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Human Services workers’ experiences of rapidly moving to Telehealth Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-12-18 Rachael Sanders
As a way of restricting the spread of COVID-19, methods of social distancing were instituted in most places that people gather, including workplaces. As such, human service agencies have implemented novel ways of delivering services to clients, with a common method being telehealth. For some practitioners this was unchartered waters and required rapid adaption to their everyday practice. I was interested
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Necessary and good: a literature review exploring ethical issues for online counselling with children and young people who have experienced maltreatment Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-12-18 Mary Jo McVeigh, Susan Heward-Belle
The World Health Organization categorised the Corona virus as a public health emergency of international concern. As a result of this declaration, a raft of procedures to stem the spread of the virus to safeguard the health and safety of its citizens was enacted by the Australian Government. The promotion of social isolation and distancing were among these measures. The governmental social distancing
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Filicide: the Australian story Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-12-18 Thea Brown, Danielle Tyson, Paula Fernandez Arias
A filicide death, meaning the killing of a child by their parent or equivalent guardian, is a tragic event. Sadly, a UK study suggests Australia has the fourth highest rate of filicide among similar developed nations. Since Australian research studies on the incidence of filicide, or indeed on any other aspect of the problem, are limited, it is impossible to know if this finding is correct or not.
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Poverty and child abuse and neglect Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Frank Ainsworth, Jennifer Lehmann, Rachael Sanders
Recently, the Anne E Casey Foundation announced a ‘first-of-its kind partnership’ between the US Children’s Bureau, Casey Family Programs and Prevent Child Abuse America (http://www aecf org) Each paper has a different focus – social origins (Ainsworth), legal disadvantage (Harrison et al ) and service delivery (Bennett et al ) – but all tell a similar story about how parental poverty makes dealing
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A history of the Personal Social Services in England. Feast, Famine and the Future - R. Jones (2020). A history of the Personal Social Services in England. Feast, Famine and the Future. (2020). London: Palgrave Macmillan. Paperback, ISBN 978-3-030-46123-2. £24.99. Aus $45.02 plus postage. 494 pages. Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-11-27 Frank Ainsworth
The author of this book is, Ray Jones, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, Kingston University. Jones was formerly the Director of Social Services for Wiltshire, Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, Deputy Chair of the British Association of Social Workers, and in 2018 he was awarded Social Worker of the year for his outstanding contribution to social work. In this book, Jones
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Care leavers, ambiguous loss and early parenting: explaining high rates of pregnancy and parenting amongst young people transitioning from out-of-home care Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-11-27 Jade Purtell, Philip Mendes, Bernadette J. Saunders
This paper is a narrative review examining the high prevalence of care leaver early parenting in the context of (i) key transitions from care studies taken from the last few decades, (ii) a structured review using Scopus of studies from 2015–2020 focussed specifically on young people transitioning from care and early parenting and (iii) Boss’s (2010) Ambiguous Loss theory. Young care leavers’ challenges
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What do young people worry about? A systematic review of worry theme measures of teen and preteen individuals Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-11-11 Marcin Owczarek, Grainne McAnee, Donal McAteer, Mark Shevlin
Excessive worry can negatively influence one’s developmental trajectories. In the past 70 years, there have been studies aimed towards documenting and analysing concerns or ‘worries’ of teen and preteen individuals. There have been many quantitative and qualitative approaches established, suggesting different themes of contextual adolescent worry. With the hopes of future clinical utility, it is important
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The educational outcomes of children in care – a scoping review Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-11-09 Stephan Lund, Cathy Stokes
This article presents a brief scoping review of the literature on the educational outcomes of care experienced children and young people in Australia published since 2010. The review also examines key educational issues and the impact of being in care on the educational experience of children and young people. Twenty-five papers were selected for review, key information extracted and recurrent themes
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The need for a community-led, holistic service response to Aboriginal young people with cognitive disability in remote areas: a case study Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-11-04 Ruth McCausland, Leanne Dowse
There are multiple structural and practical barriers to Aboriginal young people with cognitive disability in remote areas receiving the support and services they need. Multidisciplinary mixed-methods research over the past decade has provided evidence of the ways that many such young people end up with complex support needs and being ‘managed’ by police and justice agencies in the absence of appropriate
