Publications
2020 publications
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Herbert, J. L. & Bromfield, L. (2020). Worker Perceptions of the Multi-Agency Investigation & Support Team (MIST): A Process Evaluation of a Cross-Agency Response to Severe Child Abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, (Online), 1-21.
2019 publications
- Powell, M.A., Graham, A., McArthur, M., Moore, T., Chalmers, J. & Taplin, S. (2019). 'Children's participation in research on sensitive topics: addressing concerns of decision-makers'. Children's Geographies, July 2019 (Online)
- Noble-Carr, D., Moore, T., & McArthur M. (2019). 'The nature and extent of qualitative research conducted with children about their experiences of domestic violence: findings from a meta-synthesis'. Trauma Violence and Abuse; A review journal, online pp1-16, December 2019.
- Noble-Carr, D., Moore, T., & McArthur M. (2019). 'Children's experiences and needs in relation to domestic and family violence: findings from a meta-synthesis'. Child and Family Social Work, 2019 (Online).
- Moore, T., McArthur, M., Death, J. (2019). 'Brutal bullies and protective peers: how young people help or hinder each other's safety in residential care'. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 2019 (Online), pp1-28
- Herbert, J.L. & Bromfield, L. (2019). 'Better together? A review of evidence for multi-disciplinary teams responding to physical and sexual child abuse'. (2019) Trauma, Violence and Abuse: A Review Journal, 228-15
- McLean, S. (2019). 'Therapeutic residential care services in Australia: A description of current service characteristics'. AIFS, Child Family Community Australia Paper No 52, August 2019
- Herbert, J.L. & Bromfield, L. (2019).'Multi-disciplinary teams responding to child abuse: Common features and assumptions'. In Children and Youth Services Review, Vol 106, November 2019
- Taplin, S., Chalmers, J., Hoban, B., McArthur, M., Moore, T. & Graham, A. (2019) 'Children in social research: do higher payments encourage participation in riskier studies?' Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, Vol 14, no. 2, pp 126-140
- Moore, T. Higgins, D. (2019). 'Keeping Our Eye on Sex, Power, Relationships, and Institutional Contexts in Preventing Institutional Child Sexual Abuse ' In Bryce, I. Robinson, Y. Petherick, W (Eds), ‘Child Abuse and Neglect: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact and Management’ London: Academic Press
- Marshall, V. Ey, L. Goddard, C. 'Intimate Partner Violence as a Form of Child Abuse' (2019). In Bryce, I. Robinson, Y. Petherick, W (Eds) ‘Child Abuse and Neglect: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact and Management’ London: Academic Press
2018 publications
- McLean, S. (2018) ' Therapeutic residential care: An update on current issues in Australia ' AIFS, Child Family Community Australia Paper No. 49, September 2018
- Blacklock, S. Meiksans, J. Bonser, G. Hayden, P. Menzies, K. Arney, F. 'Acceptability of the Winangay Kinship Carer Assessment Tool', Child Abuse Review, Vol 27, Issue 2 March/April 2018.
- Bromfield, L and Herbert J.L (2018). 'National comparison of cross-agency practice in investigating and responding to severe child abuse.' Child Family Community Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, February 2018.
- Finan, S., Bromfield, L., Arney, F. and Moore,T. (2018). 'Assessing the Quality and Comprehensiveness of Child Protection Practice Frameworks, A report to the Australian Children's Commissioners and Guardians', Adelaide.
- Flaherty, R., Meiksans, J., McDougall,S. and Arney, F. (2018). 'Examining the power of Child-At-Risk electronic medical record (eMR) alerts to share interpersonal violence, abuse and neglect concerns: Do child protection alerts help?' ANROWS, November 2018
- Meiksans, J. Bromfield, L. and Ey, L. (2017). 'A Continuum of Responses for Harmful Sexual Behaviours'. An Issues Paper for Commissioner for Children and Young People Western Australia.
