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Children in the middle
Child Protection and Family Justice - Mon, 19 December 2005
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The adoption triangle revisited
Child Protection and Family Justice - Wed, 15 June 2005
!! A study of adoption, search and reunion experiences
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Television programme highlights gender identity issues.
Child Protection and Family Justice - Mon, 23 May 2005
Channel 4 is showing a programme on Thursday May 26 highlighting the ignorance and prejudice encountered by people because they are "different". See the review [LINK: 1010325|here]
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Military Training and Children in Armed Conflict
Child Protection and Family Justice - Mon, 4 April 2005
The research for Jenny Kuper's book Military Training and Children in Armed Conflict: law policy and practice (published by Brill Academic Publichers: Martinus & Nijhoff) was funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
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Relative Values ….. The best interests of the child
Child Protection and Family Justice - Thu, 10 March 2005
On 17 February the Grandparents’ Association and Children Law UK publication Relative Values ….. The best interests of the child was launched by Mr Hilton Dawson MP at an event held at the Nuffield Foundation.
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Mediation in international parental child abduction
Child Protection and Family Justice - Mon, 7 March 2005
Reunite International Child Abduction Centre recently reported on a Nuffield-funded project on international parental child abduction. The objectives of the project were to establish how mediation could work in legal conformity with the principles of the Hague Convention; to develop a mediation structure that would fit in practically with the procedural structure of an English Hague Convention case; and to test whether such a model would be effective in practice.
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Government responds to Nuffield funded study of adolescent mental health problems in the UK
Child Protection and Family Justice - Tue, 14 September 2004
The government has pledged fundamental reform of children's mental health services after the publication of evidence of the increase in emotional and behavioural problems among teenagers in the UK.
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Adoption Reunion Handbook launched
Child Protection and Family Justice - Mon, 2 August 2004
Many adopted people today try to find information about their origins and search for birth family members. This "how to" guide for those considering searching for information on their birth relatives will also be of use to birth parents, adoptive parents, adoption charities, social workers, psychologists and counsellors.
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Nuffield Foundation 2004 seminars on children and families: Evidence and Implications
Child Protection and Family Justice - Wed, 31 March 2004
The Child Protection and Family Justice Committee is hosting a series of seminars over the course of this year to create 'committed awareness' among researchers, policy-makers and practitioners of some of the key findings of recently funded work, and the implications for policy and practice - and for further research.
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Child Contact with non-resident parents...
Child Protection and Family Justice - Tue, 9 March 2004
Family Policy Briefing 3, Child contact with non-resident parents – the latest in a number of Family Policy Briefing Papers funded by the Nuffield Foundation – was published recently.
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