Office of the Public AdvocateCopies of OPA's research reports are available upon request.
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Please quote the reference number, as well as the title, when requesting a document.
| Report name | Date | Reference number |
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| Decision Time: Activating the rights of adults with cognitive disability | February 2021 | CD/21/144067 |
| The Illusion of 'Choice and Control': The difficulties for people with complex and challenging support needs to obtain adequate supports under the NDIS | September 2018 | CD/18/679754 |
| Designing a deprivation of liberty framework (Discussion paper) | August 2017 | CD/17/49577 |
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Building bridges: Linking disconnected service networks (Addressing the over-representation of people with acquired brain injury in the criminal justice system) |
November 2016 | CD/17/111733 |
| Volunteer Programs of Support for Decision Making: lessons and recommendations from the OVAL Project | December 2016 | CD/19/716004 |
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Rebuilding the village: Supporting families where a parent has a disability Report 2: Child Protection |
September 2015 | CD/15/498188 |
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Whatever happened to the village? The removal of children from parents with a disability. Report 1: Family law - the hidden issues |
December 2013 | CD/14/112080 |
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Responding to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect: Improving our protection of at-risk adults (Report for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia) |
July 2013 | CD/14/111350 |
| Healthy Living Survey 2012: Findings in relation to Disability Services; residents' physical activity levels, community engagement levels and Person-Centred Plans | June 2013 | CD/14/111680 |
| Guardianship around the world: A resource on international adult guardianship systems | October 2012 | CD/14/111576 |
| Sexual assault in Supported Residential Services: Four case studies | May 2012 | CD/14/111894 |
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Breaking the Cycle - full report (Helping people with cognitive impairment break the cycle of poverty, isolation and contact with crime) |
April 2012 | CD/14/111881 |
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Breaking the Cycle - summary report (Helping people with cognitive impairment break the cycle of poverty, isolation and contact with crime) |
April 2012 | CD/14/111889 |
| The Victorian Office of the Public Advocate: a first history 1986-2007 | April 2011 | CD/14/111356 |
| Violence against people with cognitive impairments: Report from the Advocacy/Guardianship program at the Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria | August 2010 | CD/14/112072 |
| Supervised Treatment Orders in Practice: How are the human rights of people detained under the Disability Act 2006 protected? | August 2010 | CD/14/112040 |
| How are People’s Rights Protected under Supervised Treatment Orders? (Easy English) | August 2010 | CD/14/111745 |
| Status report on Supported Residential Services (SRS) | September 2009 | CD/14/111872 |
| Two steps forward, one step back: an analysis of five years of Community Visitor annual reports, 2003-2007 | June 2009 | CD/14/112045 |
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Long-Stay Patient Project (Inappropriate long-tern placement of patients in secure mental health facilities due to a lack of suitable accommodation options) |
April 2009 | CD/14/111756 |
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Koories and Disability: The Double Disadvantage
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December 2003 | CD/23/213990 |
| Finding New Ways - A review of services to the person with intellectual disability in the Victorian justice system | December 1988 | CD/14/111564 |
| Silent Victims - A study of people with intellectual disability as victims of crime | May 1988 | CD/14/112018 |
| Finding the Way - The Criminal Justice System and The Person with Intellectual Disability | April 1987 | CD/14/111571 |
