£15.00
In this session, the RCPCH will outline how they developed their landmark report ‘Equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland: Prohibiting physical punishment of all children’. Attendees will hear about the existing legal landscape, the challenges this presents to child protection, and the findings from the RCPCH’s evidence review on the health impacts of physical punishment. The RCPCH will share recent development in this work, opportunities to get involved with future projects, and background information about the RCPCH’s wider child protection strategy. Professor Andrew Rowland will share how learnings from the Equal Protection report can be translated into Child Protection Medical Reports where physical punishment is suspected.
You will have he opportunity to learn:
How we define ‘Equal Protection from Physical Punishment’ in a child protection context
What the evidence says about the health impacts of the use of physical punishment of children
What the law says about physical punishment in all four nations of the UK and the international picture
How to use the evidence basis in this space to inform Child Protection Medical Reports
It has improved my knowledge and understanding about the range of harms caused to children and their impact as I have been able to network with a wide range of experts from the UK and beyond. There is no other multidisciplinary association for child protection professionals focused on learning to support and improve practice and policy
