Family Law

Hearing the Children

Edited by Justice Thorpe · Justine Cadbury
Family Law LexisNexis April 2004

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780853089254
Publisher
Family Law LexisNexis
Publication
April 2004
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

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.

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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

Reviews

"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

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