- Australian Centre for Child Protection, Positive Futures. (2017) South Australian Early Intervention Research Directorate (EIRD) Case File Review Research Policy Brief #1 (University of South Australia
- Anderson, P., Bamblett, M., Bessarab, D., Bromfield, L., Chan, S., Maddock, G., Menzies, K., O’Connell, M., Pearson, G., Walker, R and Wright, M. (2017). 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts', Child Family Community Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, July 2017.
- Blakemore, T., Herbert, J.L., Arney, F. and Parkinson, S. (2017). 'The impacts of institutional child sexual abuse: A rapid review of the evidence'. Child Abuse and Neglect Online DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.08.006
- Bromfield, L., Hirte, C., Octoman, O., Katz, I. (2017). 'Child Sexual Abuse in Australian Institutional Contexts 2008-13: Findings from Administrative data'. Sydney: Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse.
- Bromfield, Arney, et al. (2017). Desktop Evaluation Framework and Methodology. Early Intervention Research Directorate, Department of Premier and Cabinet, SA.
- Cox , R. Skouteris, H. Fuller‐Tyszkiewicz, M., Watson, B., Jones, A., Omerogullari, S., Stanton, K., Bromfield, L., & Hardy, L. (2017). 'The Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) study: Outcomes, lessons learnt and future recommendations'. Child Abuse Review. DOI 10.1002/car.2442.
- Cox , R., Skouteris, H., Fuller‐Tyszkiewicz, M., McCabe, M., Watson, B., Fredrickson, J., Jones, D., Omerogullari, K., Stanton, K., Bromfield, L. and Hardy, L. (2017). A qualitative exploration of coordinators’ and carers’ perceptions of the Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) programme in residential care. Child Abuse Review DOI: 10.1002/car.2453.
- Hatzis, D., Dawe, S., Harnett, P. and Barlow, J. (2017). 'Quality of Caregiving in Mothers With Illicit Substance
Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis'. Substance Abuse Research and Treatment, Volume 11 pages 1-15, Sage Publications. DOI: 10.1177/1178221817694038 - Herbert, J., Walsh, W and Bromfield, L. (2017). 'A national survey of characteristics of child advocacy centers in the United States: Do the flagship models match those in broader practice?' Child Abuse & Neglect, online 6 October 2017. DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.09.030
- Herbert, J and Bromfield, L (2017). 'Multiagency Investigation & Support Team (MIST) Pilot: Evaluation Report'. University of South Australia. DOI: 10.4226/78/5976de366dceb
- Herbert, J. and Bromfield, L. (2017). 'Better Together? A Review of Evidence for Multi-Disciplinary Teams Responding to Physical and Sexual Child Abuse'. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Sage Publications. DOI: 10.1177/1524838017697268
- Herbert, J and Bromfield, L. (2017). National comparison of cross-agency practice in investigating and responding to sever child abuse- A report for the NSW Ombudsman's Office (Report 1 of 2). Sydney. NSW Ombudsman.
- Herbert, J. and Bromfield, L. (2017). 'Components of Effective Cross-Agency Responses to Abuse' – A Report for the NSW Ombudsman’s Office (Report 2 of 2). Sydney. NSW Ombudsman.
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Cheng, Q, Norman, R. (2017). 'Reports of child sexual abuse of boys and girls: Longitudinal trends over a 20-year period in Victoria, Australia'. Child Abuse and Neglect, April 66, Epub 2017 Feb 17, doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.01.025.
- Parkinson, S., Bromfield, L., Salveron, M., & McDougall, S. (2017). 'Child Neglect: Key Concepts and Risk Factors'. NSW Family and Community Services: Sydney
- Parkinson, S, Gunawan, A, Lewig, K. Flaherty, R. and Arney, F. (2017). 'Improving service responses to vulnerable families during pregnancy and infancy'. Report to Department of Social Services, Australian Government.
