Abstract To promote the rights, well-being and development of the child, and for the benefit of families and the community, attachment should be a central focus of early childhood intervention (ECI) under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). ECI Key Workers have the opportunity to positively influence parent–child relationships and are encouraged to do so by the ECI national guidelines. This article identifies how elements of the NDIS design and implementation may be counterproductive to fostering attachment security in children. These elements can lead to delayed intervention; increased parental stress; reduced expertise of service providers; and financial disincentives for best practice in working with disadvantaged families. The article highlights the implications for children with a disability and their families in Australian society and identifies lessons for the design and implementation of social policy.
{"title":"Attachment security, early childhood intervention and the National Disability Insurance Scheme: a risk and rights analysis","authors":"S. L. Alexander, M. Frederico, Maureen Long","doi":"10.1017/cha.2019.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cha.2019.39","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract To promote the rights, well-being and development of the child, and for the benefit of families and the community, attachment should be a central focus of early childhood intervention (ECI) under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). ECI Key Workers have the opportunity to positively influence parent–child relationships and are encouraged to do so by the ECI national guidelines. This article identifies how elements of the NDIS design and implementation may be counterproductive to fostering attachment security in children. These elements can lead to delayed intervention; increased parental stress; reduced expertise of service providers; and financial disincentives for best practice in working with disadvantaged families. The article highlights the implications for children with a disability and their families in Australian society and identifies lessons for the design and implementation of social policy.","PeriodicalId":44896,"journal":{"name":"Children Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/cha.2019.39","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47239013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This qualitative study used a narrative approach to address the vulnerabilities and problems experienced by the children of sex workers in Iran. A purposive sample of women who were referred to drop-in centres were invited to take part in semi-structured interviews. An analysis of the data identified 8 main themes and 12 sub-themes, most of which related to risks and harm being perpetrated on the children of sex workers. The main risk to these children was the likelihood that they would escape from home and become sex workers themselves. Also identified as problematic was the risk of child labour, becoming members of offending groups and becoming a member of a brothel.
{"title":"Female sex worker’s children: their vulnerability in Iran","authors":"S. Mirzaei, S. Khosravi, N. Oroomiei","doi":"10.1017/cha.2019.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cha.2019.35","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This qualitative study used a narrative approach to address the vulnerabilities and problems experienced by the children of sex workers in Iran. A purposive sample of women who were referred to drop-in centres were invited to take part in semi-structured interviews. An analysis of the data identified 8 main themes and 12 sub-themes, most of which related to risks and harm being perpetrated on the children of sex workers. The main risk to these children was the likelihood that they would escape from home and become sex workers themselves. Also identified as problematic was the risk of child labour, becoming members of offending groups and becoming a member of a brothel.","PeriodicalId":44896,"journal":{"name":"Children Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/cha.2019.35","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44507803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
WhenGreta Thunberg stopped attending school to take up her solitary vigil outside the Swedish parliament, in protest at the failure to act on climate change, something remarkable happened. A whole generation of children and young people were inspired by her tenacity, her clarity of purpose and her message (Frischmann, 2019). Adults took notice. At the World Economic Forum and at the UN’s global climate summit in Poland, Greta couldn’t have been more focussed, telling world leaders that ‘they are stealing [children’s] future in front of their very eyes’ (Winston, 2019, p. 2). What followed were the mass protests by young people against the appalling inaction on climate change. ‘Every week, thousands of Belgian youth are marching on the EU capitol of Brussels,’ reported Andrew Winston (2019) for the Harvard Business Review.
{"title":"Climate change action—It’s a welfare responsibly too","authors":"J. Lehmann","doi":"10.1017/cha.2019.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cha.2019.36","url":null,"abstract":"WhenGreta Thunberg stopped attending school to take up her solitary vigil outside the Swedish parliament, in protest at the failure to act on climate change, something remarkable happened. A whole generation of children and young people were inspired by her tenacity, her clarity of purpose and her message (Frischmann, 2019). Adults took notice. At the World Economic Forum and at the UN’s global climate summit in Poland, Greta couldn’t have been more focussed, telling world leaders that ‘they are stealing [children’s] future in front of their very eyes’ (Winston, 2019, p. 2). What followed were the mass protests by young people against the appalling inaction on climate change. ‘Every week, thousands of Belgian youth are marching on the EU capitol of Brussels,’ reported Andrew Winston (2019) for the Harvard Business Review.","PeriodicalId":44896,"journal":{"name":"Children Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/cha.2019.36","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44604514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Grace, J. Knight, Kelly Baird, Jonathan Ng, H. Shier, S. Wise, Tobia Fattore, T. McClean, Gillian Bonser, Sarah Judd-Lam, L. Kemp
Abstract This paper presents a scoping review of the literature on child participatory research in Australia published in academic journals between 2000 and 2018. The review focused on research designed to engage with children and young people in the development, implementation and evaluation of services. A total of 207 papers were identified and distributed across eight service sectors: child protection and family law, community, disability, education, health, housing and homelessness, juvenile justice and mental health. The papers were reviewed against Shier’s participation matrix, demonstrating that almost all of the identified papers included children only as participants who contributed data to adult researchers. Only a small number of papers involved children and young people in the other phases of research, such as designing research questions, analysis and dissemination. There is a clear interest in the engagement of children and young people in service design and decision-making in Australia. This paper is intended to serve as a catalyst for discussion on where there are gaps and where further Australian research is needed.
