Issue 16 - August 2000
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Editorial
It's official: A day for New Zealand children.
Author: Roger McClay
Keywords: Children's Day

Ordinary people doing something special
Visiting British social workers explore the issues and dilemmas raised by a pilot group of kinship carers
Authors: Mary Brudenell and Anne Savage
Keywords: Kinship carer, kinship care, care and protection, Unsupported Child Allowance

In defence of children’s rights
Defining and defending children's rights in the contexts of parental discipline and decisions on children's medical welfare
Author: Dr John Clark
Keywords: child abuse, children’s rights, parents’ rights, disciplining children, physical punishment, medical treatment

Making a difference for Murray
Serious mental health disorders among youth services clients and new support for them
Authors: Philippa Wells and Mike Smith
Keywords: mental health, care and protection residence, caregivers, alcohol and drug abuse, conduct disorder

Treating pairs
A treatment programme for boys who sexually abuse that has produced surprising changes
Author: Tony Palairet
Keywords: sexual abuse, sexually abusing, pair therapy, juvenile offenders, adolescent

Cultural dilemmas, cultural realities
Cultural issues in the investigation of child maltreatment in families of Maori descent
Author: Gaye Stanley
Keywords: Maori, child abuse, child neglect, child protection

Risk estimation practitioners: Effective implementation of risk estimation
A process for engendering optimism about the benefits of practice development
Author: Kathy Fielding
Keywords: risk estimation, care and protection, Manitoba Risk Estimation System

Legal: Parental consent to interviewing
Reports on a recent case which clarifies a social worker's powers to interview children
Author: Mandy Wittmann
Keywords: parental consent, interviewing children, child abuse, privacy, school