Update 13 Nov 2008: Conference presentations and audio  now available.

The Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde are hosting an international conference on the 24th, 25th and 26th September 2008 - in the Grosvenor Hilton Hotel, Glasgow - to explore key themes arising from the integration of children’s  services.

Background

What is needed to secure better outcomes in work with children and their families? How can professionals work together, most effectively, to ensure that they are “Getting it Right for Every Child”?  Drawing on insights from a range of disciplines, this timely cross professional conference will explore contemporary policy, practice and theoretical issues of  relevance to all those with an interest in improving the quality of  life for children and young people.

Audience

It will be of relevance to professionals, policy makers and academics
committed to delivering effective education, health, youth justice and social work services.  
 
The event builds on the successful “Children’s Hearings at the Crossroads” conference held in 2003.  

Themes

The key themes of the conference are:

• Children’s voices, citizenship and inclusion  
• Building better childhoods   
• Changing children’s services: challenges for education, social work and health care professionals  

 
Contributors 

• Bill Alexander, Head of Integrated Services Highland Council  
• Professor Jane Aldgate, Open University   
• Professor Dòra Bjarnason, University of Iceland
• Chief Superintendent John Carnochan, Strathclyde Police  
• Professor Andrew Cooper, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust  
• Dr Mark Creekmore, University of Michigan
• Professor Linda de Caestecker, NHS Glasgow & Clyde
• Don Duquette, Clinical Professor of Law University of Michigan Law  
• Dr Joan Forbes, University of Aberdeen  
• Professor Robbie Gilligan, Trinity College Dublin  
• Dr George Head, University of Glasgow
• Professor Malcolm Hill, University of Strathclyde  
• Professor Andrew Kendrick Glasgow School of Social Work  
• Professor Andrew Lockyer, University of Glasgow   
• Professor Kathleen Marshall, Commissioner for Children and Young  Dr David Stone, Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology University of Glasgow
• Dr Kay Tisdall, University of Edinburgh  

 
Paper & workshop proposals

The organising group welcomes proposals for papers and workshops on themes covered by the conference. Please send in a short outline of maximum 400 words stating the topic together with the attached Registration Form to Barbara Reid at b.reid@educ.gla.ac.uk by 31st of July 2008.

For further information see pdf attached below.