Investing in children
Subtitle: primary prevention strategies : proceedings of the Children's Issues Centre Inaugural Child and Family Policy Conference, 10-13 July 1996, Dunedin
By: edited by Nicola J. Taylor and Anne B. Smith
Publisher: Children's Issues Centre
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Dunedin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Child welfare; Congresses; Child abuse; Prevention; Children's rights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Conference opening (Conference opening speech / Judith Medlicott ; Opening remarks / Anne Smith); title: Keynote presentations: safety; title: learning; title: well-being (Understanding the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child 1989: making it real for children and young persons / Laurie O'Reilly ; Bringing up Betty and Bobby: the macro time dimensions of investment in the care and nurture of children / Duncan Ironmonger ; To what extent can child protection programs keep children safe? / Freda Briggs with Russell M F Hawkins ; Te Whakapapa o Te Whakaruruhau; title: the ideology of safety / Matewai McCudden ; Kaupapa Maori education strategy: Te Kohanga Reo, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori, Wananga / Tania Ka'ai ; Do early childhood programs make a lasting difference to children and families? / Douglas Powell.; title: Under investment in the school as a site for primary prevention: possibilities, realities and politics / Rajen Prasad ; Does the law really protect and enhance the welfare of children? / June Johnston); title: Government agency presentations (Role and work of the Ministry of Health with respect to investing in children and primary prevention strategies / Gillian Durham ; The social policy agency and investing in children: some current issues and conceptualisations / John Angus); title: Political parties presentations (Alliance Party / Jan Davey ; New Zealand United Party / Clive Matthewson ; New Zealand Labour Party / Peter Hodgson); title: Conference overview (Investing in children: a conference overview / Harry McGurk).; title: Concurrent presentations; title: theme: safety (Safekids regional plan: keeping kids safe / Reena Koktailo and Helen McCracken ; Responding to school violence / Owen Sanders ; The New Zealand Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989: the need for structural change / Pat Shannon and Jayne Walker ; The use of perinatal screening in child abuse prevention / Fiona M V McCrimmon ; Child abuse: the attitudinal problem of adults: a perspective from one Maori woman / Lorraine Norris ; Parent skills classes: making them work / Meg Moss ; The 'dirty dozen CRC' project / Nerida Smith and Wayne Temple ; Family decision-making as a preventive solution in child protection / Margaret McKenzie ; Making children safe in custody and access disputes where there are allegations of violence in the family: the Guardianship Amendment Act 1995 / Mark Henaghan ; Child sexual abuse prevention programmes: cautions and pitfalls / Felicity A Goodyear-Smith.; title: Child emotional abuse: treatment, intervention and prevention / Melanie Jane Woodham and Hilary Lapsley); title: Concurrent presentations; title: theme: learning (Going for GOAL: a sport-based life skills program for adolescents / Ken Hodge and Steve Danish ; Parents as first teachers / Claire Gianotti and Sahryn Devereux-Blum ; Asthma; title: is primary prevention possible? / James J Reid ; Promoting a positive view of childhood sexuality / Genelle Boreham ; Making changes in the playground with a privilege system / Jill Fagerlund ; Home pre-schooling / Andrew Moore ; A strategy for improving the health and welfare of children through a health education programme for parents / Catherine Goodyear and Grace Thompson ; You and me and TV / Mary Phillips ; Teaching social skills in primary schools / Liz Wooster).; title: Concurrent presentations; title: theme: well-being (Same agenda, different roles: the purchaser influence on interagency co-operation / Veronica Casey ; From talking the talk to walking the walk / Geoff Instone ; Unique ways of coping: qualitative research with parents and grandparents of children with disabilities / Marilyn Watson and Brigit Mirfin-Veitch ; Changing parents' verbal comments at youth sport events / Lynn Kidman and Alex McKenzie ; An inter-agency approach to addressing child issues / Pat Harrison and Monique Dalrymple ; "Watch, wait and wonder": using play to strengthen the parent/child relationship / Ann Speirs and Marion Vlaar ; A call for a change in focus in the support of children with special needs / Rod Wills ; Issues surrounding children with movement co-ordination problems / Motohide Miyahara and Matu Apiata.; title: The buddy programme: practical help for children who need support / Jill McDonald ; The playground: a school's biggest wasted resource / Llyween Couper ; Tamariki ora: first steps: development and implementation of a population-based well child system / David A Graham and Ruth Rhodes ; Promoting the health of children through early childhood centres; title: the new Dunedin Public Health Nursing Service / Marianne Wood and Ros McCreadie ; The financial constraints of mature age, first-time mothers: implications for children's well-being / John G Powell and Kimberley Powell ; From a distance: the limits of expertise in child development and intervention / John R Morss ; The cost of not investing in children / Nicola Atwool.