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Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

• AFRC Bibliography - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families - Resources for FRSP Services.
• Culturally responsive family dispute resolution in FRC’s, Dr Susan Armstrong, AIFS (2009). This paper synthesises some of the issues around building a framework for how FRCs, and other service providers in the sector, might provide culturally responsive Family Dispute Resolution.
• Perceptions of Multiculturalism and Security in Victoria, Monash University report (2009). The report reflects public acceptance of diversity as being about all Australians and a preference for a whole-of-community perspective on issues and solutions. The research also uncovered some areas of public concern including media potrayals of particular minority groups and issues surrounding integration, settlement services and social inclusion. 
   
• Beyondblue, the national depression initiative in partnership with Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) has extended its reach to people from non-English speaking backgrounds. Several fact sheets have been translated into 19 languages, bringing the total number of languages other than English to 25. 
• Report from the recent Second Biennial Family Relationship Services Program (FRSP) conference (2007). Includes papers by experts in culturally appropriate service delivery.
• Differential parenting of children from diverse cultural backgrounds attending child care (2007), by Sarah Wise and Lisa da Silva. Melbourne, Vic: AIFS, 36p (Research paper no. 39).
• Parenting in Australian families: a comparative study of Anglo, Torres Strait Islander, and Vietnamese communities (2000), Kolar, V. and Soriano, G. Melbourne, Vic: AIFS.
• Parenting partnerships in culturally diverse child care settings: A care provider perspective (2006), by Kelly Hand and Sarah Wise. Melbourne, Vic: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Research paper no.36.
• Report on Cultural-Community Divorce and the Family Law Act 1975 (2001), Family Law Council report to the Attorney-General. Australian Jewish and Islamic communities experience divorce difficulties which are superficially similar in consequence but distinctly different in context as a result of each of their cultural-community's divorce rules differing from those of the Australian family law system.
• Advocacy Help Kit Developed by the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) on behalf of the Detention Working Group. This kit is for use by advocacy groups and those working with refugees and asylum seekers in NSW.
• Enhancing family and relationship service accessibility and delivery to culturally and linguistically diverse families in Australia (2008), by Pooja Sawrikar and Ilan Katz. This paper builds on, and synthesises the emerging international and national literature to develop a practice and policy framework that can be used to help overcome inequities in access to family relationship services for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families in Australia. Source: Australian Policy Online.
• Parenting ‘mixed’ children: negotiating difference and belonging in mixed race, ethnicity and faith families (2008), Caballero et al.  Investigating how children receive a sense of belonging and identity from their parents, this report from the United Kingdom aims to inform debate about family life and strategies for support.
• Bilingual staff research project (2008), Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health. The following report presents key findings, recommendations and guidelines for recruiting, employing and working with bilingual staff. Source: Australian Policy Online.
• The Child Support Agency offers a variety of publications in languages other than English. Please visit CSA to view or to order translated publications. 
• Achieving outcomes for children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CaLD), by Sims et al. The paper reviews a number of innovative programs that have been established in Australia and identifies key features of service provision that are most likely to lead to successful social inclusion of children and families from CaLD backgrounds, recommending that these principles be applied more broadly. Source: ARACY
• Wishes to Wisdom (2008) is a report on the Southern Sudanese Women’s Project -a partnership project involving local community organisations and government agencies. Information is provided on the strategies, issues and challenges for service providers and this model can be used by organisations to inform the development of similar projects. 

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