Child welfare policy and practice : issues and lessons emerging from current research / edited by Dorota Iwaniec and Malcolm Hill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-292) and index.

1. Issues Emerging from Child Care Research: Post-implementation of the Children Act (1989) Dorota Iwaniec, Department of Social Work, Queens University of Belfast and Malcolm Hill, Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow. 2. The Legal and Policy Context in Scotland and Northern Ireland, Angus Skinner and Kevin McCoy, Social Services Inspectorate, Belfast. 3. Communication, Co-operation or Collaboration: Voluntary Organisations Involvement in the First Scottish Children\'s Services Plans, Kay Tisdall, Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow; Bernadette Monaghan, SACRO, Edinburgh and Malcolm Hill, Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow. 4. Operationalising the Definition of Children in Need from UK Child Care Legislation, Patrick McCrystal, Centre for Child Care Research, Queens University of Belfast. 5. Needs Based Planning for Family and Childcare Services in Northern Ireland: Problems and Possibilities, Andrew Percy, Centre for Child Care Research, Queens University of Belfast. 6. Understanding and Developing Family Support in Northern Ireland: The Challenge to Policy, Practice and Research, Kathryn Higgins, Centre for Child Care Research, Queens University of Belfast. 7. Making Progress? The Transition to Adulthood for Disabled Young People , Marina Monteith, Centre for Child Care Research, Queens University of Belfast. 8. The Looking After Children Records System: An Evaluation of the Scottish Pilot, Suzanne Wheelaghan and Malcolm Hill, Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow. 9. Educating Accommodated Children, Moira Borland, Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow. 10. Confusion and Perceptions: Social Work Conceptions Regarding Black Children in Scotland, Satnam Singh, Vijay Patel and Patricia Falconer, Barnardo\'s Scotland. 11. From Childhood to Adulthood - The Outcomes of Twenty Years Follow-up of Failure-to-Thrive Children, Dorota Iwaniec, Department of Social Work, Queens University of Belfast. 12. Visual Signal in Child-Child and Adult-Child Communication: Implications for the Use of the Live Link with Child Witnesses, Gywneth Doherty-Sneddon, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling; Sandra McAuley, Gillian Kent and Ozlem Carrera. 13. Law, Policy, Practice and Research in Child and Family Social Work, Malcolm Hill, Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow. References. Index.

Child Welfare Policy and Practice focuses on the development of children's service plans, implementing recent child care legislation, the use of live video in children's courts and the transition of disabled children into adulthood.