Internationally, there is an increasing trend toward placing children in kinship vs. foster care.
Prior research suggests that children in kinship care fare better compared to children in …

We undertook a scoping review to identify the factors outside of current fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnostic criteria to be considered as part of a holistic …

Culture is an important social and emotional wellbeing factor for Aboriginal peoples in
Australia, particularly regarding recovery from colonization. However, little is understood …

Abstract Background Cultural connection for Aboriginal young people promotes wellbeing,
resilience and healing. There is little research on the social and emotional wellbeing …

Reducing the rate of over‐representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in
out‐of‐home care (OOHC) is a key Closing the Gap target committed to by all Australian …

Young people transitioning from out-of-home care (generally called care leavers) are
recognised globally as a vulnerable group. In the last eighteen months, four Australian …

Abstract The Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS) is the first large-scale
prospective longitudinal study of children and young people in out-of-home care in Australia …

Background Kinship care placements are increasing in many Western countries, however
families in kinship care are underserved partly due to the lack of evidence-based …

ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are integrated into child protection
and out-of-home care (OOHC) systems via the connection element of the Aboriginal and …

In Australia and internationally, Indigenous children are seriously overrepresented in the
child welfare system. This article provides an overview of literature investigating the needs of …