12th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference
Family Transitions and Trajectories
Melbourne, 25-27 July 2012
Abstract submission closes 8 February 2012
AIFS Director Professor Alan Hayes talks about the AIFS Conference.
A new national survey of past adoption experiences is being conducted to identify the support and service needs of people affected by past adoption policies and practices. A list of support services is available.
AIFS Deputy Director (Research) Daryl Higgins talks about the study into past adoption experiences in Australia.
Latest publications
Life around here: Community, work and family life in three Australian communities
AIFS research report: This report focuses on experiences of community life and the factors that influence participation in paid work. The Study was conducted in the three sites trialling the Family Centred Employment Project government initiative: Broadmeadows in Melbourne, Mansfield Park in South Australia, and Carole Park in Queensland.
media release
Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition (PDF 776KB)
CTGC resource sheet: This paper assesses the evidence regarding the effectiveness of physical activity and nutrition programs for Indigenous Australians, and identifies strategies that have been demonstrated to be effective. It also reviews strategies that have the potential to be effective, based on their short-term effect or their effectiveness in non-Indigenous populations.
Improving Indigenous community governance through strengthening Indigenous and government organisational capacity (PDF 835KB)
CTGC resource sheet:This paper found that strategies that worked to strengthen Indigenous organisational capacity included long-term partnerships between government and Indigenous people, those that recognised local contexts and took a developmental approach, and those that had clarity of purpose.
Protecting children: Evolving systems
Family Matters No. 89: This edition of Family Matters examines child protection issues, including the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children; child protection and law reforms; links between child maltreatment and adolescent offending; neurobiological effects of childhood maltreatment; childhood trauma and psychosis; and transitioning from out-of-home care. It also looks at the issue of coordinated family support.
AIFS seminars
Parental alienation, contact problems and the Family Justice System
Monday 20 February 2012
Professor Nick Bala, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
