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- Written by Vidia Negrea
When she was a psychologist working with troubled youth in Hungary, Videa Negrea, now director of Community Service Foundation Hungary, saw that punishments and removing children from their families didn''t help. An internship at the International Institute for Restorative Practices inspired her to bring restorative practices to Hungary. The paper was presented at "Dreaming of a New Reality," the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, August 8-10, 2002.
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- Written by Ted Wachtel
Ted Wachtel, president of the International Institute for Restorative Practices, speaks on the philosophy and history of restorative practices. From family group conferencing to restorative circles, the practices have migrated beyond the field of criminal justice to schools and workplaces, where they have proven useful in resolving wrongdoing and conflicts. The paper was presented at "Dreaming of a New Reality," the Third International Conference on Conferencing, Circles and other Restorative Practices, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, August 8-10, 2002.
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- Written by Katharine Cahn
ABSTRACT
This article presents the findings of a retrospective study of 70 family group conferences (FGC) conducted in Washington State. These 70 FGCs addressed the well-being of 138 children. The families within the evaluation were primarily referred by foster care units rather than investigative units and involved cases that had been in the child welfare system for over 90 days. Families were invited to participate in the decision-making process, engaging both the maternal and paternal sides of the family with greater success than standard case planning approaches. Children who had a conference experienced high rates of reunification or kinship placement, and low rates of re-referral to CPS. These findings generally remained stable as long as two years post-conference. This study, the largest long-term follow-up study of FGC published to date, suggests that FGCs can be an effective planning approach for families involved with the public child welfare agency, resulting in safe, permanent plans for children at risk.
INTRODUCTION
Child welfare policy and practice in the United States have been described in terms of a pendulum, swinging between child safety and family preservation. The landmark Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272) represented a swing towards family preservation where policies promoted efforts to keep families intact and prevent the placement of children into foster care (Cole, 1995). As the country struggled with rising foster care placements and a number of high profile child deaths in the eighties and nineties, public opinion began to blame this focus on family preservation, and called for renewed attention to child safety.
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- Written by Paul McCold, Ted Wachtel
By Paul McCold and Ted Wachtel. Executive summary of paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Tübingen, Germany, October 1-4, 2000.
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- Written by John Howard Society of Moncton
Paper by John Howard Society, Moncton, New Brunswick, presented at the "2nd International Conference on Conferencing and Circles", August 10-12, 2000, Toronto, Canada.
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- Written by IIRP
Papers from "Restorative Practice in Action," the 2nd International Conference on Conferencing and Circles, August 10-12, 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Written by Jean-L. Dutil
Paper by Hon. Jean-L. Dutil presented at the "2nd International Conference on Conferencing and Circles", August 10-12, 2000, Toronto, Canada.
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- Written by Ronald Hunt
Paper by Ron Hunt presented at the "2nd International Conference on Conferencing and Circles", August 10-12, 2000, Toronto, Canada.
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- Written by Charles Pollard
Paper by Charles Pollard presented at the "2nd International Conference on Conferencing and Circles", August 10-12, 2000, Toronto, Canada.
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- Written by Annemieke Wolthuis
Paper by Annemieke Wolthuis presented at the "2nd International Conference on Conferencing and Circles", August 10-12, 2000, Toronto, Canada.
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