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Hearing the Children

Author: Justice Thorpe; Justine Cadbury
Publisher: Family Law LexisNexis
ISBN: 9780853089254
Published In: April 2004
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hearing the Children is the result of the 2003 Interdisciplinary Conference held at Dartington Hall.

The Conference assembled a uniquely qualified group of contributors, drawn from the professions most closely involved in the resolution of child welfare problems. This book brings together their papers and offers both theoretical background and practical experience relating to the participation of children in family proceedings.

The book presents the latest thinking on:

Child attachment theory and its implications in practice
Communication with children
Protection of children from minority ethnic, mixed heritage and refugee families
Participation and representation of children in proceedings.

PLENARY ONE

Concepts of Child Attachment
Dr Jonathan Green
Attachment Theory and Research: Recent Advances and Implications for Adoption and Foster Care
Dr Miriam Steele;
The Voice of the Child in Public Law Proceedings: A Developmental Model
Dr Gillian Schofield

PLENARY TWO

Plenary discussions
Dr Jonathan Green, Dr Miriam Steele and Dr Gillian Schofield

PLENARY THREE

Communicating with Children
Dr David Jones
Making Sense of What Children Say: Contributions from Developmental Psychology
Dr Jan Aldridge
Summary of comments from the groups

PLENARY FOUR

Listening to and Safeguarding Children from Mixed Heritage Backgrounds
Beverley Prevatt-Goldstein
Child Protection, the Courts and Minority Ethnic Families
Ashok Chand
The Mental Health Needs of Refugee Children and their Families
Dr Guinevere Tufnell
Plenary discussions
Beverley Prevatt-Goldstein, Ashok Chand and Dr Guinevere Tufnell

PLENARY FIVE

The Children's Commissioner for Wales
Peter Clarke
Involving Children in Planning and Review Services
Professor June Thoburn
The Children's Taskforce and the National Service Framework
Professor Albert Aynsley-Green

PLENARY SIX

Listening to Young Children: Promoting the ‘Voices' of Children under the age of eight
Y Penny Lancaster
‘The Voice of the Child': Children's Rights are Human Rights
Peter Newell
Young People's Experiences of Care
Dr Maureen Winn-Oakley with Tom Oakley, Nikki Cox, Nirupana Uthaykumar, Ammanda Walsh and Alison Price

PLENARY SEVEN

Children's Participation in Proceedings - The View from Europe
Andrew Moylan QC
Representing Children
Mark Powell
Children's Representation in Private Law Proceedings
Charles Prest

PLENARY EIGHT

‘Protecting Children from Harm' - Reflections on the Green Paper
Jane Held and Andrew Cozens
Issues raised by the Green Paper: preliminary views
Issues raised in small groups and discussions
Consolidation and summary of small group discussions
Concluding Comments
The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss

Edited by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe and Justine Cadbury
with a Foreword by The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss DBE, President of the Family Division

"contains a series of excellent papers from some of the country`s leading experts. It is a valuable resource for all professionals involved in childrens cases"
New Law Journal

"complex concepts in an admirably clear and direct way ... contains much valuable material which is likely to assist practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds"
Adoption and Fostering