VOLUME 6, NUMBER 1
January 2000
1. Editorial and Letters to the Editor
2. Education and Social Services – The Interface
Cathy Bell, Senior Practitioner, North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust, Roger
Kelly, Divisional Education Welfare Officer, Belfast Education and Library Board, Frank Wallace,
Education Welfare Officer, Belfast Education and Library Board
3. Who is ‘Out of School‘?
Charles Eastwood, Educational Psychologist, North Eastern Education and Library Board
4. The Good Behaviour Game
Michael Keenan, Janna L Moore, School of Psychology and Communication Sciences,
University of Ulster at Coleraine and Karola Dillenburger, School of Social Work, The Queens
University of Belfast
5. A Good Hearing? An Application of the Life Space Interview in Residential Child Care
> Johnnie Gibson, Independent Consultant/Trainer, Gibson-Cathcart Training, Education,
Consultancy and Paul Smith, Residential Social Worker, Belfast Central Mission
6. Towards a Framework for Conducting Pre-Birth Risk Assessments
Martin C Calder, Child Protection Co-ordinator, City of Salford Community and Social Services
Directorate
7. Multiple Birth Families - Their Needs and Experiences
Hilary Collins, Regional Co-ordinator for Twins and Multiple Births Association
8. Living With a Convicted Sex Abuser - Professional Support for Female Partners
Professor Mike Brogden and Sharon Harkin, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice,
Queen's University of Belfast
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2
April 2000
1. Editorial
2. Promoting Inclusive Play and Leisure Opportunities for Children With Disabilities
>Blanche Thompson, Community and Leisure Services, Belfast City Council, Helen
Taylor,Barnardo’s, and Roy McConkey, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster
3. The Use of Family Group Conferences in Child Protection Work: An Exploration of
Professionals Views
David Hayes, Senior Social Worker (Staff Development and Training), North and West Belfast
Health and Social Services Trust
4. Launch of 'Planning to Care' Report, 24 January 2000, Templepatrick
> (a) Findings From the Care Planning Inspection
> Marion Reynolds, Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate
(b) An Uneasy Balance
> The Honourable Mr Justice Higgins, Royal Courts of Justice
(c) Getting it Right for Children
Tara Caul, Children's Law Centre
(d) Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need
> Ruth Sinclair, Research Director, National Children's Bureau
5. Teenage Pregnancy - Unravelling the Issues
> Ann McGuigan, Social Worker, Family and Child Care, Ulster Community and Hospitals Trust
6. Child Care in Practice - Excerpt From Annual Report
7. Book Review: Making an Impact, Children and Domestic Violence: A Reader by Marianne
Hester, Chris Pearson and Nicola Harwin.
Reviewed by Sandra Corrigan, Young Persons Development Worker, NI Women's Aid
Federation
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3
July 2000
1. Editorial
2. Milk Bottle, Messenger, Monitor, Spy: Children's Experiences 0f Contact
Brynna Kroll, Lecturer in Applied Social Studies, University of Exeter
3. Listening to Children
Dr. Martine f. Delfos, Psychologist, PICOWO
4. Implementing the Children (NI) Order 1995 - Researching the Initial Impact on Social
Services Provision to Disabled Children in Northern Ireland
Marina Monteith, research fellow and Wendy Cousins, Research Fellow, Centre For Child Care
Research, School Of Social Work, Queen's University of Belfast
5. Children in Need: Health and Social Services Board and Trust Policy in Relation to the
Implementation of Article 18 of THE Children (NI) Order 1995
Patrick McCrystal and Karen McDowell, Centre for Child Care Research, Queen's University of
Belfast
6. Conference: the Human Rights Act 1998: Implications for Children. 24 May 2000
a) Interdepartmental Scene Setting - Context of the Human Rights Act
Heather Stevens, Human Rights Directorate
b) The Human Rights Act 1998: Considering the Implications for Children in Care
Tara Caul, Solicitor, Children's Law Centre
c) The Human Rights Act 1998: Juvenile Justice Implications
Dr Ursula Kilkelly, Dept of Law, University College Cork
d) The Human Rights Act 1998: The Implications For Children
Allan Levy Q.C., London
7. Book Review:
> Ethical Practice and the Abuse of Power in Social Responsibility - Leave No Stone Unturned.
Edited by Helen Payne and Brian Littlechild.
Reviewed by Julie Allen, Training and Development Officer, North and West Belfast Health and
Social Services Trust
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 4
October 2000
Special Edition: Working Therapeutically With Children and Families
1. Editorial
2. Crossing the Bridge of Hope With Children in Omagh
Delia McGuinness, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Joanne Carney, Family Therapist, Polly Finn,
Social Worker, Imelda McGeehan, Art Therapist, Trauma and Recovery Team, The Bridge
Centre, Omagh
3. On Minding and not Minding. Providing a Therapeutic Space for Children and Young People
George Crawford, Senior Child Psychotherapist, formerly course co-ordinator for Child
Psychotherapy Training, Scottish Institute of Human Relations and Bobby Moore, Assistant
Director, Primary Care and Children's Services, Threshold, Psychotherapist
4. Child Focused Practice with Looked After Children
Jim Wilson, C.Q.S.W., Systemic Psychotherapist, Training Director and Family Therapist at the
Family Institute, Cardiff
5. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Current Therapy
Dr. Larry Martel, Paediatric Consultant, Warren Children's Centre
6. The Externalizing Conversations of Michael White: Some Considerations From Theory and
Practice
Eamon McMahon, Senior Social Worker/Family Therapist, Child and Family Consultation Team,
Warren Children's Centre
7. The Use of E.M.D.R. in Children and Adolescents
Dr Elisabeth Cormack, Child Psychiatrist, Warren Children's Centre
8. Restored or 'Re-storied'. A Consideration of the Links Between Systemic Family Therapy and
Restorative Justice
Artie O'Neill, Director, Whitefield and Michael Heaney, Project Manager, Downpatrick
Adolescent Project
9. Book Reviews:
Children, Bereavement and Trauma: Nurturing Resilience by Paul Barnard, Ian Morland and
Julie Nagy.
Reviewed by Sharon Haugh, Child Protection Officer, NSPCC
Children in Difficulty: A Guide to Understanding and Helping by Julian Elliott and Maurice Place.
Reviewed by Alan Harris, Child Protection Officer, NSPCC