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The poverty trap
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 72(6), June 1999, pp.155-156.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Looks at a recent report which reveals that the UK has one of the highest levels of poverty in the developed world and that children are learning to be poor.
No hiding place
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.4.94, 1994, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Refugee Council has recently set up a panel to offer specialist help to refugee children - who need understanding of their ethnicity, culture and language problems. Reports on the functions of the panel which includes giving refugee children confidence and advice that will enable them to be treated fairly by the authorities.
Home from home
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.9.94, 1994, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A special project which was set up by Save the Children in 1979 to help unaccompanied boat children from Vietnam is now drawing to a close. Reports on the valuable lessons which the organisers of the project feel have been learnt.
A fine line
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.7.94, 1994, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Social workers are still struggling with how to deal with the complex issue of female genital mutilation. It is mixed up with issues of race, culture, sex, and protecting girls from abuse. Summaries the facts associated with female genital mutilation and investigates the role of social workers when such cases are drawn to their attention.
First impressions
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.4.94, 1994, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Black foster families do not necessarily find it easy when they have fostered black children. Discovers the types of problems that they might experience.
Papering over the cracks
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.6.93, 1993, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The rights of child refugees are often seen as a low priority because of pressures on SSDs. The situation is not helped by the fact that staff find it difficult to identify with the problems of refugees and lack of understanding of cultural needs also creates difficulties. Looks at how this is being tackled under the Children Act and refers to the work of Hillingdon, which has Heathrow Airport
Does mother know best?
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 23.5.91, 1991, p.9.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The Hillingdon wardship case, involving a twelve-year old pregnant girl whose mother opposed an abortion, was not simply a pro- and anti-abortion debate, argues the Director of Social Services Mike Taylor.
No space to grieve
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 35, Summer 2001, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
How would bereaved parents cope if - on top of their grief at losing their child they had to manage a sudden drop in income? Looks at research which reveals the additional burden many parents of disabled children have to face.
Waterhouse watershed
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 24.2.00, 2000, pp.13-15.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The Waterhouse report has exposed the failures of local authorities looking after children in care. But the NHS, too, should also examine its role in meeting the health needs of this vulnerable group. The author looks at hopes for future partnership.
Home front
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 31, Winter 1998, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The parents of severely disabled children may face a constant battle in getting proper aids and adaptations in their homes, but success can make a crucial difference to families' lives. The author visited two families who have met with varying success in getting their needs met.