- Stout, B., Dadich. A., Hosseinzadeh, H. and Herbert, J. (2017) ' Living on the edge: Juvenile justice work as a form of edgework'. Crime Law and Social Change, Springer Nature. DOI: 10. 100 7/s10611-017-9740-0
2016 publications
- Australian Centre for Child Protection (2016). 'Our first 10 years', University of South Australia
- Chong,A and Arney F. (2016). 'Australia is failing to safeguard cultural connections for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care'. Child Family Community Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, November 2016.
- Cox, R., Skouteris, H., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., McCabe, M., Watson, B., Fredrickson, J., Jones, A.D., Omerogullari, S., Stanton, K., Bromfield, L., & Hardy, L.L. (2016). ''We can get a lot out of the kids when we are walking side by side. And we get a lot out of it too': A qualitative exploration of HEAL coordinators’ and carers perceptions of the HEAL programme in residential care'. Child Abuse Review. Accepted August 21 2016.
- Finan, S., Salveron, M. and Bromfield, L. (2016). '"Listen to me": Exploring children's participation during child protection assessment'. Communities, Children and Families Australia, Vol 10, Issue 1, pp 27-44.
- Gibson, C. (2016). 'A Focus on Children and Parenting'. Parity, Vol. 29, No. 7, Aug 2016: 28-29.
- Herbert, J. and Bromfield,L. (2016). 'Evaluation of the Multi-Agency Investigation & Support Team Pilot – Interim Report'. University of South Australia. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20085.78565
- Lewig, K. & McLean, S. (2016). 'Caring for our frontline child protection workforce'. Child Family Community Australia, (CFCA Paper no 42) Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, December 2016.
- Mathews, B., Walsh, K., Dunne, M, Katz, I., Arney, F., Higgins, D., Octoman, O., Parkinson, S., Bates, S. (2016). 'Scoping study for research into the prevalence of child abuse in Australia'. UNSW Australia.
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016). 'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for Australian Government Department of Social Services. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016). 'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for ACT Community Services Directorate (Children, Youth and Families). Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016). 'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for the New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services'. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology..
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016). 'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for the Northern Territory Department of Family and Community Services'. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology..
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016).'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for Queensland Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services'. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016).'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for South Australia Department for Education and Child Development'. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology..
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016).'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for the Tasmania Department for Health and Human Services'. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016).'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for the Victoria Department of Human Services'. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
- Mathews, B., Bromfield, L., Walsh, K., Vimpani, G. (2016).'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. Report for the Western Australia Department for Child Protection and Family Support'. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
- McLean, S (2016). 'Children’s attachment needs in the context of out-of-home care'. Child Family Community Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, November 2016.
- McLean, S (2016). 'The effect of trauma on the brain development of children'. Child Family Community Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, June 2016.
- Robinson, G., Mares, S. & Arney, F. (2016). 'Continuity, engagement and integration: early intervention in remote Australian Aboriginal communities'. Australian Social Work.
- Saunders, V., Roche, S., McArthur, M., Arney, F., Ziaian, T, (2016). 'Refugee Communities Intercultural Dialogue: Building Relationships, Building Communities', Report for the Department of Social Services.
- Winsor, T & McLean, S. (2016). 'Residential group care workers' recognition of depression: Assessment of mental health literacy using clinical vignettes'. Children and Youth Services Review, Vol 68, September 2016, pp. 132-138.
2015 publications
- Arney, F., Bromfield, L. & McDougall, S. (2015). 'Research in Child Protection: An Australian Perspective', in Lorraine Waterhouse & Janice McGhee (eds), Challenging Child Protection, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, UK, pp. 100-109.
- Arney, F., Iannos, M., Chong, A., McDougall, S. & Parkinson, S. (2015). 'Enhancing the implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle: Policy and Practice Considerations', Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
- Arney, F., McArthur, M., Moore, T., Chong, A. & Parkinson, S. (2015). 'Evaluation Report for the Inter-generational Trauma Initiative at the Darwin Aboriginal and Islander Women’s Shelter (DAIWS)', Final report, delivered to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation.
