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Relevance of attachment theory in care proceedings
M Allerton
[18-1000]
Definition of attachment
Relevance to care matters
Attachments and changes in placement
Assessments of attachments
References
How are children different?
M Allerton
[18-2000]
Attachment
Child development
Parenting and development
Characteristics of abusive parents and their children
A snapshot from clinic data
There is no such thing as a child, and no such thing as a parent
References
Care proceedings and appeals to the District Court
M Marien SC
[18-3000]
1 Introduction
2 The objects and principles of the Care Act
3 Important legal principles under the Care Act
4 Care appeals to the District Court
5 Assessment applications and the Children’s Court Clinic
6 New Alternate Dispute Resolution procedures in the Children’s Court
7 Costs orders
8 Recent decision — Re Tracey [2011] NSWCA 43
9 Local Court Bench Book
New arrangements for DR procedures in care and protection matters
[18-4000]
Bulletin Number 2011/0021
Contact guidelines for magistrates: background paper
T Jovanovic
[18-5000]
Introduction — making “contact” decisions
Contact orders under the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
Findings of the Wood Special Commission of Inquiry into the Child Protection Services in NSW regarding contact
Review of the Children’s Court’s powers under s 86
Need for contact guidelines
Basic arguments in favour and against contact
Different models of contact and their influence on contact orders
Purposes of contact
Potential effects of contact on children in care
Family reunification
Birth/foster family attachment, loyalty conflict and the child’s psychological wellbeing
Factors which may inhibit contact
Length of stay in care
Kinship care
Domestic violence, sexual abuse and parental imprisonment
Parents’ psychiatric illnesses
Supervision
Resource implications of contact
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children — need for special consideration
Some views on contact
Children in care
Barnardos
Children’s Court Clinic’s experience
Children’s mental health professionals
A guide to making contact orders
Community Services’ approach
The Children’s Court’s current approach
The need for review
Conclusion
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
[18-6000]
Piaget’s chart
Parenting capacity
Dr T Donald and J Jureidini
[18-7000]
Introduction
The primacy of parenting capacity
The relationship of parenting capacity to the child’s parentability and available scaffolding
Practical application
Case examples
Conclusion
References
Assessing parenting capacity in a child welfare context
K Budd
[18-8000]
Introduction
Background and rationale
Core features of a parenting capacity evaluation model
Steps in the assessment process
What clinical evaluations of parents can and cannot do
Case examples
Ms S
Mr and Ms T
Conclusions
References