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This paper describes the development of care and protection family group conferences in Victoria Australia which began in 1992. The implementation and evaluation of the Mission of St. James & St. John’s Pilot Project, the Department of Health and Community Services’ Pilot Project, and a proposal to implement family group conferences at a women’s prison for child placement decisions are described. The independence and neutrality of the facilitator and professionals’ and families’ resistance is discussed.
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