- Arney, F., McArthur, M., Moore, T., Chong, A. & Parkinson, S. (2015). 'Evaluation Report for the Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service (OVAHS)', Final report, delivered to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation.
- Arney, F., McArthur, M., Moore, T., Chong, A. & Parkinson, S. (2015). 'Evaluation Report for the Inter-generational Trauma Initiatives funded by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, Summary Report, delivered to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation.
- Bromfield, L (2015). 'The role of mandatory reporting in preventative child welfare reforms: An uneasy fit?' in Ben Mathews & Donald C Bross (eds), Springer, Netherlands, pp. 467-490.
- Dalziel, K., Dawe, S., Harnett, P. & Segal, L. (2015) 'Cost-effectiveness analysis of the Parents Under Pressure Programme for methadone-maintained parents', Child Abuse Review, DOI: 10.1002car.2371
- Drake, G. & Herbert, J. (2015). 'Leaving a licensed boarding house: Transcending trans-institutionalisation with person centred transitions', Disability & Society Vol 30, Issue 4, pp. 583-596.
- Finan,S., Salveron,M. & Bromfield,L. (submitted). 'Exploration of children’s participation during child protection assessment', Australian Social Work.
- Gibson, C., Francis, H., McDougall, S., Arney, F., Grauwelman-Smith, R. & Parkinson, S. (2015). 'The Evaluation of Protecting and Nurturing Children: Building Capacity, Building Bridges Initiative', Final report delivered to Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- Herbert, J. & Bromfield, L. (2015). 'Evidence for the efficacy of the child advocacy center model: A systematic review'. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. doi: 10.1177/1524838015585319.
- Herbert, J. (2015). 'Towards program evaluation for practitioner learning: Human service practitioners' perceptions of evaluation', Australian Social Work, Vol 68, Issue 4.
- Meiksans, J., Iannos, M. & Arney, F. (2015). 'Factors influencing decision making about the placement of children in care: Development of the Child Placement Questionnaire,' Children and Youth Services Review 05/2015 doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.05.002
- Parkinson, S. (2015) 'The effectiveness of Child Protection Income Management in Australia', A report delivered to the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission.
- Salveron, M., Bromfield, L., Kirika, C., Simmons, J., Murphy, T. & Turnell, A. (2015). ‘Changing the way we do child protection’: The implementation of Signs of Safety® within the Western Australia Department for Child Protection and Family Support, Children and Youth Services Review Vol 48, pp. 126–139
- Shen, D., Lewis, K., Simpson, L., Madsen, D., Evans, L., Arney, F & Westhorp, G. (2015). 'Families as enablers of change: The Family by Family programme in Australia' In Vincent, S. (ed). Early Intervention: Supporting and Strengthening Families, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press.
2014 publications
- Arney, F., McArthur, M., Moore, T. & Chong, A. (June, 2014). 'Evaluation Report for the Inter-generational Trauma Initiative at the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School (the Murri School)', Final report, delivered to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation.
- Bromfield, L., Hirte, C., Octoman, O. & Katz, I. (May, 2014). 'Child Sexual Abuse in Australian Institutional Contexts: Final Report', delivered to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
- Bromfield-Smith, L., Arney, F. & Higgins, D. (2014) 'Contemporary issues in child protection intake, referral and family support', in Alan Hayes & Daryl Higgins (eds), Families, policy and the law : selected essays on contemporary issues for Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, pp. 121-130.
- Gullo, M. J., Loxton, J. & Dawe, S. (2014) 'Impulsivity: Four ways five factors are not basic for addiction', Addictive Behaviours Vol 30, Issue 11.
- Herbert, J. (2014). ‘Researching Evaluation Influence: A review of the literature’, Evaluation Review, vol. 38, no. 5 pp. 388-419 (featured as ‘Top Read’).
- McDougall, S. & Gibson, C. (2014). 'Advancing Visibility of the Child in Adult and Child and Family Services', Communities, Children and Families Australia, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 21-35. ISSN: 1833-6280.
