What is the Strengthening Families Program?
The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a family skills program originally developed and tested in 1983 with 6- to 12-year-old children of parents in substance abuse treatment. SFP builds on protective factors by improving family relationships, parenting skills, and the youth’s social and life skills.
How does the Australian government define family?
The ABS defines a family as ‘a group of two or more persons that are related by blood, marriage (registered or de facto), adoption, step or fostering, and who usually live together in the same household. At least one person in the family has to be 15 years or over.
Who are the members in a blended family?
A blended family is ‘a couple family containing two or more children, of whom at least one is the natural or adopted child of both members of the couple, and at least one is the stepchild of either partner in the couple’.
What was the most common family in Australia in 2016?
The 2016 Census 1 counted 6.1 million families across Australia. There has been considerable change in the 25 years since 1991. Couple families with children remained the most common type of Australian family in 2016.
How many sole parent families are there in Australia?
In contemporary Australia, the growth in sole-parent families continues to outstrip the growth in couple families. In June 2003, the number of couple families with dependent children was 2,068,800: a rise of nearly ten per cent since June 1986. The number of sole parent families with dependent children in June 2003 was 560,800, a
What makes a typical Aussie family portrait?
What makes a typical Aussie family? The conventional Australian family portrait, framed and hanging in lounge rooms across the country is changing. A smiling photo of mum, dad, children and occasionally a much-loved pet, has evolved to reflect children are increasingly growing up in non-traditional families.
What are the challenges of Modern Family in Australia?
Amendments have been attempted but these modern family configurations create a challenge for a range of Australian legal structures, social services and community frameworks. Genetic and legal parenthood are no longer the same and we are facing ambiguous family boundaries.