News archive
This page contains highlights of news and events from 2006, 2007 and 2008.
News
- "Feedback" The Australian, 15th December 2008.
- "At-risk families reject home nursing", Miles Kemp, Adelaide Now, 9th December, 2008.
- "Reform for child protection services", Breakfast, ABC Radio National, 26th November 2008.
- "DOCS staff fear stress overload" by Adele Horin, Sydney Morning Herald, 26th November 2008.
- "Foster Care", Australia Talks, ABC Radio National, 24th November, 2008.
- "Fostering Trouble", by Caroline Overington, The Australian, 17th November, 2008.
- "A new child protection approach needed to avert a crisis" Press Release, Sept 11, 2008.
- "Supporting Aboriginal families from the very beginning" Press Release, July 11, 2008.
- "Nurse education protects children" by Lisa McDonald, The Researcher, UniSA, April 2008.
- "Coming apart at the seams", by Elisabeth Wynhausen, The Australian, 19th April, 2008.
- "After the Mullighan Inquiry", Australia Talks, ABC Radio National, 7th April, 2008
- "Culture of alcohol abuse", Letters, The Australian, 26th March, 2008.
- "Foster care crisis as families fall apart" by Adele Horin, Sydney Morning Herald, 15th March 2008.
- "Nursing and Midwifery Education - the front line of child protection" Press Release, 11th March 2008.
- "Failed by the system" Australian Doctor, 22nd February 2008.
- "Sharing international research to help vulnerable children" Press Release, 21st February 2008.
- "Children need protection from the grassroots up" Sydney Morning Herald, 18th December 2007.
- "Our defenceless children" ABC Radio National, Australia Talks, 10th December 2007.
- "CYFS too quick to take kids", says study, New Zealand Herald, 6th December 2007.
- "New South Wales calls for child protection royal commission" ABC News, 5th December, 2007.
- "Confront alcohol abuse - for the kids' sake" Media Release coinciding with World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse, 18th November 2007.
- "Children let down by rules", The Australian, 14th November, 2007
- "New research maps the way forward for young learners", UniSA Researcher, September 2007.
- To mark National Child Protection Week, Professor Dorothy Scott spoke on Perspective on a Public Health Approach to Child Protection on ABC National Radio on 5th September 2007.
- The Honourable Justice Robyn Layton, Professor Fiona Stanley and Professor Dorothy Scott forwarded a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 and Related Bills on behalf of The National Advisory Council of the Australian Centre for Child Protection strongly endorsing the 97 recommendations of the Little Children are Sacred Report on 9th August 2007.
- "Expert critical of plan for child abuse checks", Sydney Morning Herald, 27th June 2007.
- "Why out-of-home care is bad for children" ABC Radio National, Life Matters, 1st February, 2007.
- "25,000 Kids Need Help", Adelaide Advertiser, 29 September, 2006.
- "Drug Addictions Blamed for Foster Care Crisis", ABC News Online, 29 September 2006.
- Radio panel discussion "Jobs That Damage You: Crises, Relentlessness and Keeping On Going", ABC Radio National, Australia Talks Back, 29 August, 2006.
- UniSA News May 2006 Issue
- UniSA News April 2006 Issue
- Media Release: 5th April, 2006 - Public health approach offers new hope for abused kids.
- Media Release: 10th September 2004 - Family expert to fill UniSA Chair in Child Protection.
Events
- December 2008 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 540Kb) "Parental substance misuse and child protection: building bridges, building capacity" - Cosponsored with the Department for Families and Communities. Presentations from the seminar are available online.
- November 2008 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 835Kb), Dr Todd Herrenkohl's presentation slides "Resilience from Child Abuse and Childhood Exposure to Domestic Violence".
- February 2008 Symposium Announcement (pdf, 59Kb) Dr Helen Buckley's Presentation Slides - "Developing a Framework for the Assessment of Vulnerable Children and Their Families" (pdf, 254Kb)
- "Framework for the Assessment of Vulnerable Children & their Families. Assessment Tool and Practice Guidance" by Buckley, H., Horwath, J., Whelan, S.
- April 2007 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 44Kb), Presentation (pdf, 260Kb) Executive Summary (pdf, 76Kb)
- March 2007 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 41Kb)
- December 2006 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 43Kb)
- "Building the capacity of families with substance use issues" Seminar Announcement (pdf, 167Kb)
- November 2006 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 42Kb)
- August 2006 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 40Kb)
- June 2006 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 40Kb)
- UNIFEM Informs Seminar April 2006
- April/May 2006 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 27Kb)
- March 2006 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 25Kb)
- February 2006 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 26Kb)
- December 2005 Seminar Announcement (pdf, 24Kb)