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Evaluating frameworks for practice in mainstream primary school classrooms catering for children with developmental trauma: an analysis of the literature Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-10-29 Simone Collier, India Bryce, Karen Trimmer, Govind Krishnamoorthy
Integral to the protection of children against ongoing abuse and neglect and trauma experiences are teachers and school-based staff. This paper aims to discuss and reflect on the practice frameworks, models, approaches and programs that exist in mainstream school contexts to address the developmental and learning needs of children in primary schools who have experienced trauma in their early childhood
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‘It was daunting. I was 18 and I left residential care and there was no support whatsoever’: a scoping study into the transition from out-of-home-care process in Tasmania, Australia Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-10-26 Renée O’Donnell, Ann MacRae, Melissa Savaglio, Dave Vicary, Rachael Green (nee Cox), Philip Mendes, Gary Kerridge, Graeme Currie, Susan Diamond, Helen Skouteris
Young people who leave Out-of-Home Care (OoHC) are a significantly vulnerable cohort. No after-care support program to date has been completely informed by young people and their care team. This scoping study explored the perspectives of young people and their wider care team on: (1) challenges surrounding the transition process; and (2) how these challenges can be addressed. Semi-structured interviews
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Cash transfer and professional care for tackling child poverty and neglect in Italy Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-10-19 Maria Bezze, Cinzia Canali, Devis Geron, Tiziano Vecchiato
There has been a general increase in poverty over the last decade in Italy, which has mainly affected the younger generations, with children and youth experiencing the worst economic conditions. This is primarily not due to a lack of available economic resources but to the way in which these resources are allocated: mainly in the form of cash transfers rather than services. The provision of adequate
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Demonstrating the effectiveness of a residential education programme for disengaged young people: a preliminary report Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-10-19 Paul Mastronardi, Frank Ainsworth, Jonathan C. Huefner
This article reports on the early results of using behavioural and educational data to evaluate a residential education programme. The programme serves male and female students between 12 and 16 years of age who have been suspended or expelled from school due to behavioural issues or who refused to attend school. Using measures of behavioural and educational progress during care and reporting these
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Going down with the ship: a daughter’s observations on hoarding Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-10-14
This essay is a first-person narrative of the author’s experience as the child of a hoarder. It is published anonymously to protect the privacy of those discussed.
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Animal hoarding and its effects on children: observations from a humane law enforcement professional Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-10-13 Dez Crawford
Children raised in animal hoarding situations experience both short- and long-term physical and emotional hazards. Far too often, the needs of children are under-served due to lack of interagency cooperation, societal misperceptions and other mitigating factors. These issues are discussed as they relate to the effects of animal hoarding on children in the home. Content is drawn from the lifelong experience
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The perspective of children of hoarding parents (COHP) Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-10-13 Cecilia A. Garrett
The perspective herein is based upon the lived experience of adult Children of Hoarding Parents (COHP). The weight of parental hoarding on COHP is not derived solely from the physical adversity of living within a hoarded home but also comes with the social and psychological challenges they carry into adulthood. The view of hoarding as a family disorder with lasting impact evokes research questions
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Phenomenology of childhood hoarding Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-10-13 Noam Soreni
Hoarding disorder (HD) has been recently added as a separate diagnostic category in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. HD is a common and disabling disorder, with an estimated prevalence in the general population of 2–6%. Although evidence suggests that the onset of hoarding symptoms is usually during childhood and adolescence (youth), relatively little is
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Blame, culture and child protection - J. Leigh (2017). Blame, culture and child protection. Palgrave Macmillan. Hardback, ISBN 978-1-137-47008-9. 255 pages. GBP £89.99. Aust $161.98 as at 27 July 2020. Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-09-07 Frank Ainsworth
In the UK, social workers employed in child protection services have in recent years been vilified by members of the public who were egged on by the media and politicians whenever there has been a child death. As indicated by the title of this book, social workers are blamed for the death of children, with a widely held view that every child death is preventable if social workers were to do their job
