Journal of Children's Services: Volume 12 Issue 1

Taking advantage of dissonance: a CPD framework

Jennifer Evyonne Simpson, Janet Bardsley, Sharif Haider, Kenneth Bayley, Gill Brown, Amanda Harrington-Vail, Ann Dale-Emberton

The purpose of this paper is to communicate the findings of an empirical research project based on a real world problem that involved the development of a continuous professional…

The Meaning of the Child Interview (MotC) – the initial validation of a new procedure for assessing and understanding the parent-child relationships of “at risk” families

Ben Grey, Steve Farnfield

The purpose of this paper is to report on the initial validation of a new method, called the “Meaning of the Child Interview” (MotC), to assess the psychological meaning all…

The effects of At Home in the Street (TOS): results of a Dutch community intervention in a four-year study

Harrie Jonkman, Ron van Wonderen

Research shows that growing up in unsafe neighbourhoods is a risk for the social and emotional development of children. At Home in the Street (TOS) is a community intervention…

Examining ethnic disparities in provider and parent in-session participation engagement

Kelsey S. Dickson, Sasha M. Zeedyk, Jonathan Martinez, Rachel Haine-Schlagel

Well-documented ethnic disparities exist in the identification and provision of quality services among children receiving community-based mental health services. These disparities…

They helped for as long as they lived: the legacy of six pioneer child care researchers in the UK

Roger Bullock

The purpose of this paper is to assess the legacy of six pioneer child care researchers.