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Child Welfare Policy and Practice

Issues and Lessons Emerging from Current Research
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Moira Borland, Ann Laybourn, Malcolm Hill and Jane Brown work at the Centre for Child and Society, University of Glasgow.
The legal and policy context in Scotland and Northern Ireland, Kevin McCoy, Angus Skinner; communication, co-operation or collaboration - voluntary organizations involvement in the first Scottish children's services plans, Kay Tisdall et al; operationalising the definition of children in need from UK child care legislation, Patrick McCrystal; understanding and developing family support in Northern Ireland - the challenge to policy, practice and research, Kathryn Higgins; young people with disabilities - management of transitions from childhood to adulthood, Marina Monteith; looking after children materials, Suzanne Wheelaghan, Malcolm Hill; education and looked after children, Moira Borland; regarding Scotland's black children, Satnam Singh, Vijay Patel; the use of adoption as a route out of the care system, Andre Percy; from childhood to adulthood - the outcomes of 20 years follow-up of failure-to-thrive children, Dorota Iwaniec; influence of video mediation on adult-child interviews - implications for the use of the live link with child witnesses, Gywneth Doherty-Sneddon; the other 23 hours - the treatment within the community of adolescent sex offenders and their children, Stuart Mulholland; lessons learned from current research, Malcolm Hill.
A central aim of the book is to demonstrate the importance of research evidence in informing practice and policy in respect of children in need. To a very large degree it achieves this aim. Overall this book should be helpful to busy professionals as it provides useful summaries of research.
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