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Assessment, treatment and the importance of early intervention of childhood hoarding Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-09-04 Davíð R. M. A. Højgaard, Gudmundur Skarphedinsson
Hoarding disorder (HD) is characterised by difficulties in discharging or parting with possessions irrespective of their actual value, urges to save and acquire new items and excessive clutter in living areas. There is an urgent need to advance the understanding of HD in child and adolescent populations. The aim of this paper is to cover the assessment, treatment strategies and tools currently available
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Infant removal and the lack of representation for parents Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Celine Harrison, Carol Bahemia, Debbie Henderson
This paper throws a spotlight on the systemic disadvantage experienced by parents who have their children removed from their care. With data drawn from the annual reports of the Legal Aid of Western Australia, the child protection agency in Western Australia, and the Productivity Commission, the authors illustrate the disconnection between the agency’s policy to reunify children once removed from their
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Understanding the multiple layers of complexity associated with hoarding and children Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Jordana Muroff, Suzanne Chabaud, Eric A. Storch
Consideration of prevalence estimates, age of onset, social and economic impairment and safety risks highlight that youth may be negatively impacted by hoarding through personal attachment, difficulty letting go and engagement in hoarding behaviour, and/or living in a home with a hoarding parent/caregiver Dr Soreni and colleagues’ paper provides a comprehensive review of the literature on the phenomenology
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The social and economic origins of child abuse and neglect Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-08-28 Frank Ainsworth
This commentary aims to start a debate about various dimensions of social disadvantage and the relationship to child abuse and neglect (CAN). These dimensions include poverty, educational attainment, employment status, sub-standard housing, disadvantaged neighbourhoods and social isolation from family. Other aspects such as mental health issues, domestic violence and substance misuse are compounding
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The psychological, relational and social impact in adult offspring of parents with hoarding disorder Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-08-27 Fugen Neziroglu, Michael Upston, Sony Khemlani-Patel
Hoarding disorder (HD) is a psychiatric condition that negatively impacts individual sufferers, their families and the larger community. The disorder goes beyond problems with excessive clutter; it also presents with deficits in executive functioning, attachment and affect regulation deficits. This paper focusses on the needs of adult children of parents with HD, who directly experience the consequences
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Zimbabwe’s poverty and child sexual abuse Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-08-24 Noel Garikai Muridzo, Victor Chikadzi
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious scourge that affects all countries globally. While there are myriad factors contributing the prevalence of CSA in Zimbabwe, poverty is arguably one of the major underlying issues and root causes of most of these factors. Over the past two decades, Zimbabwe has gone through an unprecedented economic meltdown; fewer resources are being channelled towards child protection
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Jungle Tracks: Unleashing the power of stories to heal from refugee trauma Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Pearl Fernandes, Yvette Aiello, Emma Pittaway
Children and young people from refugee backgrounds witness and experience multiple traumatic incidents in the context of their refugee journeys that often remain unspoken because of the inherent challenge to think and talk about these experiences. In addition, they encounter ongoing trials when transitioning to their new homes which place them at risk. Jungle Tracks was developed in 2002 to facilitate
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Poverty is the problem – not parents: so tell me, child protection worker, how can you help? Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Kylie Bennett, Andrew Booth, Susan Gair, Rose Kibet, Ros Thorpe
Families who attract the attention of child protection services most often have ongoing lived experiences of poverty, gender-based domestic and family violence, problematic substance use and, sometimes, formally diagnosed mental health conditions. Without broader contextual knowledge and understanding, particularly regarding ongoing poverty, decision-making by child protection workers often leads to
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Evaluation of the Cradle to Kinder programme for Aboriginal mothers and their children: perspectives from the women and their workers Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Renée O’Donnell, Muriel Bamblett, Gabrielle Johnson, Sue-Anne Hunter, Kerry Stringer, Shantai Croisdale, Bengianni Pizzirani, Darshini Ayton, Melissa Savaglio, Helen Skouteris
This research was undertaken on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders of the past, present and emerging, and also acknowledge the generous contribution to this research made by women and their families and Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) staff. Aboriginal Cradle to Kinder (AC2K) is a home-visiting and advocacy programme focussed on promoting
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Children in hoarded homes: A call for protection, prevention, intervention and compassionate care Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-07-03 Suzanne Chabaud
This is a call for action to protect and assist children of hoarding parents. Action that minimises harm to children living in hoarded homes also promotes family safety and health. Optimal care involves the whole family system, both children and parents. Prevention of harm through early identification and intervention for hoarding can reduce the burden of a disorder that often increases in severity
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Parents’ experiences and use of parenting resources during the transition to parenthood Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-07-03 Rachael Sanders, Jennifer Lehmann, Fiona Gardner
The purpose of this paper is to report on new parents’ experiences of using the available range of parenting resources that help to guide parenting choices and practices. Using a semi-structured interview schedule, 30 participants were asked about their engagement with parenting resources. The types of resources considered most salient to the participants of this study in Victoria, Australia, included
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Right brain to right brain therapy: how tactile, expressive arts therapy emulates attachment Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-29 Melissa Urquhart, Fiona Gardner, Margarita Frederico, Rachael Sanders
The impact of a manipulative art therapy technique combined with an attuned therapeutic relationship which aims to replicate the experience of nurturing touch in infancy is explored in this paper. The current literature will be reviewed in relation to the interface between attachment-related trauma and the use of expressive art and play therapy in the context of relevant clinical experience. Specific
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An overview of hoarding difficulties in children and adolescents Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Stuart R. C. Whomsley
This paper considers how what has been learned about hoarding difficulties in adults can be applied to working with children and adolescents and how our knowledge of child development can improve how we help the younger person with this problem. In particular, attachment relationships to objects and organisational difficulties will be focused upon. The importance of earlier interventions, earlier in
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Family and social functioning in adults with hoarding disorder Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Eliza J. Davidson, Mary E. Dozier, Tina L. Mayes, Kylie A. Baer, Catherine R. Ayers
Hoarding is associated with problems engaging in social activities, lower social support, increased isolation and poses substantial challenges to family functioning. The aim of this investigation was to explore the relationship between hoarding severity and family and social functioning variables in 60 treatment-seeking adults with hoarding disorder (HD). Participants completed a battery of self-report
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My brilliant career Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Simon Gardiner
This contribution, written by a recently retired social worker, reflects on the impact of his early casework experience in child welfare. It discusses, via case examples, how these formative experiences influenced his social work career. These case examples illustrate the power of mentorship and continuing reflective learning. The article concludes with suggestions for the profession, for the employing
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Keeping Children Safe parent education programme: improving access to parent education in the context of child protection Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-11 John N. Burns, Suzanne M. Brown
This article reports on an evaluation of the Keeping Children Safe parent education programme run in Central West New South Wales. The programme, conducted since 2004, and continuing today, primarily targets parents of children at risk and other vulnerable and disadvantaged families. The evaluation covers a 13-year period, from the first group held in May 2004 to February 2017. From the beginning,
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Towards real support for all Australian children in kinship care and their carers Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-09 Meredith Kiraly, Jill Green, Tracey Hamilton
The introduction to this article provides a brief overview of current issues in kinship care. This is followed by transcripts of two speeches given by kinship carers at a Kinship Care Forum held in Brisbane in 2020. In these speeches, the speakers described how they became carers, their commitment to the children in their care, the challenges they have faced, the children’s development over time in
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Mothering – a mode of protecting rather than parenting in the aftermath of post separation family violence in Australia Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-05 Leanne Francia, Prudence Millear, Rachael Sharman
The focus of this qualitative study was on separated mother’s (N = 36) lived experiences of mothering in the context of post separation family violence and the Australian family law system. Thematic analysis of interviews was guided by a theoretical framework, this being the Three Planets Model. Analysis of the data resulted in two themes relating to mothering being identified. Firstly, that women
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Future research directions in children and hoarding Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-03 Andrew G. Guzick, Sophie C. Schneider, Eric A. Storch
