators and Families.
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