Ainsworth, Frank (2024) Looking Back and Learning from Kew Cottages. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 41 (3). pp. 273-274.

Ainsworth, Frank (2023) Modifying children's court care plans to acknowledge poverty and disadvantage. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 82 (3). pp. 394-399.

Huefner, Jonathan, and Ainsworth, Frank (2021) Commentary: Recognizing the value of the milieu in therapeutic residential care for children and youth. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 38 (3). pp. 324-335.

Ainsworth, Frank (2021) The best interests of the child: more questions about this construct? Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 33 (2). pp. 104-113.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Mastronardi, Paul (2021) A house burden score: measuring the workload in therapeutic residential care for young people. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 38 (4). pp. 339-345.

Mastronardi, Paul, Ainsworth, Frank, and Huefner, Jonathan C. (2020) Demonstrating the effectiveness of a residential education programme for disengaged young people: a preliminary report. Children Australia, 45 (4). pp. 312-316.

Hansen, Patricia, and Ainsworth, Frank (2020) Examining child protection practice in New South Wales: non-accidental injury and the principle of strict liability. Children Australia, 45 (1). pp. 8-13.

Ainsworth, Frank (2020) The social and economic origins of child abuse and neglect. Children Australia, 45 (4). pp. 202-206.

Ainsworth, Frank (2019) Letter to the Editor [Children Australia, Volume 44, Issue 3 September 2019]. Children Australia, 44 (3). p. 103.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2018) Group homes for children and young people: the problem not the solution. Children Australia, 43 (1). pp. 42-46.

Ainsworth, Frank (2017) Book Review of "Blinded by Science: the social implications of epigenetics and neuroscience" by D. Wastell and S. White. Bristol, UK, Policy Press, 2017. ISBN 978-14473-2234-4. Children Australia, 42 (3). pp. 222-223.

Ainsworth, Frank (2017) For the few not the many: an Australian perspective on the use of therapeutic residential care for children and young people. Residential Treatment For Children & Youth, 34 (3-4). pp. 325-338.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2017) A study of the use of Section 106a of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 in the New South\Wales Children's Court. Children Australia, 42 (3). pp. 198-204.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2016) Establishing adoption as a route out of care in New South Wales: a commentary. Children Australia, 41 (3). pp. 232-236.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2015) Therapeutic residential care: different population, different purpose, different costs. Children Australia, 40 (4). pp. 342-347.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2015) Understanding difficult parental behaviours during a child protection investigation. Children Australia, 40 (1). pp. 20-22.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Thoburn, June (2014) An exploration of the differential usage of residential childcare across national boundaries. International Journal of Social Welfare, 23 (1). pp. 16-24.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2014) Family foster care: can it survive the evidence? Children Australia, 39 (2). pp. 87-92.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2014) When is enough enough? the burgeoning cost of child protection services. Children Australia, 39 (2). pp. 93-98.

Hansen, Patricia, and Ainsworth, Frank (2013) Australian child protection services: a game without end. International Journal of Social Welfare, 22 (1). pp. 104-110.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2012) Doing harm while doing good: the child protection paradox. Child & Youth Services, 33 (2). pp. 146-157.

Hansen, Patricia, and Ainsworth, Frank (2011) In 'the best interests of the child': critical reflections on an over used construct. Children Australia, 36 (1). pp. 12-17.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2011) The Munro review of child protection: final report. A child-centred system: a review and commentary. Children Australia, 36 (3). pp. 164-168.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2011) The experience of parents of children in care: the human rights issue. Child & Youth Services, 32 (1). pp. 9-18.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2010) Confidentiality in child protection cases: who benefits? Children Australia, 35 (3). pp. 11-17.

Hansen, Patricia, and Ainsworth, Frank (2009) The 'best interests of the child thesis': some thoughts from Australia. International Journal of Social Welfare, 18 (4). pp. 431-439.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2009) Babies for the deserving: developments in foster care and adoption in one Australian state - others to follow? Just Policy, 50 (30). pp. 24-28.

Hansen, Patricia, and Ainsworth, Frank (2009) Human rights abuse in aspects of child protection practice? Australian Journal of Social Issues, 44 (2). pp. 183-193.

Hansen, Patricia, and Ainsworth, Frank (2009) Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in New South Wales (the Wood Report): a review and commentary. Children Australia, 34 (2). pp. 17-23.

Hansen, Patricia, and Ainsworth, Frank (2008) Children in out-of-home care: what drives the increase in admissions and how to make a change. Children Australia, 33 (4). pp. 13-20.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2008) Programs for high needs children and young people: group homes are not enough. Children Australia, 33 (2). pp. 41-47.

Ainsworth, Frank (2007) Residential programs for children and young people: what we need and what we don't need. Children Australia, 32 (1). pp. 32-36.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Fulcher, Leon C. (2006) Creating and sustaining a group culture care. Child & Youth Services, 28 (1/2). pp. 151-176.

Fulcher, Leon C., and Ainsworth, Frank (2006) Looking ahead. Child & Youth Services, 28 (1/2). pp. 285-294.

Ainsworth, Frank, and Hansen, Patricia (2006) Five tumultuous years in Australian child protection: little progress. Child and Family Social Work, 11 (1). pp. 33-41.

Maluccio, Anthony N., and Ainsworth, Frank (2006) Family foster care: development or decline? Adoption and Fostering, 30 (4). pp. 20-25.