VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1
September 1997
1. Messages From the Experience of Child Observation
Anne McKeown, Lecturer in Social Work, Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education and
Maureen Devlin, Southern H&SS Board Training Unit
2. Observing Patterns of Attachment Over Time
Veronica A Baird, AP Social Worker, Western H&SS Board
3. An Examination of the Role of Observation in Supervised Access and its Implications for
Child Protection Work
Audrey Roulston, Social Worker, Homefirst Community Trust and Mary McColgan, Lecturer in
Social Work, University of Ulster
4. Child Observation in the Context of Assessment
Carrie Simpson, APSW (Training), Northern H&SS Board
5. Growing Through Loss: A Group for Bereaved Children - An Example of Collaborative
Service Development
Geraldine Scott-Heyes, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Valerie Peacock, Health Visitor,
Homefirst Community Trust
6. The Brady Bunch: A Support Group for Young People in Long Term Foster Care
Maeve McColgan, Social Worker and Judith Smith, Social Worker, South Down Family and
Child Care Team, Newry and Mourne H&SS Trust
7. Intervention Strategies for Supporting Achievement in Education Among 16-18 Year Olds
Dr Gerry McAleavy, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Ulster and Patrick
McCrystal, Research Fellow, Centre for Child Care Research
8. Working With Troubled and Troublesome Adolescents: An Interactionist Perspective
Stan Houston, Lecturer, Dept of Social Work, University of Ulster
9. The Courts, the Welfare of the Child and the Principles Underpinning the Children (NI) Order
1995
Kerry O'Halloran, Assistant Director, Centre for Voluntary Action Studies, University of Ulster
10. Book Review: A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy
Reviewed by Dr Noel McCune, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Craigavon Area Hospital
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2
December 1997
1. Young Child Observation: An Initiative in Social Work Training
Gillian Miles, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Tavistock Clinic, London
2. The Use of Observation in Court and Assessment Work
Judith Trowell, Gillian Miles and Anne Paton, Tavistock Clinic, London
3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Mary McColgan, Lecturer in Social Work, University of Ulster
4. Legal Process Seminar - One Year After Implementation of the Children Order. Overview
Ken Wilson, Training and Development Officer, Northern ACPC and Veronica Callaghan, Children Order
Trainer
5. A Social Work Perspective
Marie Roulston, APSW, Homefirst Community Trust
6. A Lawyer's Perspective
Niall Small, Solicitor
7.A Perspective From a Psychiatrist Called as an Expert Witness
Dr Maria McGinnity, Psychiatrist
8. Perspective of the Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency - Making a Difference for Children
Theresa Donaldson, Deputy Director, NIGALA
9. The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order: A Long Time Coming, Was it Worth the Wait?
Tim Chapman, Probation Board NI
10. Civil Rights of Children in the Family
G Lansdowne, Director, Children's Rights Office, London
11. Funding Issues as Part of the Developmental Strategy of Small Non-Statutory Organisations
Patrick McCrystal, Research Fellow, Centre for Child Care Research and Finbar Fitzpatrick, Development
Officer, Child Care in Practice
12. The Child Care in Practice Group - Exert From Annual Report 1996/97
13. Parental Participation at Child Protection Case Conferences: An Evaluation of Practice in North and
West Belfast
David Hayes, Senior Practitioner, North and West Belfast H&SS Trust
14. Book Review: A Review of Prostitution in Waterford City: A Contemporary Analysis by C Niall
McElwee and Kevin Lalor
Reviewed by Ray Burke, Research Fellow, London University College
15. Book Review: The Emotional Abused and Neglected Child: Identification, Assessment and
Intervention, by Dorota Iawniec.
Reviewed by Mary McIntosh, Children Order Implementation Officer
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 3
March 1998
1. Letter to the Editor: Where's the Evidence?
2. Strategy Options for Achieving Permancy in the Placement of Children in Northern Ireland
Donal Giltinan, Scottish Director, BAAF
3. Is Adoption and Option? Setting the Context
Greg Kelly, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Social Work, Queen's University Belfast
4. Three Experiences of Adoption
Introduction by Christine Wilford, Social Worker, Post Adoption Team
In the Eyes of a Child - Anonymous
Adoption - Stephen McConnell
From the Eyes of Innocence and the Mind of an Adult Marie Therese Rodgers
5. One Child's Journey
Stephen Knox, Children Order Trainer and Ann Sproule, Family Centre Social Worker, South
and East Belfast H&SS Trust
6. Exclusions From School: The Why and the Wherefore
Alexandra Barr, Research Associate and Dr Rosemary Kilpatrick, Lecturer, Graduate School of
Education, Queen's University Belfast>
7. Using a Community Development Approach to Disseminating Good Practice in Working with
Children and Young People
Ann Godfrey, APSW, Children Order Training, Southern H&SS Board and Patricia Gormley,
Development Officer, Away From Home and Safe
8. Sex Offenders and Child Protection
Anne-Marie McAlinden, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University Belfast
9. Informing Research and Practice on Service Provision for Children and Young People With a
Disability in Northern Ireland Through the Use of Documents
Patrick McCrystal, Research Fellow, Centre for Child Care Research
10. Book Review: Child Welfare Services- Developments in Law, Policy, Practice and Research,
Ed Malcolm Hill and Jane Aldgate
Reviewed by Cath Webb, Brownlow Social Services
11. Book Review: Reporting to Court Under the Children Act. A Handbook for Social Services,
by Joyce Plotnikoff and Richard Woolfson
Reviewed by Lesley Ann Dunlop, Student of Social Work
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 4
September 1998
Proceeds From the
Care and Contact
Planning Conference
Templepatrick,
September 17th 1998 T
1. Foreword
The Honourable Mr Justice Higgins
2. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Judge Corrine Philpott QC and Dr Kevin McCoy CBE, Chief Inspector, Social Services
Inspectorate
3. Care and Contact Planning Under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
The Honourable Mr Justice Wall, Family Liaison Judge for the English Northern Circuit
4. Implementing the Children Order: Maximising the Potential For All Our Children
Moira Gibb, Director of Social Services, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Roy
Blair, Director of Social Services, Southern Health and Social Services Board
5. Planning For Care Proceedings
David Hershman, Barrister, Priory Chambers, Birmingham
6. Planning for Children: The Experience in England and Northern Ireland
Marion Reynolds, Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate and Fran Gosling-Thomas, Joint
Review Team
7. Discussion Groups:
(a) Adoption: Messages From English Case Law and Northern Ireland Context
(b) The Use of Ouster Orders in Children's Cases - Implications for Care and Contact Planning
(c) Presumption and Practicalities of Contact
(d) Professional Accountability: The Contribution of Joint Review and Inspection
(e) What Future for the Care System: Is Best Practice Possible in Social Care?
(f) Presenting Care Plans to Court
8. Care and Contact Planning for Children in Care
Andrew McFarlane QC, London
9. Closing Remarks From the Conference Planners
Ronnie Williamson, Executive Director, Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency