TY - BOOK AU - Taylor, Nicola J. AU - Smith,Anne B. ED - University of Otago. ED - Children's Issues Centre Children and Family Policy Conference (1st), TI - Investing in children: primary prevention strategies : proceedings of the Children's Issues Centre inaugural Child and Family Policy conference, 10-13 July 1996, Dunedin SN - 958359512 U1 - 362.7 CON PY - 1996/// CY - Dunedin, N.Z. PB - The Centre KW - PREVENTION KW - FVC KW - LAW KW - CHILD DEVELOPMENT KW - CHILD PROTECTION KW - CHILDREN KW - CHILDREN'S RIGHTS KW - CONGRESSES KW - EARLY CHILDHOOD KW - FAMILY POLICY KW - INTERVENTION KW - PRIMARY PREVENTION KW - SOCIAL WORK KW - MÄ€ORI KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - Fifty one papers; Opening speech--Judith Medlicott; Opening remarks--Anne Smith; Understanding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989: making it real for children and young persons--Laurie O'Reilly; Bringing up Betty and Bobby: the macro time dimensions of inves N2 - This is an edited collection of conference proceedings from the Children's Issues Centre Inaugural Child and Family Policy Conference held between 10-13 July 1996 in Dunedin. The 51 papers included cover issues relating to child wellbeing from a variety of perspectives ranging from child abuse and child protection to educational initiatives. Papers relating to family violence include: Laurie O'Reilly, Understanding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989: making it real for children and young persons; Freda Briggs with Russell M.F. Hawkins, To what extent can child protection programmes keep children safe?; Rajen Prasad, Under investment in the school as a site for primary prevention: possibilities, realities and politics; June Johnston, Does the law really protect and enhance the welfare of children?; political party presentations by Jan Davey, Clive Matthewson, and Peter Hodgson; a conference overview by Harry McGurk; Owen Sanders, Responding to school violence; Pat Shannon and Shayne Walker, The New Zealand Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989: the need for structural change; Fiona McCrimmon, The use of perinatal screening in child abuse prevention; Lorraine Norris, Child abuse: the attitudinal problem of adults: a perspective from one Maori woman; Meg Moss, Parent skills classes: making them work; Margaret McKenzie, Family decision-making as a preventative solution in child protection; Mark Henaghan, Making children safe in custody and access disputes where there are allegations of violence in the family: the Guardianship Amendment Act 1995; Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Child sexual abuse prevention programmes: cautions and pitfalls; Melanie Woodham and Hilary Lapsley, Child emotional abuse: treatment, intervention and prevention; Veronica Casey, Same agenda: different roles: the purchaser influence on inter-agency co-operation; Geoff Instone, From talking the talk to walking the walk; Pat Harrison and Monique Dalrymple, An inter-agency approach to addressing child issues; Jill McDonald, The Buddy Programme: practical help for children who need support; and Nicola Atwool, The cost of not investing in children ER -