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Briggs, Freda – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
When the author was adviser to the Australian Minister for Education for writing the national Safe Schools Framework (2003), meetings were held with early-childhood care and education administrators from all state, Catholic and independent sectors. Their unexpected message was that educators were facing new problems, those of child sexual abuse in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Preschool Education
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Walsh, Kerryann; Laskey, Louise; McInnes, Elspeth; Farrell, Ann; Mathews, Ben; Briggs, Freda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
A recent report delivered by the Australian Centerer for Child Protection has highlighted the need for empirical evidence of effective pedagogies for supporting teaching and learning of child protection content in Australian teacher education programs (Arnold & Mai-Taddeo, 2007). This paper advances this call by presenting case study accounts…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Child Abuse, Child Safety, Child Welfare
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Hawkins, Russell M. F.; Briggs, Freda – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Uses examples of institutional child abuse within the Australian police force, social service departments, diplomatic service, schools, the judicial system, and the church to show that leadership may mitigate or amplify abuse. Contends that the precedence of adults' rights over children's rights contributes to child abuse. The recent creation of a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights