Publications
The Clearinghouse publishes quality resources for providers of family relationship and support services, policy makers, and members of the research and broader communities.
All Clearinghouse publications are electronic.
Family Relationships QuarterlyPublished 4 times per year, the newsletter includes literature highlights, research updates, upcoming conference and event listings and information about training opportunities. Articles include reviews of policy developments, project spotlights, summaries of research and practitioner updates. |
AFRC BriefingConcise papers that synthesise or translate key messages from family relationship research or practice. AFRC Briefing is published 3 times annually. AFRC IssuesAFRC Issues are in-depth papers that focus on policy and research topics relevant to family relationships. AFRC Issues is published once per year. AFRC Resource SheetThe Resource Sheets are a summary of the information contained in the corresponding AFRC Issues. |
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Family Relationships Quarterly |
| Newsletter No. 12, 2009 | Articles on barriers and enablers to engaging with men from a variety of cultural backgrounds, different meanings of child-focused ideal for family dispute resolution practitioners and lawyers, the effects on children of "silent conflict", program spotlights on parenting programs, young adults' attitudes to marriage. |
| Newsletter No. 11, 2009 | Articles include families caring for a person with a disability; who calls Mensline and why; P5 Program; attitudes to divorce in Australia; Inaugural Family Relationships Services Australia conference review. |
| Newsletter No. 10, 2008 | Articles include using routine data collection at FRCs to examine the ways in which mothers and fathers utilise services; the interplay between the wellbeing of a sole parent and that of their child(ren); Program Spotlight on the Well Ways and Well Ways Duo programs provided by the Mental Illness Fellowship; trends and statistics article on relationship and parenting skills using data from the General Population of Parents Survey. |
| Newsletter No. 9, 2008 | Summary of the results of the December 2007 review of the Clearinghouse; agency-based research on addressing client dropout; capacity challenges for service delivery of marriage and relationship education – a research project; First National Indigenous Family and Community Strengths Conference report, Supporting families where there are dual diagnosis issues - seminar report, literature highlights on parental mental illness, and News in brief. |
| Newsletter No. 8, 2008 | The family law system and shared care arrangements; men's and women's attitudes to marriage and cohabitation; program spotlight on the 'Partnership' program in WA; Christchurch Youth Health Conference report; DVD review 'Raising children'; book review 'Remember Me'; literature highlights on later-life divorce and retirement and News in brief. |
| Newsletter No. 7, 2008 | Identifying parental substance use and misuse in clinical practice; action research at the Hobart Family Relationships Centre; the late discovery of adoptive status; agency spotlight on Anglicare WA; literature highlights on parental substance abuse, intermarriages and prisoners and their families. |
| Newsletter No. 6, 2007 | Advent of compulsory family dispute resolution, implications for practitioners; Marital disaffection; the Break Through program for help with relationships; literature highlights on divorce education and services in rural communities; An update on partnership formation trends: what does the 2006 Census suggest? |
| Newsletter No. 5, 2007 | Secrecy in adoptive families; competition and comparison in adolescent siblings; rural health conference report; outcomes-based approaches in programs; outcomes of the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy; how Australian families spend their time. |
| Newsletter No. 4, 2007 | Relationship education evaluation; Family Life's Creating Capable Communities program; measuring resilience in young people; gender and marital satisfaction early in marriage; results of the Relationship Indicators Survey (Relationships Australia). |
| Newsletter No. 3, 2007 | Child-focused and child-inclusive family dispute resolution; Sure Start evaluation; trends in choice of celebrant; adolescent health conference report. |
| Newsletter No. 2, 2006 | Internet affairs; young men who sexually abuse; trends in couple dissolution; website reviews. |
| Newsletter No. 1, 2006 | Family law reform; child dispute services in the Family Court of Australia; social roles and women's health; trends in couple formation. |
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AFRC Briefing |
| AFRC Briefing No. 13, 2009 | Strengthening and repairing relationships: Addressing forgiveness and sacrifice in couples education and counselling by Robyn Parker and Rosalie Pattenden |
| AFRC Briefing No. 12, 2008 | Housing stress and the mental health and wellbeing of families by Elly Robinson and Rennell Adams |
| AFRC Briefing No. 11, 2008 | Working with families concerned with school-based bullying by Dr Jodie Lodge |
| AFRC Briefing No. 10, 2008 | Effective regional, rural and remote family and relationships service delivery by Louise Roufeil and Kristine Battye |
| AFRC Briefing No. 9, 2008 | Father-inclusive practice and associated professional competencies by Richard Fletcher |
| AFRC Briefing No. 8, 2008 | Family issues in suicide postvention by Louise Flynn & Elly Robinson |
| AFRC Briefing No. 7, 2008 | Strengthening Aboriginal family functioning: What works and why? by Roz Walker and Carrington Shepherd |
| AFRC Briefing No. 6, 2007 | Stepfamilies: Understanding and responding effectively by Margaret Howden |
| AFRC Briefing No. 5, 2007 | Building relationships between parents and carers in early childhood by Sarah Wise |
| AFRC Briefing No. 4, 2007 | Tailoring parenting to fit the child by Diana Smart |
| AFRC Briefing No. 3, 2007 | Recent progress in marriage and relationship education in Australia by Robyn Parker |
| AFRC Briefing No. 2, 2006 | The changing role of grandparents by Gay Ochiltree |
| AFRC Briefing No. 1, 2006 | Young people and their parents: Supporting families through changes that occur in adolescence by Elly Robinson |
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AFRC Issues |
| AFRC Issues No. 4, 2008 | Family relationships and mental illness: Impacts and service responses by Elly Robinson, Bryan Rodgers and Peter Butterworth |
| AFRC Issues No. 3, 2008 | Enhancing family and relationship service accessibility and delivery to culturally and linguistically diverse families in Australia by Pooja Sawrikar and Ilan Katz |
| AFRC Issues No. 2, 2008 | Prevention and early intervention in strengthening families and relationships: Challenges and implications by Elly Robinson and Robyn Parker |
| AFRC Issues No. 1, 2007 | Child inclusion as a principle and as evidence-based practice: Applications to family law services and related sectors by Dr Jennifer McIntosh |
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AFRC Resource Sheet |
| AFRC Resource
Sheet No. 4, 2008 |
based on information contained in AFRC Issues No. 4 |
| AFRC Resource
Sheet No. 3, 2008 |
based on information contained in AFRC Issues No. 3 |
| AFRC Resource
Sheet No. 2, 2008 |
based on information contained in AFRC Issues No. 2 |
| AFRC Resource
Sheet No. 1, 2007 |
based on information contained in AFRC Issues No. 1 |