Journal of Children's Services: Volume 6 Issue 3

Research informing policy and practice

Subjects:

Table of contents

A pilot study of the Incredible Years BASIC parenting programme with bereaved families

Hannah‐Jane Braiden, Benny McDaniel, Joseph Duffy, Monica McCann

Bereaved parents often face the complex situation of managing their own grief while parenting bereaved children who are at increased risk of social, emotional and behavioural…

Conceptualising care for childhood obesity: a three‐world view

Keeley J. Pratt, Angela L. Lamson, Suzanne Lazorick, Carmel Parker White, David N. Collier, Mark B. White, Melvin S. Swanson

This review paper seeks to conceptualise childhood obesity through clinical, operational, and financial procedures. It informs multiple disciplines about: the trajectory of…

Devolution and change since the Children Act 1989: new directions in Wales

Andrew Pithouse

This paper aims to critically examine the idea that devolution in Wales, compared with England, brings a decisive shift in the delivery of children's services and, by extension…

Designing effective interventions for working parents: a web‐based survey of parents in the UK workforce

Matthew R. Sanders, Divna M. Haslam, Rachel Calam, Clare Southwell, Helen M. Stallman

The purpose of this paper is to examine working parents' experiences and attitudes and to determine if these differ according to gender. Three areas were investigated: level of…

Cover of Journal of Children's Services

ISSN:

1746-6660

Online date, start – end:

2006

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • prof Emily Munro