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  • Autumn Conference 2009
  • Child Care Records 2010
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    Child Care Records: use and access

     

    A day conference organised by the Child Care History Network, the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick, and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick

    held at the Wolfson Research Exchange, Warwick University on Thursday June 10 2010 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

     

    Talks and PowerPoints presented here with the permission of the speakers. 

     

     

    1.  Mathew Thomson :Welcome and Introductory Remarks


     

          Helen Ford: Welcome and Introduction to the Modern Records Centre


    Session 1: Research


    2.  Maria Luddy :Research concerning Irish child care

    3.  James King : BASW project at Warwick University

    4.  Jonathan Reinarz: The use of children’s records for research



    Session 2: Service Providers’ Views


    5.  Evelyn Daniel : The problems of the private sector

    6. John Hughes, Action for Children : Voluntary sector child care records

    7.  Gudrun Limbrick & Sarah Pymer, Birmingham : Local authority children’s archives



      Session 3: The Impact on Care Leavers


    8.  Martine King and Kate Roach, Barnardo’s : Sharing records with ex-children

    9.  Peter Garsden, ACAL : The use of child care records in litigation

    10.  Jim Godden, Care Leavers’ Association : Access to Records campaign