Families, Children & Youth
Domestic Violence in Australia: An Overview of the Issues 2011
Parliamentary Library - Australia
This 41-page background note is a guide to research and resources on domestic violence in Australia. It includes an overview of research on the prevalence of domestic violence, attitudes and risk factors, at risk groups and communities and the costs of domestic violence to communities and to the economy. It also covers policy approaches designed to prevent domestic violence
Families, Children & Youth, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2011-12-02
Youth Mentoring
AHURI
This 52-page Australian report considers national and international evidence on the value for investment and identifies evidence regarding the social and economic benefits for youth of quality one-to-one relationship based mentoring
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-12-02
Making the Case for Universal Childcare
IPPR
This 21-page UK paper makes the economic case for universal childcare for preschool-aged children
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-12-16
Young Carers: Social Policy Impacts of the Caring Responsibilities of Children and Young Adults
SPRC
A 134-page theoretically-informed and policy-focused quantitative and qualitative study on young carers in Australia
Social Policy, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-12-19
Violence Against Women in Australia: Research Summary
VicHealth
This 12-page publication presents a synopsis of the latest published research examining violence against women in Australia and its prevention
Crime, Law & Order, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-12-19
America’s Youth: Transitions to Adulthood
IES
This 191-page US report compares the current generation of youth and young adults in the United States to youth and young adults in 2000, 1990, and 1980
Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-12-20
Fighting Youth Unemployment: The Effects of Active Labor Market Policies
IZA
This 54-page discussion paper analyzes the short- and long-term impacts for a variety of different programmes designed to assist the young unemployed into employment or further education
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-01-09
Reviewing the Evidence on the Effectiveness of Early Childhood Intervention
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
This 109-page Australian report examines the effectiveness of early intervention programs for children with a developmental disability or developmental delay regardless of underlying cause or condition
Families, Children & Youth, DisabilityPosted: 2012-01-09
The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes
IZA
This 34-page discussion paper examines how California's paid family leave (PFL) programme affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labour market outcomes
Social Policy, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-01-16
Working with Sibling Sexual Abuse
Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault
This Australian interview discusses the changes to the treatment of young adolescent people who sexually perpetrate against their siblings and the impacts and challenges that face their families
Families, Children & Youth, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2012-01-18
Better Beginnings, Better Futures Study
National Crime Prevention Centre - Canada
This 56-page Canadian study examines the delinquency trajectories of at-risk youth
Families, Children & Youth, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2012-01-24
State Pre-K Assessment Policies: Issues and Status
ETS
A 28-page US “primer” on state pre-K assessment policies
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-02-22
Community-Based Care Coordination: Practical Applications for Childhood Asthma
"Health Promotion Practice"
This 12-page US paper examines the effectiveness of community-based care coordinators who bridge gaps between families, health care providers, and support services
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-02-22
Evaluation of the Sporting Chance Program
ACER
This 137-page programme evaluation identifies a number of critical success factors that have contributed to improved outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Indigenous Affairs, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-02-24
A Golden Opportunity: Advancing California's Early Care and Education Workforce Professional Development System
Rand Corporation
A 172-page US study of the education, training, and ongoing professional development of early care and education (ECE) caregivers, teachers, and administrators who work with infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children from birth to kindergarten entry in California
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2012-03-01
Report of the Protecting Victoria's Vulnerable Children Inquiry
Department of Premier and Cabinet
This Austeralian inquiry investigated systemic problems in Victoria's child protection system and, in this report, has now made recommendations to strengthen and improve the protection and support of vulnerable young Victorians
Families, Children & Youth, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2012-03-01
The Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind
IZA
This 35-page discussion paper addresses the effects of migration on families left behind and offers new evidence on the impact of migration on elderly parents
Immigration & Refugees, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-03-08
Interethnic Marriages and their Economic Effects
IZA
This 30-page discussion paper starts by considering the determinants of intermarriage, proceeds with an examination of the economic consequences of intermarriage, and ends with a discussion of the links between intermarriage, ethnic identification, and measurement of long-term socioeconomic integration
Immigration & Refugees, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-03-19
Youth Justice Conferences versus Children’s Court: A Comparison of Re-offending
BOSCAR
A 23-page Australian report finding that a programme designed to bring young offenders face to face with the victims of their crime and encourage them to accept responsibility for their offending is no more effective than a children’s court in reducing juvenile reoffending
Crime, Law & Order, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-03-20
Early Intervention: Informing Local Practice
National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales
This 30-page UK report reviewed published literature exploring the impact of early intervention on outcomes for children, young people and families
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2012-03-20
Addressing Street Gangs
Public Safety Canada
This 2-page Canadian research brief summarizes findings on gang crime reduction strategies
Crime, Law & Order, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-03-26
Gangs and Social Networking
Public Safety Canada
A 2-page Canadian brief on the use of social networking websites by criminal gangs
Crime, Law & Order, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-03-26
Child Deaths – Cyber Bullying as a Risk Factor for Youth Suicide
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian - Australia
This 3-page Australian brief examines the links between cyber bullying and suicide
Families, Children & Youth, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2012-03-26
Youth Disability in Australia
Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
This 15-page Australian briefing highlights the key statistics, policy problems and development opportunities relevant to youth and disability today
Families, Children & Youth, DisabilityPosted: 2012-04-05
The Prohibition of Illicit Drugs is Killing and Criminalising Our Children and We Are All Letting It Happen.
