CHILDREN IN FLIGHT FROM ABUSE
Eileen Vizard
Institute of Child Health, University College, London
Dr. Eileen Vizard CBE, MD, FRCPsych is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in in Great Ormond Street Hospital and Visiting Professor at New York University, LondonShe works as an Expert Witness in both Family and Criminal proceedings assessing children and families where abuse is known or suspected. Her work with child maltreatment started in 1980 when she joined Dr Arnon Bentovim’s child sexual abuse team in Great Ormond Street Hospital. She set up the first UK community based assessment and treatment team for convicted adult sex offenders in 1987 followed by a specialist, community based team for children and young people showing sexually harmful behaviour in 1988. Over the last 35 years, she has contributed to many government consultations in relation to child welfare. She has published over 100 papers, researched and lectured extensively in the field of child maltreatment and child protection both nationally and internationally and was awarded the CBE in 2011 for ‘services to children and young people’.
Abstract
TITLE: CHILDREN IN FLIGHT FROM ABUSEAuthors: Eileen Vizard, Jenny Gray, Isabelle Guitard Objectives: To address three of the conference themes, Sexual Abuse, Child... [ view full abstract ]
TITLE: CHILDREN IN FLIGHT FROM ABUSE
Authors: Eileen Vizard, Jenny Gray, Isabelle Guitard
Objectives:
- To address three of the conference themes, Sexual Abuse, Child Trafficking and Refugee Children and explore links between them and a fourth emerging issue, i.e. Child Soldiers.
- To present and identify relevant gaps in the published literature on all four issues to suggest future research directions.
- To raise awareness of the effects of these four issues on children’s health and adjustment in a range of international contexts, particularly difficulties in providing intervention for children in transit across very different countries and cultures.
- To include the little recognized needs of girl and boy child soldiers coerced into committing atrocities which intensify the impact of their earlier abuse experiences.
- To include interactive exercises which allow the practical experiences of delegates to be heard and to inform the conclusions of the symposium.
- To present Hope for Children and Families evidence based intervention guides which address the training needs of professionals (Bentovim & Gray, 2016). The guides will suggest methods of intervening in the lives of children fleeing war or trauma in different countries and jurisdictions whilst addressing their human rights (UNCRC 1989).
- To include interactive exercises within the workshop which will allow the practical experiences of delegates to be heard to inform the conclusions of the event.
Method:
A narrative review of the relevant literatures will be undertaken and the findings summarized and presented. Participants will have the opportunity to practice using the intervention materials which are relevant for children in flight from abuse.
Results:
The findings and conclusions from the presentations will be summarized in a paper for submission to Child Abuse & Neglect.
Conclusions:
The presentations’ conclusions will identify the help needed by children in flight and how the HfCF intervention materials can assist them.
Authors
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Eileen Vizard
(Institute of Child Health, University College, London)
Topic Area
Refugee Children
Session
Workshop 7 » Session 3-Emerging Issues (16:15 - Monday, 2nd October, North America Room)
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