Our research and development priorities
Preventing child abuse and neglect is our highest priority - the
cost of prevention in both dollar terms and the impact on children
and society are much less than dealing with the devastating
consequences of child abuse and neglect.
- Professional education and workforce development
- Indigenous child protection and well-being
- Translating child protection research into policy and practice
- Engaging with vulnerable children to enhance their resilience
- Transplanting innovative and effective strategies
- Helping families with multiple and complex needs to nurture and protect their children
- Facilitating inter-professional and cross-sectoral collaboration.
- Building the capacity of drug and alcohol and homelessness services to meet the needs of children.
To nurture a new generational cohort of researchers focused on protecting and assisting vulnerable children and their families, the Centre’s scholarship program supports PhD students from a range of disciplines. Current PhD projects include school retention for at-risk young people, relationships between family workers and parents of vulnerable children, cross-cultural issues in child protection, playfulness in preschool children at risk of child abuse and neglect, and the factors influencing parental contact with children in out of home care.