National Conference on Child Abuse

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