Journal of Children's Services: Volume 4 Issue 3
Research informing policy and practice
Table of contents
Piloting a classroom‐based intervention in after‐school programmes: a case study in science migration
Kathryn Hynes, Emilie Smith, Daniel PerkinsPolicy‐makers are looking to after‐school programmes to improve family and child wellbeing and are searching for evidence‐based ways to improve the quality of after‐school…
Access to post‐adoption services when the child has substantial problems
Elizabeth Monck, Alan RushtonThe aim of the study described here was to assess the types of additional specialist service available to adoptive parents participating in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of…
Looked‐after children placed in externally purchased residential care
Roger BullockIn the desire to improve outcomes for children in care, the issue of those individuals placed by local authorities in residential establishments run by external agencies has…
Leading children's services: some contemporary issues and challenges
Nick FrostThis article explores some of the contemporary challenges facing leaders of children's services. Using the theoretical framework of the ‘incomplete leader’ developed by Ancona and…
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1746-6660Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- prof Emily Munro