"FIFTY YEARS" SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS IN CHILD CARE
(with particular relevance to child abuse)
POLICY AND PRACTICE
BARBARA KAHAN OBE
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1945 |
Report of Sir Walter Monckton QC on the death of a foster child Dennis O'Neill (Shropshire) |
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1946 |
Report of the Care of Children Committee (Curtis Report) |
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1948 |
Children Act |
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1950 |
Children Neglected and Ill treated in their own home Joint Circular Home Office, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education |
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1952 |
Children & Young Persons (Amendment) Act |
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1961 |
Symposium at American Academy of Paediatrics conducted by Dr C. Henry Kempe on the "Battered Child Syndrome" |
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1963 |
Children & Young Persons Act |
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1968 |
"The Battered Child" edited by Ray E. Helfer and C. Henry Kempe - University of Chicago Press Chicago and London |
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1968 |
"The Hothouse Society" Royston Lambert (a study of boarding school life) |
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1969 |
"Residential; Care - Castle Priory Report (published by professional child care associations) |
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1969 |
Children & Young Persons Act |
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1970 |
Local Authority Social Services Act (implementation of the Seebohm report) |
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1971 |
"Spare the Child" David Wills (Cotswold Community) |
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1971 |
Care and treatment in a Planned Environment - Report of the Community Homes Project - Home Office Children's Department |
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1973 |
Committee of Inquiry into the death of Graham Baynall (Shropshire) |
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1974 |
Committee of Inquiry into the death of Maria Colwell (East Sussex) |
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1975 |
Committee of Inquiry - Stephen Meurs (Norfolk) |
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1975 |
Committee of Inquiry - John Auckland |
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1975 |
Committee of Inquiry - Lisa Godfrey (Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham) |
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1975 |
Committee of Inquiry - Richard Clark |
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1976 |
Committee of Inquiry - Neil Howlett |
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1977 |
Committee of Inquiry - Wayne Brewster (Somerset) |
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1978 |
Committee of Inquiry - Karen Spencer (Derbyshire) |
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1978 |
Committee of Inquiry - Stephen Menhenniott |
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1979 |
Committee of Inquiry - Darryn Clarke |
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1979 |
Committee of Inquiry - Lester Chapman (Berkshire & Hampshire) |
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1981 |
Committee of Inquiry - Maria Mehmedazi (Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham) |
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1982 |
Committee of Inquiry - Lucy Oates (Bexley) |
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1984 |
Report of Inquiry - Jasmine Beckford (London Borough of Brent) |
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1985 |
Kincora Inquiry - Northern Ireland |
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1986 |
Draft guidance on "Working Together" DHSS |
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1987 |
Report of Inquiry Kimberly Carlisle (London Borough of Greenwich) |
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1987 |
Report of Inquiry - T.Henry (London Borough of Lambeth) |
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1987 |
Report of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Cleveland. Chair Rt.Hon.Lord Justice Butler-Sloss |
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1988 |
"Working Together" DHSS |
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1989 |
Castle Hill School Investigation (Shropshire) |
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1989 |
Crookham Court School Investigation (Berkshire) |
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1989 |
Children Act (to be implemented in 1991) |
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1989 |
Publication of updated "Working Together" |
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1990 |
"Child Pornography - An investigation Tim Tate (Methuen) |
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1990/91 |
Publication of Children Act 1989 Regulations and Guidance Volume 4 - Residential Care Volume 5 - Independent Schools |
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1991 |
The Pindown Experience and the Protection of Children - Alan Levy QC and Barbara Kahan (Staffordshire) |
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1991 |
Child Abuse - A Study of Inquiry Reports 1980-1989 Department of Health |
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1991 |
"What we know and don't know" - Residential Care for Children - Roger Bullock, Dartington Social Research Unit |
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1991 |
Ty Mawr Community Home Inquiry - Gareth Williams QC and John Mcready |
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1991 |
The Right to Complain - Practice Guidance on Complaints, Department of Health |
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1991 |
Working with Child Sexual Abuse - Guidance for Trainers and Managers in SSDs Department of Health |
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1991 |
Children in the Public Care - Sir William Utting (Response to Pindown) |
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1991 |
Reviews of Children's Homes in Scotland (Response to Pindown) |
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1991/92 |
Investigation concerning St.Charles Youth Treatment Centre SSI Department of Health |
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1992 |
The Leicestershire Inquiry - Andrew Kirkwood QC |
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1992 |
"Choosing with Care" Report of the Warner Committee on Staff Selection |
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1992 |
A Review of Malcolm Thompson's Employment for the Sheffield City Council 1977 |
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1992 |
Inquiry into Suicides in Feltham - Chair Anthony Scrivenor QC |
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1993 |
Evaluating Performance in Child Protection - Social Services Practice and Systems, SSI and Department of Health |
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1993 |
"Not Just a Name" The Views of Young People in Foster and Residential Care - National Consumer Council |
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1993 |
Report of Inspection of the Youth Treatment Service - SSI/Department of Health |
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1993 |
"A Place Apart" - An investigation into the handling and outcomes of serious injuries to children and other matters at Aycliffe Centre for Children, County Durham SSI/Department of Health |
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1993 |
Residential Care for Children - A Review of the Research, Department of Health |
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1994 |
Multiple abuse in Nursery Classes - Inquiry in Newcastle Upon Tyne |
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1994 |
"Growing up in Groups" Barbara Kahan HMSO |
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1994/95 |
"Banged Up, Beaten Up, Cutting Up" - Violence in Penal Institutions for Teenagers under 18 - Helena Kennedy QC |
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Undated, Working with Child Sexual abuse - Guidelines for Training Social Services Staff - training and support Programme (Child Care) Department of Health |
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1995 |
"Child Abuse in Wales" Miss Nicola Davies QC |
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1995 |
Inquiry in the Management of Child Care in Islington, Ian White CBE and Kate Hart |
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1997 |
"People Like Us" Sir William Utting (Children's Safeguards Review) |
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1998 |
Abuse in Early Years - Report of the Independent Complaints Review Team on Shieldfield Day Nursery and Related Matters - Newcastle Upon Tyne |
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National Children's Bureau Highlights (Research and Practice) summaries of child care matters include: |
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1973 |
No.7 Non-accidental injuries in children |
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1982 |
No.50 Child Sexual Abuse and Incest |
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1988 |
No.80 Child Abuse |
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1993 |
No.119 Child Sexual Abuse |
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1995 |
Nos.113&134 Introduction to Residential Child Care Parts I and II |
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1998 |
No.159 Child Abuse and Child Protection in Residential Care |