Part 1 Policy issues: rethinking child care policy, Mike Fisher, Peter Marsh and David Phillips with Eric Sainsbury; two value positions in recent child care law and practice, Lorraine M. Fox Harding, what kind of permanence?, June Thoburn; transracial placements - conflicts and contradictions, John Small; professional/client relationships - creating a "working alliance" with people with learning difficulties, Ann Brechin and John Swain; effective co-operation in child protection work, Wendy Stainton Rogers; in defence of residential care, Lorraine Waterhouse; are links important?, Spencer Milham, Roger Bullick, Kenneth Hosie and Martin Haak. Part 2 Provision of services: fostering in the eighties and beyond, Jane Rowe; services for under fives - current provision in context and a glossary of terms, Gillian Pugh; family centres, Bob Holman; residential child care - matching services with needs, Lorraine Waterhouse; the case for residential special education, Ted cole. Part 3 Section III practice: communicating with children, Clare Winnicott; assessing children's needs, Margaret Adcock with Roger Lake and Andrew Small; children in care - the racial dimension in social work assessment, Shama Ahmed; working with girls, Val Carpenter; observing and recording children's behaviour - a framework for the child care worker, James K. Whittaker; daily experience in residential care for children and their caregivers, Juliet Berry; senses and sensibility, Leonard Davis; access between children in care and their families, Jo Tunnard.