Australia21
The 28-page report of a roundtable held to consider the likely costs and benefits of a change in Australia's current policy on illicit drugs
Drug Abuse, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-05
Evaluation of the Self -directed Support Pilot Second Report for Children and Young Adults with a Physical Disability
SPRC
An Australian report on the outcomes of a pilot programme supporting children and young adults by facilitating community inclusion and and the empowerment of service users to make their own choices about their support
Disability, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-05
Approaches to Supporting Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training
National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales
This 51-page UK review is one of a suite identifying strategies for assisting young people at risk of becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training) to make effective transitions into learning or employment post-16
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2012-04-05
Social and Emotional Wellbeing: Development of a Children's Headline Indicator
AIHW
This Australian report describes the process of developing a Children's Headline Indicator to measure social and emotional wellbeing
Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2012-04-10
Is Resilience Still a Useful Concept when Working with Children and Young People?
Australian Institute of Family Studies
This 11-page Australian paper reviews some of the complexities and issues surrounding the concept of resilience in order to ascertain its usefulness for practitioners working with children
Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2012-04-13
The Arts and Achievement in At-risk Youth
National Endowment for the Arts
A 28-page US report finding that at-risk students who have access to the arts in or out of school also tend to have better academic results, better workforce opportunities, and more civic engagement
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-04-13
Developing Skills for Life and Work: Accelerating Social and Emotional Learning across South Australia
Foundation for Young Australians
This 48-page Australian paper explores the evidence for the importance of a greater emphasis on social and emotional learning, as part of a holistic view of young people’s education
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2012-04-13
Safe and Supportive Families and Communities for Children
CFCA
This 17-page paper reviews the research on building safe and supportive families and communities for children in Australia
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-04-13
Youth (In)justice: Oral Language Competence in Early Life and Risk for Engagement in Antisocial Behaviour in Adolescence
Australian Institute of Criminology
This 6-page Australian brief presents evidence that demonstrates that high proportions of young offenders have a clinically significant, but previously undetected, oral language disorder
Crime, Law & Order, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-13
This Time It's Different? Youth Labour Markets During 'The Great Recession'
IZA
This 24-page discussion paper looks at the effects of the 'Great Recession' on young people's labour market experiences in the European Union
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-19
Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children
IZA
This discussion paper estimates for how female labour supply responds to childcare prices
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-19
Comprehensive Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood: Promising Federal and State Initiatives
NCCP
This 17-page US report presents a range of early childhood obesity prevention initiatives to inform states of ways they can build strong cross-system efforts to reduce childhood obesity rates
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-23
The Effect of Child Care on Family Structure: Theory and Evidence
CESifo
This 37-page paper studies the effect of child care provision on family structure
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-04-24
Families and Expanded Learning Opportunities: Working Together to Support Children's Learning
HFRP
A 4-page US brief exploring the ways that families and ELOs (expanded learning opportunities)must work as equal partners in order to ensure ELOs are contributing to children's learning in meaningful ways
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-30
Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children
CESifo
A 50-page working paper studying how female labour supply responds to childcare prices
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-05-02
Families Make All the Difference: Helping Kids to Grow and Learn
Institute of Family Studies
This 8-page Australian fact sheet provides a range of information on ways in which families nurture and support children's physical, learning and social emotional development
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2012-05-17