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ISSN 1357-5279
SPECIAL CHILDREN ORDER EDITION

1. Countdown to the Children Order - A Departmental Perspective
J.J.M. Harbison, Deputy Secretary, Health and Social Policy, Department of Health and Social Services.

2. The European Childhood Fund
Dr. Bill Smith, Social Policy Branch, Department of Health and Social Services

3. Mediation and the Children Order
Linda Kerr, LLB., Joint Co-ordinator of Family Mediation Service

4. Strategic Planning for Children in Need
Lynne Peyton, Assistant Director of Social Services, S.H.S.S.B.

5. The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 - Children with a  Disability Inclusion at Last or Last in the Queue?
Gail McKibben. Chairperson of Disability Action.

6. "Delta - An Early Years Parenting Programme" - The Southern Area Experience
Tony Rodgers, Child & Family Care Manager and Liz Jones, DELTA Development Officer

7. Combining Prevention and Protection in the Development of Ballymena Children's Centre
Theresa Donaldson, Team Manager N.S.P.C.C. Children’s Centre, Ballymena.

8. The Family Support Worker Scheme - It's Role in Prevention to Children and Families in Need
Colin Reid, Senior Social Worker and Barbara McDermott, Assistant Principal Social Worker, Craigavon and Banbridge Health and Social Services Trust

9. Significant Harm
Richard White, L.L.B., Solicitor

10. Representing Children - New Challenges For Northern Ireland Lawyers
Claire Archbold, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast

11. From the Children Act 1989 to the Children (NI) Order 1995: Research Messages and Implementation Issues
Dr Colette McAuley and Dr Kerry O’Halloran, Department of Social Work, Queen’s University, Belfast

12. Some Issues in Implementing the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Sheila M.C. Inglis, Policy and Research Manager, Children in Scotland

13. BOOK REVIEWS
The Children Act in Practice by Richard White, Paul Carr and Nigel Lowe - Reviewed by Ann Godfrey, APSW Training (Children Order), S.H.S.S.B.
Child Care Law - A Comparative Review of New Legislation IN Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: The Children (NI) Order 1995 and the Child Care Act 1991
conducted by Kerry O’Halloran, Department of Social Work, Queen’s University and Robbie Gilligan Senior Lecturer, Dep. of Social Studies, Trinity College, Dublin
Reviewed by Cath Webb, Social Worker, Brownlow Social Services Child Abused and the Law by Cathy Cobley - Reviewed by Dympna Mallon, N.I.A.C.R.O.

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