Despite a rapidly growing understanding of hoarding disorder (HD), there has been relatively limited systematic research into the impact of hoarding on children and adolescents. The goal of this paper is to suggest future research directions, both for children with hoarding behaviours and children living in a cluttered home. Key areas reviewed in this paper include (1) the need for prospective studies
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M. Galvin (2020). The Ben Book. Ginninderra Press. ISBN-10: 1760418862; ISBN-13: 978-1760418861. pp. 162. Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Pamela D Schulz
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Building on a forgotten past Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Jennifer Lehmann, Rachael Sanders
While appropriate to deal with the health and economic impacts on populations, both locally and globally, it is concerning that we seem to have set aside the hard-won understandings of the benefits of social justice and welfare that lead to greater equity among people and have forgotten those who have fought long and hard to provide support and services in an effort to overcome disadvantage High officials
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Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Michael Gaffney
The next move was to work independently for 5 years undertaking evaluation projects, mainly for social services, before joining the early childhood initial teacher education team at the College of Education The policy expectations around early childhood education are ‘higher’ because of the first Early Childhood Education (ECE) Strategic Plan (Ministry of Education, 2002) presented nearly 20 years
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Community-based interventions for hoarding: Impacts on children, youth and families Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-05-28 Christiana Bratiotis
Hoarding is a complex and persistent mental illness that may pose significant threats to the health, safety and optimal functioning of the sufferer and their family members. Children and youth who live in hoarded environments are especially vulnerable to safety hazards and the negative social and developmental impacts that can result from this challenging behaviour. Some educational, health and protective
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Examining child protection practice in New South Wales: Non-accidental injury and the principle of strict liability Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Patricia Hansen, Frank Ainsworth
This article examines child protection practice when the Department of Communities and Justice in New South Wales takes the view that an injury to a child is non-accidental. The position taken in this paper is that once a child protection caseworker takes the position that an injury is non-accidental, then a strict liability or absolute liability approach is adopted. In effect, any of the child’s parents
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The influence of culture on maternal attachment behaviours: a South African case study Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Rachel Zaidman-Mograbi, Liana (MP) le Roux, Herna Hall
It is widely accepted that culture is a contextual factor that can affect mother–infant attachment. Cultural beliefs are translated into child-rearing patterns that influence maternal responsiveness to infant attachment behaviours and could thus affect sensitive caregiving that lies at the heart of secure attachment. This article reports on the findings of a study that explored the influence of culture
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Australian high school students and their Internet use: perceptions of opportunities versus ‘problematic situations’ Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-05-26 luke gaspard
The Internet has, for varied reasons, emerged as a critical mediating tool in the everyday experience for many young people. Opportunities for access and participation are vast and well-documented. There are, however, risks, or more accurately ‘problematic situations’, associated with these online experiences. From a digital youth’s perspective, real and perceived threats, primarily related to content
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The self-as-mother in the preschool years: an interpretive phenomenological analysis Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Lauren Hansen
There has been little research into the well-being of mothers after 12 months post-partum, despite researchers finding that depressive symptoms are more prevalent at 4 years post-partum than at any other time preceding this. The literature suggests that a woman’s view of the mother role impacts on her well-being in the early years of parenting. This qualitative research study investigated the experiences
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Raising strong, solid Koolunga: values and beliefs about early child development among Perth’s Aboriginal community Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Clair Scrine, Brad Farrant, Carol Michie, Carrington Shepherd, Michael Wright
There is a paucity of published information about conceptions of Aboriginal child rearing and development among urban dwelling Nyoongar/Aboriginal people in Australia. We detail the unique findings from an Aboriginal early child development research project with a specific focus on the Nyoongar/Aboriginal community of Perth, Western Australia. This research significantly expands the understanding of
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COMMENTARY: RESPONDING TO COVID19: WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR OUR VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-05-21 Jennifer Lehmann
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Responding to COVID19: What is happening for our vulnerable
