Out-of-home care research

This Research to Practice Note, presents the key issues discussed in the research article, The importance of attachment in the lives of foster children (DoCS, 2006)

This small exploratory study of a sample of children and young people of Arabic-speaking and Vietnamese backgrounds in OOHC aimed to gain insight into their experiences and the way services and supports are provided. Authors: [...]

This literature review has been prepared for the New South Wales Department of Community Services (DoCS) as the first phase of a project set up. Authors: Dorothy Scott, Cas O’Neill, Andrew Minge, School of Social [...]

This research article is intended to help those who work with children in care understand the key messages from attachment theory and research

The purpose of this paper is to review the evidence for and against contact between children in care and their birth families, and to consider the circumstances in which contact may be beneficial and those [...]

This report presents the findings of the fourth interviews with the cohort of young people involved in the longitudinal study of

This study focuses on the experiences of young people leaving wardship in New South Wales. It was funded by the New South Wales Department of Community Services. Authors: Judy Cashmore and Marina Paxman

This Research Note draws on the major issues raised in the discussion paper, Is all contact between children in care and their birth parents ‘good’ contact?

This Research to Practice Note is based on the findings of the Children in Care Study (CICS), (2005) led by Michael Tarren Sweeney, Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Psychology, University of Canterbury (NZ), and [...]

This literature review is intended to discuss some of the methodological issues involved in undertaking such a study and how they have been resolved in similar studies. Author: Stephanie Taplin