Maternal Alienation - South Australian Policy Online

APPENDIXIIMaternal Alienation ProjectAdvisory GroupTERMS OF REFERENCEThe Advisory Group strives to represent a broad range of agencies thatprovide services to women and children who are subject to, or have beensubject to, violence and abuse. It primarily, but not exclusively, consists ofservice providers who have direct contact with women and children.The Advisory Group will meet every 2 to 3 months for the term of the project,or until its tasks are completed.The Advisory Group will assist the Maternal Alienation Project to developpractice models and/or principles for working with women and children whohave been subject to maternal alienation. It will achieve this by:• Being a forum for discussion of practice issues with the two workinggroups and the project officer• Contributing practice wisdom and experience• Providing a process of accountability• Using the ideas and principles that are being developed and givingfeedback on their use• Generally progressing the understanding of maternal alienation withinagencies• Progressing the adoption of models/principles of practice within agencies• Assisting in adapting these developments in understanding and practice tothe specific needs of particular agencies• Being a forum to foster collaborative ways of working across agencies onthese issues• Fostering understandings of maternal alienation that allow members towork in proactive and strategic ways to further this work27