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Questioning the uncritical acceptance of neuroscience in child and family policy and practice : a review of challenges to the current doxa Liz Beddoe and Eileen Joy

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticleSeries: Aotearoa New Zealand Social WorkPublication details: 2017 Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, ISSN:
  • 2463-4131
Subject(s): Online resources: In: Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2017, 29(1): 65-76 (Open access)Summary: Recent directions in child and family policy in many Anglophone countries, including Aotearoa New Zealand, are underpinned by the adoption of prevention science which is used to justify state interventions into the lives of families deemed “vulnerable” or “troubled”. The authors conducted an examination of trends, firstly examining recent child welfare and protection policy. The authors discuss the science that underpins significant changes in policy and explore how this use of the available science dovetails with the dogma of the Western neoliberal agenda. The invocation of science in the struggle to reduce child maltreatment may be reassuring to politicians, policy developers and practitioners alike but a critical analysis is largely missing in the discourse in Aotearoa New Zealand. (From the authors' abstract). A socialworknz blog post on this article is also available - follow the link. Record #5389
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Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2017, 29(1): 65-76 (Open access)

Recent directions in child and family policy in many Anglophone countries, including Aotearoa New Zealand, are underpinned by the adoption of prevention science which is used to justify state interventions into the lives of families deemed “vulnerable” or “troubled”. The authors conducted an examination of trends, firstly examining recent child welfare and protection policy. The authors discuss the science that underpins significant changes in policy and explore how this use of the available science dovetails with the dogma of the Western neoliberal agenda.
The invocation of science in the struggle to reduce child maltreatment may be reassuring to politicians, policy developers and practitioners alike but a critical analysis is largely missing in the discourse in Aotearoa New Zealand. (From the authors' abstract). A socialworknz blog post on this article is also available - follow the link. Record #5389