Publications and resources

The Family Action Centre is a self-funded, not-for-profit organisation. We publish and distribute a wide range of resources aimed at achieving our goal of a truly civil society. By purchasing our products you are helping to support and maintain the Family Action Centre and fund future research and publications.

A PDF version of our resource catalogue is available online, or you can contact us for a paper version. A copy of our most up-to-date order form is also available for download here. Orders can be emailed to FAC Events or faxed to 02 4921 8686.

New releases

	Indigenous men from all walks of life candidly discuss their mixed feelings, from fear for their partner's health to their sense of joy at becoming a father. These dads all embrace fatherhood and demonstrate the strengths and skills that helped them through this emotionally draining but exhilerating moment in their lives. << Click on the pic to learn more
	This CD brings together all the resources, knowledge and experience accumulated by the Fathers in Communities workers during their work in schools around Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, NSW. There is information on the hands-on practicalities of organising a dads' breakfast, pro forma documents for the invites and notices you'll need, work sheets for homework projects and the creation of a dads' corner in the classroom, a dads' strengths survey form and more. << Click on the pic to learn more
	It's here! The long-awaited second edition of the Being A Man photopak was launched at "Stories of Success", the fifth biennial Working With Boys, Building Fine Men conference. With 52 black-and-white photos, a book of user's notes and presented in a sleek black vinyl satchel, you'll be amazed to learn that Being A Man 2 is actually cheaper than the first edition! << Click on the pic to learn more
	Recently launched by the University of Newcastle's Professor Trevor Waring, the Interpersonal Skills for Professional Practice DVD is a resource that is application across many disciplines. Using role plays and reviews, the DVD demonstrates the core skills necessary for students of education, medicine, psychology and teaching. << Click on the pic to learn more
	The inaugural Australian Rock & Water conference was held in Newcastle in October 2006. All the keynote addresses and presentations are now available in a book, Bringing It Together, co-published by the Family Action Centre and the Gadaku Institute. Articles describe the evaluation of Rock & Water programs in a variety of contexts: primary schools, secondary schools, Indigenous schools, and in social work settings. Several include evaluation sheets and examples of completed forms. << Click on the pic to learn more
	Among our most successful publications in 2006 was Educating Boys: The Good News. With contributions from over 40 leading academics and practitioners, Educating Boys includes case studies from low socioeconomic settings, Indigenous communities, and single-sex and coeducational environments. Drawing on presentations made at the fourth biennial "Working with Boys, Building Fine Men" conference, this book is a must-have for all parents and educators. With a foreword by Steve Biddulph and articles by Celia Lashlie, Freerk Ykema, Don Edgar, Chris Sarra and many, many others, Educating Boys is great value at on $45.00. And what makes it even better value is the CD-ROM version, for only $25.00. << Click on the pic to learn more
	The Nuts & Bolts of Kids & Schools is a parenting course for fathers of school-aged children. Produced in manual format, it provides a step-by-step guide to the facilitation of a short course for fathers and father-figures. The exercises have been field-tested on non-reading dads and dads from low-income and middle-income areas. We know that they work! << Click on the pic to learn more
	The Bringing Fathers In handbook was designed for family services wishing to involve fathers, father-figures and male carers. Inspiring and instructive stories of father engagement are interwoven with documented strategies, clarification of complex areas (Do I need a man to do this?) and practical exercises. << Click on the pic to learn more