Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-Being of Children, Families and Communities

Herausgeber: Scott, Jane; Ward, Harriet

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Produktbeschreibung

Some chapters based on papers originally given at the Fifth International Looking After Children Conference held in Oxford, England in Sept. 2002.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781843101413
• ISBN-10: 1843101416
• Artikelnr.: 21436539

Autorenporträt

Jane Scott is a member of the Centre for Child and Family Research, UK and an academic engaged with the development of the Integrated Children's System - a programme designed to help child welfare agencies assess need, plan interventions and monitor outcomes for vulnerable children. Harriet Ward is Director of the Centre for Child and Family Research and Professor of Child and Family Research at Loughborough University, UK. She has undertaken extensive research in the field of assessing need and evaluating outcomes in children's services. She is co-editor of Approaches to Needs Assessment in Children's Services, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Maria Eagle MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children
Young People and Families. Preface. 1. Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children
Families and their Communities
Harriet Ward and Jane Scott
Centre for Child and Family Research
Loughborough University. Part I: Evidence of Need. 2. Promoting the Health and Well-being of Children: Evidence of Need in the UK
Fran Bennet
Oxford University. 3. Policies in the UK to Promote the Well-being of Children
Gillian Pugh
Coram Families. 4. The Impact of US Welfare Reform on Children's Well-being
Anthony Bibus
Rosemary Link and Michael O'Neal
Augsburg College
Minnesota. Part II: Effective Interventions to Promote Children's Health and Well-being. 5. Support Teams for Adolescents
Nina Biehal
University of York. 6. Catching Children as they Fall: The East Dunbartonshire Looked After Children Mental Health Project
Michael van Bienum
Andy Martin
East Dunbartonshire Council and Chris Bonnett
MRC Social and Public Health Services Unit
Glasgow. 7. Promoting the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Minority Children in Canada and Australia
Richard Budgell
Government of Canada
Mike Clare
The University of Western Australia
Jennifer Noonan
social worker
and Lynn Robertson
Health Canada. 8. Better than Being at Home: Disabled Children's Views about School
Clare Connors
Durham University
UK
and Kirsten Stalker
University of Stirling
UK. 9. The Voice of Young People: Reflections on the Care Experience and the Process of Leaving Care
Kathleen Kufeldt
University of New Brunswick
Canada
and Mike Stein
University of York
UK. Part III: Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Families. 10. Themes from a UK Research Initiative on Supporting Parents
David Quinton
University of Bristol
UK. 11. The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Programme and Breaking the Cycle: A Nation's Response to Programming for its Most Vulnerable Citizens
Judy Watson
Health Canada and Margaret Leslie
Mothercraft and Breaking the Cycle
Canada. 12. Promoting the Well-being of Children and Families: What is Best Practice?
Geoffrey Nelson
Wilfrid Laurier University
Canada. 13. Shared Family Care: Child Protection and Family Preservation in Action
Richard Barth
University of North Carolina
US
and Amy Price
University of California at Berkeley
US. Part IV: Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Communities. 14. Housing Issues in Child Welfare: A Practice Response with Service and Policy Implications
Bruce Leslie
Children's Aid Society of Toronto
Canada. 15. Searching for Impacts of a Community-based Initiative. The Evaluation of 1
2
3 GO! Camil Bouchard
National Assembly Quebec
Canada. Part V Conclusion. 16. Dude
Where's My Outcomes? Partnership Working and Outcome-based Accountability in the United Kingdom Mark Friedman
Fiscal Policies Studies Institute
Santa Fe
Louise Garnett and Mike Pinnock
North Lincolnshire Council UK. 17. Evaluating Interventions and Monitoring Outcomes
Jane Scott Loughborough University
UK
Terry Moore
University of Kansas
US
and Harriet Ward
Loughborough University
UK. Glossary. References. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.