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Keeping Childrens Stories Alive
The use of computing to support the protection of children from abuse and neglect

Monday June 26th 2006 at University College London

Half Day Requirements Engineering Workshop

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Introduction

Recently, there have been several government initiatives relating to children's social care necessitating the introduction of new computer systems. Most software tools used in social care today are simplistic, allowing the recording and elementary presention of data. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers further, unexplored opportunities to assist practitioners, particularly in the risk assessment process, imagine:

• Visualisation and presentation tools facilitating the interpretation of case data
• Analysis and alerting tools to aid in the recognition of significant events
• Evidence-based tools offering suggested courses of action based on information in research sources

The aim of the Requirements Engineering Workshop is to explore how ICT can be harnessed to assist practitioners. Findings from the workshop will be used to as input for a research proposal to develop innovative decision support tools for children's social care.

Preliminary Programme

9.00 - 9.30	Coffee
9.30 - 10.00	Introduction
10.00 - 12.00	Problem Exploration and Requirements Gathering
12.00 - 13.00	Summing Up

Registration

Registration is currently by invitation only, however if you are interested in further information then please contact: rae.harbird (at) cs.ucl.ac.uk.

Getting Here

Directions can be found at: http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/getting_here.html

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