Critical Reflection

Order Description

Utilising Tilbury et al.’s “Generic Theories of Child Abuse and Neglect” analyse the material you reviewed for assignment 2(Annotated Bibliography- notion of intergenerational abuse). Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this material, and the interventions that are more likely to flow from them.
Reflective analysis should include:
• use of theoretical and academic research material
• a consideration of your own personal perspective on the topic as it has developed over the course
of the unit
• an academic tone (though use of first person writing is acceptable in appropriate sections)i.e. using the academic research material in your own words
A minimum of five academic research materials is needed for this assessment with Tilbury et al included, and the assessment will be in this format below
Introduction
Personal starting point
History and the current situation
The potential positives of a separate system
My personal critical perspective of these proposals and a possible way forward
Conclusion

These are collection of journal articles you can choose from. Tilbury et al has already been uploaded to you during my assessment 2 Annotated Bibliography, which is a continuation of this assessment 3

• Fernandez, E 2014, ‘Child protection and vulnerable families: trends and issues in the Australian context’, Social Sciences, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 785-808.
• Higgins, D & Katz, I 2008, ‘Enhancing service systems for protecting children’, Family Matters, no. 80, pp. 43-50.
• Tilbury, C. 2007, ‘Theories about child abuse and neglect’, in Good practice in child protection, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, Australia, pp. 19-44.
• Mandla K 2003, ‘Engaging with children and young people – beyond theory to practice’, paper presented to the eighth Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, 12-14 February.
• Mason, J & Falloon, J 1999, ‘A children’s perspective on child abuse’, Children Australia, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 9-13.
• Lansdown, G 2010, ‘The realisation of children’s participation rights: critical reflections’, in B Percy-Smith & N Thomas (eds), A handbook of children and young people’s participation: perspectives from theory and practice, Routledge, London, pp. 11-23.
• Unicef n.d., Convention on the rights of the child.
• Douglas, H & Walsh, T 2009, ‘Mothers and the child protection system’, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 211-29.
• Tilbury, C, Osmond, J, Clark, J & Wilson, S 2007, ‘Risk, harm and needs’, in Good practice in child protection, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, Australia, pp. 58-79.
• Higgins D, Bromfield, L, Higgins J & Richardson N 2006, ‘Protecting Indigenous children: views of carers and young people on ‘out-of-home care”, Family Matters, vol. 75, pp. 42-9.
• Tilbury, C 2013, ‘Child protection proceedings in the children’s court in Queensland: therapeutic opportunities lost’, Australian Journal of Family Law, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 170-87.
• Ainsworth, F & Hansen, P 2012, ‘Doing harm while doing good: the child protection paradox’, Child & Youth Services, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 146-57.
• Keddell, E 2011, ‘Reasoning processes in child protection decision making: negotiating moral minefields and risky relationships’, British Journal of Social Work, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 1251-70
• Mudaly, N & Goddard, C 2006, ‘Children’s voices: their experience of professional interventions’, in The truth is longer than a lie: children’s experiences of abuse and professional interventions, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, UK, pp. 103-19.

• Arney, F & Scott, D 2013, Working with vulnerable families: a partnership approach, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, Australia.
• Breckenridge, J & Laing, L (eds) 1999, Challenging silence: innovative responses to sexual and domestic violence, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW.
• Butler, I & Shaw, I (eds) 1996, A case of neglect? Children’s experiences and the sociology of childhood, Avebury, Aldershot.
• Connolly, M, Crichton-Hill, Y & Ward, T 2006, Culture and child protection: reflexive responses, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Philadelphia, PA.
• Doyle, C 2012, Working with abused children: focus on the child, 4th edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
• Lonne, B, Parton, N, Thomson, J & Harries, M 2009, Reforming child protection, Routledge, New York.
• Mason, J & Fattore, T (eds) 2005, Children taken seriously: in theory, policy and practice, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London.
• Mudaly, N & Goddard, C 2006, The truth is longer than a lie: children’s experiences of abuse and professional interventions, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, UK.
• Parton, N 1985, The politics of child abuse, Macmillan, Basingstoke.
• Scourfield, J 2003, Gender and child protection, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY.
• Thomas, N 2000, ‘Children, parents and the state’, in Children, family and the state: decision-making and child participation, Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, pp. 50-69.
• Tilbury, C, Wilson, L & Osmond, TC 2007, Good practice in child protection, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW.