Dear All,

Please find details of the Child Care History Network's 2009 Autumn 
Conference below. It takes place on November 11, once again at the 
Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre facilities in 
Toddington, Gloucestershire. Those who have been there before will 
realise that places are limited, and that early booking is advised to 
avoid disappointment. There is a great line-up of speakers, and 
following feedback from last year's Conference, there is more time this 
year built in for discussion.

Information is also available on the CCHN website: http://www.cchn.org.uk


Conference Detail follows:

> *AGM and Autumn Conference*
>
> *November 11, 2009*
>
> *AGM:* 9.00 – 9.50 *Conference:* 10.00 – 4.45
>
> *Venue:* Barns Conference Centre, Planned Environment Therapy Trust
>
> Church Lane, Toddington, Cheltenham, Glos. GL54 5DQ
>
>
> *THE PLACE OF ETHICS IN THE HISTORY OF CHILD CARE*
>
>
> The ethics of child care are being examined as they have never been 
> before. In what is ostensibly an ethical and altruistic field, how 
> have we arrived at a situation where we wrestle with the kind of 
> ethical issues which are thrown up by the case of Baby Peter in the 
> United Kingdom and the Ryan Commission into residential child care in 
> Ireland? How should this influence how we record, handle, and research 
> these matters? This day will be an opportunity for delegates to 
> explore the history and make what may well be a controversial 
> examination of these troubling issues.
>
>
> /The conference will be of significance to child care archivists, 
> museum professionals and historians, health, social care and education 
> practitioners, and managers who are concerned about the care, the 
> health and emotional well-being as well as the education of 
> looked-after children and young people/.
>
> To stimulate our debate and discussion we have invited speakers who 
> are at the forefront of the practice, research and discourse of the 
> history and ethical development of the relationship between young 
> people and the helping professions. Our speakers are :
>
> *Mark Smith* of the School of Social Work at the University of
> Edinburgh will introduce our theme and give an overview of the
> history and developing philosophy of the ethics of child care.
>
> *Noel Howard*, the past president of the Irish Social Care Workers
> Association will explore the ethics of child care in Ireland over
> the last 40 years in the light of the Ryan Commission Report.
>
> *June Jones* of the School of Health and Population Studies at the
> University of Birmingham will consider the history of the
> development of ethics and professional values in the relationship
> between health professionals and their patients, and make
> connections to the relationship between child care professionals
> and the children they help.
>
> *Richard Rollinson*, Child Care Consultant and previously Regional
> Director of the Peper Harow Foundation, one time Principal of the
> Mulberry Bush School, and former Chair of the Charterhouse Group
> of Therapeutic Communities, will summarise the issues arising from
> conference’s discussions with reference to the ethical issues
> raised by current high profile cases such as Baby Peter’s and
> their implications for our social care, health and education
> provision for children and young people in care.

> The cost is £75 per person (individual membership) or £90 
> (institutional membership), to include conference, lunch, light 
> refreshments, and complementary one-year membership in the Child Care 
> History Network for 2009-2010.
>
>
>
> For those interested in attending informal pre-conference discussions 
> at the Centre on the evening before the conference, or who simply wish 
> good company and a fresh start (or end!) to the day, bed and breakfast 
> accommodation is available at £34.50 (incl VAT) double occupancy, or 
> £40 (incl VAT) single, by contacting Maureen Ward or Joanna Jansen at 
> the Planned Environment Therapy Trust, Barns Conference Centre +44 (0) 
> 1242 621200 or email: [log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>_.
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>
>
> To book a place at the conference contact Maureen Ward or Joanna 
> Jansen at The Planned Environment Therapy Trust on +44 (0) 1242 
> 621200, complete the booking form below, or print the booking form on 
> the CCHN website and send it to:
>
> CCHN Conference, c/o Planned Environment Therapy Trust, Church Lane, 
> Toddington, Cheltenham, Glos. United Kingdom GL54 5DQ
>
>
>
> *Alternatively, you can pay for the conference online through the 
> PayPal facility below, being sure to complete and send the booking 
> form or ring the PETT Conference Office at +44 (0) 1242 621200**
>
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> *The AGM of the Child Care History Network will be held before the 
> start of the morning proceedings, for CCHN members and those who would 
> like to become members**.*
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>
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-- 
Dr. Craig Fees, RMSA
Archivist
Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre
Church Lane
Toddington near Cheltenham
Glos. GL54 5DQ
United Kingdom

01242 620125
http://www.pettarchiv.org.uk

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