Abstract
The papers outline the thinking of the traditional disciplines in child protection matters. It reviews services across Australia for child abuse and examines the types of resources needed nationally.
Proceedings of a seminar held 3-7 February 1986
Contents
- Welcome and official opening
Professor Richard Harding - Introduction
Ms Jan Carter - History of child abuse in Australia
Professor Peter Boss - Who owns child sexual abuse?
Mrs Sharyn Butt - Definitions of emotional abuse
Ms Jan Carter - Child sexual assault prevention programs: implications of their introduction to Australia
Ms Moira Carmody and Ms Affrica Taylor - The evaluation of child abuse services
Dr Sally Leivesley - Support versus intervention in cases of child maltreatment: an efficient system that works
Dr Terry Donald - Practical legal dilemmas and child sexual abuse
Dr Flora Botica - Children in the Family Court: whose best interests?
Ms Moira Rayner, Ms Sally Beasley - Incest and access: the Family Court's response
Ms Julie Stewart - Mandatory reporting: yes or no?
Inspector Barbara Oldfield - The child victim in Criminal Court proceedings
Mr Paul Byrne - A personal statement
Ms Liz Archer - Protective behaviours: the Victorian community program
Sgt Vicki Brown - The police role in child protection
Detective Sergeant David Jeffries - Child abuse and the media
Ms S.N. Castell-McGregor - Kids in crisis: from the point of view of a refuge
Ms Loreen Kelly, Ms Mary Barker, Ms Vicki Lacey and Ms Sally Steele - Dympna House: an analysis of a community based incest centre
Ms Jan Emetchi - The New South Wales Child Sexual Assault Program
Ms Helen L'Orange - No longer a victim
Ms Cathy-Ann Matthews - Medical assessment: helping children feel good about themselves
Dr Tania Black - Ideas on the formation of a National Register on Child Abuse
Mark Jones - Strategies in the prevention of child abuse and neglect in Australia
Ms Alison A. Davis - Conference program
- List of participants
- List of resolutions