Child Care in Practice

ISSN 1357-5279
VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2
APRIL 1999

1. Foreword and Letters to the Editor.
Page 97 98

2. Conference Report Children's Rights - Raising Awareness -Preparing for Action
Introduction - Stephen Knox, APSW(A), South and East Belfast Health & Social Services Trust.
Children’s Rights and Social Work Practice - Karen Winter, Senior Social Worker, South and East Belfast Health & Social Services Trust.
Children’s Rights and Education - Alexandra Barr, Research Associate, Queen’s University of Belfast.
Pages 99 - 111

3. The Contacts Which Families and Children with Learning Disabilities Have with Health and Social Services
Roy McConkey, University of Ulster and Eastern Health and Social Services Board, and Dermot McAteer, Eastern Health and Social Services Board.
Pages 112 - 121

4. The Vulnerability of Children with Disabilities to Abuse: A Literature Review
Helga Sneddon, Research Assistant and Marina Monteith, Research Fellow, Centre for Child Care Research, Queen’s University of Belfast.
Pages 122 - 127

5. Lessons Learnt from A Longitudinal Study of Children who Failed-to-Thrive in Childhood
Dorota Iwaniec, Professor of Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast and Director of the Centre for Child Care Research.
Pages 128 - 139

6. Family Support and the Early Years Centre: A Case Study of Parents Views
Andrew Pithouse, Senior Lecturer, and Sally Holland, Tutorial Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.
Pages 140 - 150

7. An Evaluation of the Criteria Used in Decision Making in Child Protection Referrals
John Devaney, Senior Social Worker, Ulster Community and Hospitals Trust.
Pages 151 - 160

8. Consenusd and Conflict in the Multi-Disciplinary Child Protection Process
Fiona Wright, Child Protection Nurse Specialist, Craigavon and Banbridge Community Health and Social Services Trust, Pages 161 - 170

9. Update - The National Standards Initiative in Foster Care: A Northern Ireland Viewpoint
Kate Lewis, Development Officer, Northern Ireland Foster Care Association.
Pages 171 - 173

10. The Child Care in Practice Group Exert from the Annual Report 1997/98. Pages 175- 177

11. BOOK REVIEW
Growing up with Disability
edited by C. Robinson and K. Stalker
Reviewed by Berni Kelly, University of Ulster. Pages 178 - 180

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