TY  - SER
AU  - Kenkel, David
AU  - Couling,Mieke
TI  - Child advocacy: a dialogue of inclusion
SN  - 0010-3802
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - FVC
KW  - CARE AND PROTECTION
KW  - CHILD ADVOCACY
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - CULTURAL ISSUES
KW  - SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Community Development Journal 41(4) October 2006 : 481-491
N2  - This paper uses the example of the Auckland Child Crisis Team, a child advocacy service for children who witness violence in the home, to illustrate how conversations with children who have witnessed domestic violence can enable their voices to contribute to community development processes in understanding and finding solutions to domestic violence in society. Creating space for children's voices, by way of advocacy, allows vital input into developing effective policies and practices in community development intervention in domestic violence. It enhances the integration of local knowledge and experience in the design and delivery of services and programmes that are appropriate to the needs of children.     The authors argue that, as an inclusive practice, child advocacy positions children as active participants, rather than passive recipients of adult solutions, in seeking to address violence in the home. It is concluded that a community development approach of child advocacy allows resiliency factors to play into the equation of addressing issues in domestic violence and child protection
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