Issue 5 - December 1996
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The questions that aren’t always asked
Adopted children.
Author: Elizabeth Liddell
Keywords: adopted, adoption, counselling

Family group conference results in hui on racism
A youth justice family group conference confronts racism.
Author: Nannette Haua
Keywords: Maori, FGC, family group conference, youth justice, racism

Making the best of the media spotlight
Social workers and the media.
Author: Sue Lytollis
Keywords: media, publicity

Dealing with trauma — after the event
Traumatic stress disorder in social workers.
Author: Julie Maddison
Keywords: stress, trauma, counselling, traumatic, PTSD

Grannies matter too... and so do grandads, aunts and uncles
The wider family circle in pre-adoption.
Author: Pam Hewett, Faye Acker
Keywords: adoption, adopting, parents, family

A child’s experience of grief
Childhood grief.
Author: Helene Simatos
Keywords: grief, counselling

Can contracting make sense for child protection?
Contracting child sexual abuse services.
Author: Karen Dawson
Keywords: contracting, coordinating, sexual abuse

Legal: parents’ rights, child’s rights, Bill’s rights
Bill of Rights and children’s rights.
Author: Stewart Barnett
Keywords: legal, rights, parents