The WA Health Child Safety Director invites you to a forum on:
Child Neglect – Why we MUST ACT
Neglect can strongly impact a child's brain development, health and all aspects of their current and
future life. It can be as damaging and in many cases more damaging to a child than physical or
sexual abuse. The debilitating effects of childhood neglect can be lifelong.
Presenters:
Date: 19/10/15
Time: 9am – 12.30pm
Venue: PMH,
McDonald Lecture
Theatre.
Neurological Impact of Neglect. Dr Caroline Goossens,
Consultant Psychiatrist, CAMHS WA Health
Medical Neglect. Dr Alice Johnson, Consultant
Paediatrician. Child Protection Unit, PMH
Dental Neglect. Dr Stephen Knott. Forensic Pathologist
CACH Neglect Protocol. Susan Bradshaw Snr Portfolio
Officer Child and Adolescent Community Health
Aboriginal Children and Neglect.
Consumer: Personal story.
Admin Building, entry
off Roberts Road.
Video Conferencing
for country
participants available.
According to research, neglect is the type of child
maltreatment most likely to re-occur in a family
even after child protective services intervene. The
more chronic or recurring neglect is in a family, the
more likely that children in that family will also
suffer other forms of abuse. Neglected children are
more likely to show up in the juvenile justice system
during adolescent years and are less likely than
physically abused or sexually abused children to
receive services for their developmental delays.
Dee Wilson, (Director of the Northwest Institute for
Children and Families in Seattle, Washington).
Target Audience:
Professionals who
work with children
and families are
encouraged to attend.
Participants will be able to ask questions, obtain
resources and gather information to assist with
practise in this difficult area of protecting children.
To RSVP and for further information, please contact the Statewide Protection of Children
Coordination Unit, WA Health
Telephone : 92241932 or spoccunit@health.wa.gov.au