Out-of-home care research

On this page you can find documents from past research programs. For the latest publications and research, please visit the FACSIAR publications and resources page.

2016

Download publications and research from 2016:

• VERSO therapeutic residential care system development evidence guide - June 2016 (PDF, 324.8 KB)
• VERSO therapeutic residential care system development: operational plan - June 2016 (PDF, 323.2 KB)
• VERSO therapeutic residential care system development: outcome measurement framework - June 2016 (PDF, 429.5 KB)
• VERSO therapeutic residential care system development: system design - June 2016 (PDF, 1.3 MB)

2012

Download publications and research from 2012:

• Research to Practice note: The education of children and young people in out-of-home care (PDF, 359.5 KB)
• The education of children and young people in out-of-home care (PDF, 848.3 KB)

2008

Download publications and research from 2008:

• Children and young people from non-English speaking backgrounds in out-of-home care in NSW - September 2008 - Research report (PDF, 714.5 KB)

2007

Download publications and research from 2007:

• Longitudinal study of wards leaving care - four or five years on (PDF, 782.0 KB)
• Mental health of children in out-of-home care in NSW (PDF, 97.7 KB)
• Permanency planning and placement stability (PDF, 103.7 KB)
• Young people leaving out-of-home care (PDF, 108.0 KB)

2006

Download publications and research from 2006:

• Attachment and the role of foster carers (PDF, 135.1 KB)
• Importance of attachment in the lives of foster children - July 2006 - Research report (PDF, 557.1 KB)
• Making decisions about contact (PDF, 137.7 KB)
• Models of service delivery and interventions for children and young people with high needs - literature review (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Outcomes for children and young people in kinship care (PDF, 520.4 KB)

2005

Download publications and research from 2005:

• Contact between children in out-of-home care and their birth families - July 2005 - Research report (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Is all contact between children in care and their birth parents ‘good’ contact? - December 2005 - Research report (PDF, 787.4 KB)
• Methodological design issues in longitudinal studies of children and young people in out-of-home care (PDF, 683.4 KB)
• Trends in the numbers of children and young people in out-of home care in NSW (PDF, 199.4 KB)

1996

Download publications and research from 1996:

• Longitudinal study of wards leaving care - January 1996 - Research report (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Other

Download publications and research from other years:

• Multicultural foster carer recruitment project evaluation report (PDF, 280.8 KB)