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Responding to the accumulation of adverse childhood experiences in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for practice Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-05-18 India Bryce
In early 2020, the world as we knew it began to change dramatically and rapidly with the COVID-19 outbreak. Social distancing restrictions and lockdown measures have been the most effective course of action and an inarguably imperative approach at this time. However, in trying to keep the global population safe, social distancing measures unwittingly placed children already experiencing maltreatment
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Care and protection/family violence: Aotearoa New Zealand Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Nicola Atwool
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The built environment and well-being of children into the future Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Jennifer Lehmann
Welcome to 2020. We hope this year will see many positive changes for children, young people, their families and communities, but over recent months, wherever we have living, we have faced climate-related events – fires, floods, storms and other issues resulting from these. Australia, in particular, has been experiencing catastrophic fires which continue as I write this editorial. Such events are not
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The impact of capitalist-led neoliberal agenda’s on parents and their children Children Australia Pub Date : 2020-02-06 Rachael Sanders
One of the most important social relationships in any community is that of parent and child. Parents and primary caregivers are typically tasked with raising their children; however, they are but one of many social agents and structures that contribute to childrens’ overall socialisation. Children’s beliefs, values and behaviours are influenced by the broader social systems in which they are raised
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Family Law Court orders for supervised contact in custodial disputes – unanswered questions Children Australia Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Emily Schindeler
The focus of this study was on the application of orders for supervised access made by the Australian Family Law Court in cases that involved conflicting claims by custodial and noncustodial parents. Based on accessible Court transcripts for the 28-month period ending in early 2019, 103 cases involving 172 children were identified in which orders required supervision for visitation and/or changeovers
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Ultra-orthodox Jewish communities and child sexual abuse: A case study of the Australian Royal Commission and its implications for faith-based communities Children Australia Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Philip Mendes, Marcia Pinskier, Samone McCurdy, Rachel Averbukh
To date, little is known about manifestations of child sexual abuse (CSA) within ultra-orthodox Jewish communities both in Australia and abroad. There is a paucity of empirical studies on the prevalence of CSA within Jewish communities, and little information on the responses of Jewish community organisations, or the experiences of Jewish CSA survivors and their families. This paper draws on a case
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Family Inclusive practice in child welfare: report of a Churchill Fellowship study tour Children Australia Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Jessica Cocks
Drawing on the findings of a Churchill Fellowship study tour, this article discusses the need to expand our understanding of family engagement and, in particular, to implement Family Inclusive practice in Australian child welfare, both to increase reunification and to improve outcomes for children who do not return home. I argue for this expansion through the integration of six key elements of Family
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The pathway to mindfulness for children and young people Children Australia Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Jennifer Lehmann
For more than two decades, there has been enthusiasm for mindfulness training and therapy for children and young people, though it seems the enthusiasm might still outweigh the evidence of efficacy (Greenberg &Harris, 2011). It is certainly an approach that, intuitively, sounds and feels like a good idea. Most of us, and our children, live very “crowded” lives and not only in terms of activities undertaken
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Attachment security, early childhood intervention and the National Disability Insurance Scheme: a risk and rights analysis Children Australia Pub Date : 2019-10-07 Stacey Lynne Alexander, Margarita Frederico, Maureen Long
To promote the rights, well-being and development of the child, and for the benefit of families and the community, attachment should be a central focus of early childhood intervention (ECI) under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). ECI Key Workers have the opportunity to positively influence parent–child relationships and are encouraged to do so by the ECI national guidelines. This article
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Female sex worker’s children: their vulnerability in Iran Children Australia Pub Date : 2019-09-09 Saeid Mirzaei, Sajad Khosravi, Nadia Oroomiei
This qualitative study used a narrative approach to address the vulnerabilities and problems experienced by the children of sex workers in Iran. A purposive sample of women who were referred to drop-in centres were invited to take part in semi-structured interviews. An analysis of the data identified 8 main themes and 12 sub-themes, most of which related to risks and harm being perpetrated on the children