011 John Devaney Interview

John Devaney Director of Education, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Queens University Belfast  and Chair of British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) discusses child protection and early childhood development.  BASPSCAN  and D.Niven Associates are jointly hosting a conference on Early Childhood Development in Bristol on 4th April 2014.  The keynote speaker is Dame Tessa Jowell.  Further details (http://socialworldpodcast.com/this-is...) and early bird booking is available here (http://socialworldpodcast.com/april-4...) .   In this weeks episode I  also reflect upon my own thoughts on two emerging situations, one in the Central African Republic and one in Switzerland.