Report Card: The wellbeing of young Australians (2013)

This report card provides a set of baseline indicators for each Key Result Area (KRA) – indicators that are strongly guided by the realities of ‘what wellbeing looks like’ for children and youth. The indicators provide a point-in-time snapshot of child and youth wellbeing in Australia, including how Indigenous or Torres Strait Islander young people […]

Parental engagement in learning and schooling: Lessons from research

The Family-School and Community Partnerships Bureau commissioned the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) to identify evidence on the benefits of positive parental engagement, what works to promote positive parental engagement, and the strategies available to policy-makers wishing to facilitate such engagement. This report provides a synopsis of the published literature pertaining to […]

Inverting the pyramid – Enhancing systems for protecting children

ARACY commissioned the Allen Consulting Group to develop a report based on national and international experience of best practice in organisational change strategies and processes for protecting children, while reducing demand on tertiary child protection services. ARACY anticipates that by advancing preventive strategies, the report will ultimately assist in reducing the incidence of child abuse […]