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.
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Improved Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families in Early Childhood Education and Care Services: Learning from Good Practice
April 2012
Report that explores and unpacks the factors that contribute to positive outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in early childhood education and care services.
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
Growing Up Our Way: Child Rearing Practices Matrix documents traditional and contemporary child rearing practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities; part of the Child Rearing Stories project, which promotes and preserves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child-rearing practices.
Download 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 reference to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (in collaboration with Barnardos).
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Working and Walking Together
March 2010
Working and Walking Together resource designed to support non-Indigenous Family Services in developing culturally appropriate professional practice and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Download Policy Paper: Service Development, Cultural Respect and Service Access Policy
August 2008
Policy Paper on Service Development, Cultural Respect and Service Access Policy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Download Profiling Promising Programs – Booklet 1: Characteristics of promising Indigenous out-of-home care programs and services
November 2007
Profiling Promising Programs: Booklet 1 – Characteristics of promising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander out-of-home care services.
Download Through Young Black Eyes (2007 Edition)
October 2007
The Through Young Black Eyes Handbook was published in 2007 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
SNAICC publication from 2007 that commemorates 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.
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day Activity Kit
August 2006
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day Activity Kit is a collection Activity Sheets for Educators and Families.
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