Notice to Practitioners and Researchers

Notice of Terms of Use

The Family DOORS tools (“DOORS”) are intended for professional use, for the express purpose of assisting with preliminary screening and responding to risk. The DOORS, in whole or in part, do not provide any formal diagnosis, finding, conclusion or recommendation, and are not intended to be used as a substitute for assessment. The authors and publishers of the DOORS disclaim any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information gathered in screening processes that employ DOORS, or for decisions that are made or services that are received in conjunction with this tool. The full Terms of Use can be found on the Family DOORS website. Use of DOORS in any form is subject to and conditional upon these Terms of Use. All users of DOORS in any form are deemed, by virtue of such use, to have read, understood, accepted and agreed to these Terms of Use.

Using the Family DOORS

Accurate use of the DOORS depends on good, ongoing training and the relevant service policies. Reading the supporting material and the Family DOORS handbook including the completion of the self-paced learning activities will provide relevant background for using the DOORS screening tools. A comprehensive online training about the Family DOORS has also been developed and is available for a fee through the www.familydoors.com website.

Researcher Terms of Use

Research use of the DOORS is encouraged, and collaborations are invited. Once permissions are sought, researchers may make free use of the Family DOORS screening tool for research purposes. Researchers wishing to use the Family DOORS Screening Tool for research purposes should contact the author, Prof. Jennifer McIntosh, with a simple letter acknowledging acceptance of the terms of use via Contact: DoorsSupport@rasa.org.au

The researcher/s will ensure that in their use of the Family DOORS:

  • the Terms of Use Notice (at the top of this page) appears prominently on the DOORS screening tool;
  • copyright and trademarks pertaining to the DOORS are used;
  • all use of the DOORS screening tool is strictly not for profit;
  • software versions of the tool are not created without express permission;
  • the DOORS screening tools are not modified in any way without permission of the author, including translation from English. If permission to translate is granted, the researcher agrees to make this translation available to the author/s, and to grant them the right to use the translation in their ongoing work with the DOORS;
  • the DOORS Handbook is referred to as an important guide for implementation. Further training can be undertaken as needed from the online program, available at familydoors.com;
  • authorship is acknowledged.
  • reference to the Family DOORS tools and resources are followed as given below (or available from the author via DoorsSupport@rasa.org.au).
Citations and references

Family Law DOORS

Family Law DOOR 1 (Parent):

McIntosh, J.E. (2011). DOOR 1: Parent Self-Report Form. In J.E. McIntosh & Ralfs, C. (2012). The Family Law DOORS Handbook. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

Family Law DOOR 1 (Property/non-parent):

McIntosh, J.E. (2011). DOOR 1: Non-Parent Self-Report Form. In J.E. McIntosh & Ralfs, C. (2012). The Family Law DOORS Handbook. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

Family Law DOOR 1 (Significant Other):

McIntosh, J.E. (2011). DOOR 1: Significant Other Self-Report Form. In J.E. McIntosh & Ralfs, C. (2012). The Family Law DOORS Handbook. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

Family Law DOOR 2 (Parent):

McIntosh, J.E. (2011). DOOR 2: Practitioner Aide Memoire (Parent). In J.E. McIntosh & Ralfs, C. (2012). The Family Law DOORS Handbook. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

Family Law DOOR 2 (Property/non-parent):

McIntosh, J.E. (2011). DOOR 2: Practitioner Aide Memoire (Property/non-parent). In J.E. McIntosh & Ralfs, C. (2012). The Family Law DOORS Handbook. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

Family Law DOOR 2 (Significant Other):

McIntosh, J.E. (2011). DOOR 2: Practitioner Aide Memoire (Significant Other). In J.E. McIntosh & Ralfs, C. (2012). The Family Law DOORS Handbook. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

MyDOORS

McIntosh, J.E. & Lee, J. (2016). MyDOOR 1 Self-Report Form (with Parent-Child questions) In: J.E. McIntosh & J. Lee (2024). The MyDOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. Relationships Australia, South Australia and The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University.

McIntosh, J.E., & Lee, J. (2016). MyDOOR 1 Self-Report Form (without Parent-Child questions) In: J.E. McIntosh & J. Lee (2024). The MyDOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. Relationships Australia, South Australia and The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University.

McIntosh, J.E., & Lee, J. (2016). MyDOOR 2 Practitioner Aide Memoire (with Parent-Child questions). In: J.E. McIntosh & J. Lee (2024). The MyDOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. Relationships Australia, South Australia and The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University.

McIntosh, J.E., & Lee, J. (2016). MyDOOR 2 Practitioner Aide Memoire (without Parent-Child questions). In: J.E. McIntosh & J. Lee (2024). The MyDOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. Relationships Australia, South Australia and The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University.

DOORS-YP

Lee, J. & McIntosh, J.E. (2024). YP-DOOR 1 Self-Report Form. In: J. Lee & J.E. McIntosh & (2024). The Young Persons’ DOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. Relationships Australia, South Australia and The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University.

Lee, J. & McIntosh, J.E. (2024). YP-DOOR 2 Practitioner Aide Memoire. In: J. Lee & J.E. McIntosh & (2024). The Young Persons’ DOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. Relationships Australia, South Australia and The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University.

Kids’ DOORS

McIntosh, J.E., Bailey, A., Lee, J. & Ralfs, C. (2023). Kids’ DOOR 1: Supported self-report. In: A. Bailey, J.E. McIntosh, A. Booth, J. Lee, & C. Ralfs (2023). The Kids’ DOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University and Relationships Australia, South Australia.

McIntosh, J.E., Bailey, A., Lee, J. & Ralfs, C. (2023). Kids’ DOOR 1: Supported screening (with traffic light rubric). In: A. Bailey, J.E. McIntosh, A. Booth, J. Lee, & C. Ralfs (2023). The Kids’ DOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University and Relationships Australia, South Australia.

McIntosh, J.E., Bailey, A., Lee, J. & Ralfs, C. (2023). Kids’ DOOR 2: Practitioner Aide Memoire. In: A. Bailey, J.E. McIntosh, A. Booth, J. Lee, & C. Ralfs (2023). The Kids’ DOORS Handbook. Unpublished Manuscript. The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University and Relationships Australia, South Australia.

References

Family Law DOORS framework:

McIntosh, J.E, & Ralfs, C. (2012). The DOORS Detection Of Overall Risk Screen framework. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

Family Law DOORS handbook:

McIntosh, J. E., & Ralfs, C. (2012). The Family Law DOORS handbook. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.