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Care and protection — President’s speeches
Children’s participation: a look towards the future
P Johnstone
[17-1000]
Introduction
The tension between an independent legal representative and a direct legal representative
Strengthening the role of the independent legal representative through participatory advocacy
Promising initiatives for enhancing child participation in the future
Conclusion
Children’s Court update 2016
P Johnstone
[17-2000]
Introduction
Part one: the care and protection jurisdiction of the Children’s Court
Part two: the criminal jurisdiction of the Children’s Court
Conclusion
Children’s Court: driving a paradigm shift
P Johnstone
[17-3000]
Introduction
Part 1: amendments to the CDPV Act
Part 2: reformed cultural care planning
Care appeals from the Children’s Court
P Johnstone
[17-4000]
Introduction
The Care Act
Particular aspects of the care jurisdiction
Care appeals
Conclusion
Child protection legislative reforms
P Johnstone
[17-5000]
Introduction
Part 1 — Parent Responsibility Contracts
Part 2 — Parent Capacity Orders
Part 3 — Contact
Part 4 — Guardianship Orders
Part 5 — Changes to permanency planning
Part 6 — Changes regarding supervision orders and prohibition orders
Part 7 — Savings, transitional and other provisions
Part 8 — Changes to court forms and practice notes
Care and protection — articles
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
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
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
Factors which may inhibit contact
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children — need for special consideration
Some views on contact
A guide to making contact orders
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
Conclusions
References
Criminal — President’s speeches
Updates in the Children’s Court jurisdiction: 2018
P Johnstone
[19-1000]
Introduction
General updates
Updates in the criminal jurisdiction
Criminal case law
“How to turn a child offender into an adult criminal — in 10 easy steps”
Grey matter between right and wrong
P Johnstone
[19-2000]
Introduction
Part 1 — Moral culpability and sentencing
Part 2 — Neurobiology and adolescent development
Part 3 — Brain development and childhood maltreatment
Part 4 — Conclusion
Criminal — articles
Holistic approaches to reduce recidivism in young offenders
J Ravulo
[20-1000]
Introduction
Social and welfare needs of young offenders
Holistic approaches to deterring recidivist offending
Individual, community and organisational capacity building
Conclusion
What makes juvenile offenders different from adult offenders
K Richards
[20-2000]
Foreword
Introduction
How juvenile offending differs from adult offending
Why juvenile offending differs from adult offending
The challenge of responding to juvenile crime
Juvenile justice interventions
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Specific deterrent effect of custodial penalties on juvenile reoffending
D Weatherburn, S Vignaendra and A McGrath
[20-3000]
Executive summary
Introduction
Deterrence theory
The present study
Results
Conclusion
Appendix
References