{"title":"Where are the silences? A scoping review of child participatory research literature in the context of the Australian service system","authors":"R. Grace, J. Knight, Kelly Baird, Jonathan Ng, H. Shier, S. Wise, Tobia Fattore, T. McClean, Gillian Bonser, Sarah Judd-Lam, L. Kemp","doi":"10.1017/cha.2019.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cha.2019.32","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper presents a scoping review of the literature on child participatory research in Australia published in academic journals between 2000 and 2018. The review focused on research designed to engage with children and young people in the development, implementation and evaluation of services. A total of 207 papers were identified and distributed across eight service sectors: child protection and family law, community, disability, education, health, housing and homelessness, juvenile justice and mental health. The papers were reviewed against Shier’s participation matrix, demonstrating that almost all of the identified papers included children only as participants who contributed data to adult researchers. Only a small number of papers involved children and young people in the other phases of research, such as designing research questions, analysis and dissemination. There is a clear interest in the engagement of children and young people in service design and decision-making in Australia. This paper is intended to serve as a catalyst for discussion on where there are gaps and where further Australian research is needed.","PeriodicalId":44896,"journal":{"name":"Children Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/cha.2019.32","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48333101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anthony N. Maluccio (known as Tony). Born Stefanaconi, Calabria, Italy, 11 October 1932. Died West Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 8 July 2019","authors":"F. Ainsworth","doi":"10.1017/CHA.2019.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/CHA.2019.34","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44896,"journal":{"name":"Children Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/CHA.2019.34","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57145918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Recent reforms in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, prioritise adoption over long-term foster care. While previous research has examined motivation to foster, less is known about the interest by the general public in adoption from out-of-home care. A general sample of the NSW public (N = 1030) completed an online survey about adoption practices and their willingness to consider adopting from out-of-home care, with background questions on perceived social support and life satisfaction. Barriers to pursuing adoption were identified, including concerns about the characteristics of the child related to their experiences of care and personal impacts including financial costs. Availability of post-adoption supports was viewed positively as increasing interest in adoption. General Linear Model univariate analyses identified that likelihood of considering adoption was primarily predicted by younger age, knowing someone who had been adopted as a child, actively practicing religion, living in the city rather than a regional area and higher life satisfaction. Customised marketing campaigns can target people more likely to consider adoption, with messages that resonate with their social and psychological characteristics. There is also a need for policy changes to ensure adequate provision of post-adoption support.
{"title":"General public perceptions and motivations to adopt children from out-of-home care in New South Wales, Australia","authors":"Betty Luu, A. Wright, Melanie Randle","doi":"10.1017/cha.2019.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cha.2019.33","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Recent reforms in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, prioritise adoption over long-term foster care. While previous research has examined motivation to foster, less is known about the interest by the general public in adoption from out-of-home care. A general sample of the NSW public (N = 1030) completed an online survey about adoption practices and their willingness to consider adopting from out-of-home care, with background questions on perceived social support and life satisfaction. Barriers to pursuing adoption were identified, including concerns about the characteristics of the child related to their experiences of care and personal impacts including financial costs. Availability of post-adoption supports was viewed positively as increasing interest in adoption. General Linear Model univariate analyses identified that likelihood of considering adoption was primarily predicted by younger age, knowing someone who had been adopted as a child, actively practicing religion, living in the city rather than a regional area and higher life satisfaction. Customised marketing campaigns can target people more likely to consider adoption, with messages that resonate with their social and psychological characteristics. There is also a need for policy changes to ensure adequate provision of post-adoption support.","PeriodicalId":44896,"journal":{"name":"Children Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/cha.2019.33","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43127317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Neglected Victims: What (Little) We Know About Child Survivors of Domestic Homicide – CORRIGENDUM","authors":"P. Mertin","doi":"10.1017/CHA.2019.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/CHA.2019.31","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44896,"journal":{"name":"Children Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/CHA.2019.31","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46233506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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