- McDougall, S. & Lewig, K. (submitted). 'The role of personal resources in university student's well-being and study engagement'. Journal of Positive Psychology, Taylor & Francis.
- McDougall, S. & McLean S. (submitted). 'The contribution of child maltreatment to social anxiety disorder: A review of the published literature from 2002-2013', BMC Psychiatry.
- McLean, S. (under review). 'Enhancing care for children placed out of home with challenging behaviour: some suggestions from the literature', Children Australia.
- McLean, S. & Octoman, O. (under review). 'Supporting foster carers to manage challenging behaviour: a review of the recent literature on supports'. Children and Youth Services Review.
- McLean, S. & McDougall, S. (2014). 'Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Current issues in awareness, prevention and intervention', CFCA Paper No. 29 – December 2014.
- McLean, S., McDougall, S. & Russell, V. (2014). 'Supporting children living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Practice principles', Practitioners Resource.
- Octoman, O. & McLean, S. (2014). 'Challenging Behaviour in foster care: What supports do foster carers want?', Adoption and Fostering, vol. 38 no. 2, pp. 149-15.
- Reid, N., Dawe, S., Harnett, P., O’Callaghan, F., & McLean, S. (submitted). 'Using a self-regulation framework to understand difficulties in children with FASD: A review of the literature'. Drug and Alcohol Review.
- Roche, A. & Scott, D. (submitted). 'Child and parent sensitive practice: The perspectives of alcohol and other drug workers'. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.
- Salveron, M., Finan, S. & Bromfield, L. (Dec 2013). 'Why Wait?: Engaging with children and young people in child protection research to inform practice', Developing Practice, Issue 37, pp. 26-36.
- Spratt, T., Nett, J., Bromfield, L. Hietamaki, J., Kindler, H. & Ponnert, L. (2014). Child protection in Europe: Development of an international cross comparison model to inform national policies and practice. British Journal of Social Work, doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcu109.
- Staiger, P. & Dawe, S. (accepted), Modifying the risk associated with an impulsive temperament: A prospective study of drug dependence treatment. Addictive Behaviours.
- Winsor, T. & McLean, S. (submitted), 'Residential care workers' perspectives on the occurrence of mental health problems amongst adolescents in residential care', Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, Taylor & Francis.
- Winsor, T. & McLean, S. (submitted). 'Residential care workers' recognition of children's mental health problems', Journal of Emotional and Behavioural Disorders.
- Zufferey, C. & Gibson, C. (submitted). 'Bringing together professional education and research: influencing Social Work education to improve practice outcomes for children, Communities, Children and Families Australia.
- Zufferey, C. & Gibson, C. (July, 2014) 'Collaborating to focus on children in Australian social work education', Social Work Education, pp. 1-14, DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2014.940889.
Resources
Titles by Hannah Baker
In these profound books, Hannah draws upon her teenage diaries to provide rare insights into her real-life experience of child abuse. Tailoring her books to the different reading levels of a young child, teenager and adult, Hannah describes her experiences of the criminal justice system and the ongoing impacts of the abuse on her life. She provides crucial advice for those who are experiencing abuse and/or those who are supporting young people who may have been abused, as well as her ideas on how abuse can be better prevented and responded to in the future.
'Dealing with Sexual Abuse: A Young Australian's Insights' was first released as an e-book in May 2014. Since then, this updated and comprehensive book has been widely used in the fields of child protection, youth work, mental health, education (primary, secondary and tertiary), abuse prevention, criminal justice and policy reform; as well as by parents, carers and survivors of abuse.
Visit www.dealingwithsexualabuse.com.au to learn more.
A Guide to Understanding the South Australian Child Protection System: Why are children removed?
Dr Mary Salveron co-developed this resource for the Family Inclusion Network of South Australia and the Child and Family Welfare Association of South Australia. 'Why are children removed?' aims to help parents, their families and friends understand how and why certain things are done by Families SA and where help can be found for them.
For further information about this resource booklet, please contact the Family Inclusion Network of South Australia.