Journal of Children's Services: Volume 10 Issue 4

Maternal involvement and outcomes in nurse home visiting

Tara Flemington, Donna Waters, Jennifer A Fraser

Home visiting is a strategy widely implemented to support families following the birth of a baby. There is a broad consensus that home visiting programmes are successful. But…

Developing a process for assessment of the emotional and behavioural needs of “looked after” children: the Five Rivers model

Celia Beckett, Richard Cross, Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor, Pam McConnell

– The purpose of this paper is to describe the development process of building an assessment model to assess the emotional and behavioural needs of “looked after children”.

The Triple P – Positive Parenting Programme: the effectiveness of group Triple P and brief parent discussion group in school settings in Hong Kong

Selina Chung, Cynthia Leung, Matthew Sanders

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of two intervention formats of the Positive Parenting Programme (Triple P) – Level 4 Group Triple P (TP) and…

Young offenders ' and their families ' experiences of mental health interventions

Anna Jack, Caroline Lanskey, Joel Harvey

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relevance of young people ' s experiences of mental health interventions with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services…

Screening for post-traumatic stress symptoms in looked after children

Lottie Morris, Paul Salkovskis, Joanna Adams, Andrew Lister, Richard Meiser-Stedman

Many children who are looked after by the state have experienced adverse and traumatic life circumstances prior to being removed from their biological parents. Previous research…

Putting your mind at ease: findings from the Mindfulness Ambassador Council programme in Toronto area schools

Tracy Smith-Carrier, Theo Koffler, Faye Mishna, Anna Wallwork, Joanne Daciuk, Jasmin Zeger

The purpose of this paper is to gain understanding of the benefits and limitations of mindfulness training among secondary school students and teachers in Toronto, Ontario…

Corrigendum

Looking back, looking forward

Nick Axford, Michael Little

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