National Child Protection Clearinghouse Presentations

The following list is a description of core presentations made by Clearinghouse staff. You can view the places and dates where these presentations were made by accessing the NCPC diary of events.

The National Child Protection Clearinghouse: it's role and services (PPT 172KB) | (PDF 169KB): In this presentation the role and services of the National Child Protection Clearinghouse are described.
(updated May 2007)
A national approach to child protection: how close are we? (PPT 221KB) | (PDF 231KB): This presentation briefly outlines the key findings from the national comparisons of child protection, statutory training, corporal punishment laws, and working with children checks; and the two audits of child protection and out-of-home care. Also discussed are the current national context, such as the two national forums on child protection and out-of-home care, the Community and Disability Services Ministers' Advisory Council (CDSMAC) working parties relevant to child protection, and the national child protection strategy draft being developed.
(last updated June 2006)
Child abuse prevention programs: what works? (PPT 241KB)| (PDF 262KB): Child abuse prevention programs aim to prevent the occurrence and/or reoccurrence of child abuse and neglect. There are a number of different types of child abuse prevention programs. But do they work? And on what basis are we able to draw conclusions as to their effectiveness? In this paper, five different types of child maltreatment prevention programs are reviewed: personal safety programs; parent education; home visiting; family preservation; and community education. Specifically, the available evidence concerning the effectiveness of these types of child abuse prevention programs are explored. The benefits of program evaluation, ways in which evaluations can be conducted, and the hallmarks of a 'gold standard' evaluation are also discussed.
Additional resource: NAPCAN Children see children do advertisement
(last updated December 2006)
Ten years of Australian out-of-home care research: what does the research tell us? (PPT 248KB) | (PDF 212KB): This paper presents a review of out-of-home care research conducted in Australia and published between 1994 and 2005. The research contributes and builds upon Cashmore and Ainsworth's Audit of Australian out-of-home care research and evaluates the extensiveness and quality of the Australian out-of-home care research evidence base. The reviews shows that Australian out-of-home care research falls into ten broad areas. The nature and extent of the evidence-base in each of these areas is described.
(last updated November 2006)
Carers of Indigenous children: findings from a national study (PPT 227KB) | (PDF 241KB): This paper presents the findings of a national study, which included professionals, carers and young people, and which explored the barriers and facilitators of recruitment, retention, assessment, training, and support of Indigenous carers.
(last updated November 2006)
Preventing child abuse and neglect: Everyone's responsibility (PPT 211KB) | (PDF 224KB): This presentation is focused on community education. Common myths and realities about child abuse are discussed, as is the role of child protection and what members of the community can do to help prevent child abuse and create child friendly communities.
Additional resource: NAPCAN Children see children do advertisement
(last updated September 2006)
Child safety and the internet (PPT 215KB) | (PDF 202KB): In this presentation, the internet and child safety is discussed broadly, with a focus on the issue of online child pornography. Specifically, the issues examined are: the internet and child exploitation; child pornography offenders; victims of child pornography; and the legal framework. The presentation concludes with a discussion of how to report concerning material or behaviour online, and tips for ensuring children's safety.
Additional resource: Online safety handout
(last updated August 2005)
The course and characteristics of chronic and isolated child maltreatment (PPT 239KB) | (PDF 235KB): In this presentation findings are provided from Leah Bromfield's PhD study in which she compared chronic and isolated maltreatment in a statutory child protection sample. In this paper she presents descriptive data on the frequency, duration, sub-type, and severity of maltreatment experienced and the number and type of perpetrators. Case studies of chronic and isolated maltreatment or presented to illustrate the study findings. Finally Dr Bromfield discusses some of the possible indicators of chronic maltreatment.
(last updated February 2005)
Child protection in Australia: current challenges and future directions (PPT 454KB) | (PDF 258KB): This presentation takes a broad overview of child protection services within Australia, with a specific focus on emerging trends in child protection reform. The presentation comprises a brief discussion of the current context in terms of demand on child protection systems, followed by an historical overview of the forces that influence current child protection approaches within Australia. The presentation continues with findings from a national review of documents such as inquiries into child protection systems in Australian states and territories, government responses to inquiries, and current strategic plans to identify what are recognised by governments as the key challenges currently facing statutory child protection services in Australia, and the emerging directions in child protection reform. The presentation also comprises a brief discussion of the current evidence-base informing child protection service delivery and some examples of promising practice.
(last updated May 2007)
National comparison of entry-level training for statutory child protection training (PPT 253KB) | (PDF 234KB): In this presentation, the authors consider the issues as to whether graduates are 'job ready' for child protection, the interaction between training and recruitment and retention and the role of university or TAFE partnerships in facilitating training goals. With the increasing levels of accountability and public scrutiny in the area of child abuse intervention, the importance of targeted training has never been more critical. The authors describe a research project in which statutory child protection training programs were mapped and compared nationally. Entry-level training programs in Australian states and territories are described. The authors assess the extent to which there is already a national approach to statutory child protection training and the feasibility of skills transportability across Australian states and territories. The findings from this study suggest that there is great opportunity for the sharing of information across jurisdictions, and that training programs in statutory child protection are sufficiently comparable for resources to be able to be incorporated from other states and territories with only minor modifications to account for local issues. The paper also cites examples of the sharing of resources across Australia and New Zealand through the work of the Australasian Statutory Child Protection Learning and Development group.