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Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

Culturally and linguistically diverse children in out-of-home care: Safety developmental outcomes connections to family and culture. Evidence to Action Note Number 12 (2.2 MB,PDF File)

This note summarises child protection backgrounds, developmental outcomes, and connections to culture for CALD children in care; and implications for policy.

Young children (0-5)Primary aged children (6-11)Culturally and linguistically diverse people and communities
Child protectionOut-of-home careChild development
Summary or brief
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

Pathways of Care: A longitudinal study of children in care in Australia (2.6 MB,PDF File)

Introductory article for special issue on Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 106586. Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106586

Children and families
Out-of-home careChild development
Report
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Socio-emotional outcomes of children in out of home care (689.1 KB,PDF File)

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Socio-emotional outcomes of children in out of home care

Children and families
Child developmentHealth and mental healthOut-of-home care
Presentation
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Contact with mothers for children in out-of-home care: Group-based trajectory modelling (779.5 KB,PDF File)

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Contact with mothers for children in out-of-home care: Group-based trajectory modelling

Children and familiesParents and carers
Child developmentOut-of-home care
Presentation
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

Infants entering out-of-home care: Health developmental needs and service provision (1.1 MB,PDF File)

This study determines the prevalence of developmental vulnerability and the uptake of service provision for children who entered care as infants.

Children and familiesYoung children (0-5)
Child developmentHealth and mental healthOut-of-home care
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Exploring the impact of child and placement characteristics, carer resources, perceptions and life stressors on caregiving and well-being (1.2 MB,PDF File)

This presentation examines how certain factors impact caregiving and well-being; and identifies group-based trajectories of caregiving and wellbeing of carers.

Children and familiesParents and carers
Child developmentOut-of-home care
Presentation
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Placement stability and children’s developmental outcomes: Evidence from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (811.0 KB,PDF File)

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Placement stability and children’s developmental outcomes: Evidence from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

Children and families
Child developmentOut-of-home care
Presentation
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Overview of the POCLS (919.3 KB,PDF File)

Merran Butler, Department of Communities and Justice NSW. Conference presentation.

Children and families
Child developmentOut-of-home care
Presentation
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Influences of pre-care characteristics on trajectories of wellbeing and placement stability for children in out-of-home care (1.3 MB,PDF File)

This presentation identifies subgroups of children in care based on family demographics and personal factors, and explores how these influence outcomes.

Children and families
Child developmentOut-of-home care
Presentation
Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study

2023 Australian Social Policy Conference. Children with disability in OOHC: characteristics and outcomes (839.9 KB,PDF File)

This paper compares the outcomes of children with disabilities in care to those without disabilities and examines associated factors, including sub-populations.

Children and families
Child developmentDisabilityOut-of-home care
Presentation
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26 Mar 2025