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Each review aims to cover the key practice areas and research issues identified by practitioners, planners and policy makers - evaluating the findings and implications.

The accompanying Signposts are condensed overviews that provide useful appraisals of the full text by highlighting the key messages.

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Children Experiencing Domestic Violence: A Research Review

£10.00
published: 2011
author(s): Nicky Stanley

This research in practice review explores the research and evidence around children’s experience of domestic violence and the role of multiagency service responses and interventions. It details 
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Safeguarding in the 21st century - where to now

£10.00
published: 2010
author(s): Jane Barlow with Jane Scott

While policy in the last ten years has created the architecture for a more effective model of safeguarding that is consistent with the innovative methods of provision available els 
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One in Ten: Key messages from policy, research and practice about young people who are NEET

£10.00
published: 2008
author(s): Jo Tunnard, with Tim Barnes and Steve Flood

9.4 per cent of 16- to 18-year-olds – almost one in ten, are not in education, employment or training at any one time, or ‘NEET’. The transition from compulsory edu 
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Relatively speaking: developments in research and practice in kinship care

£10.00
published: 2008
author(s): Paul Nixon

Relatively speaking addresses the central challenges faced by those providing services for children who cannot live with their parents. The review offers a solid foundation of research evidence on 
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Disengagement and Re-engagement of Young People in Learning at Key Stage 3

£10.00
published: 2007
author(s): Marian Morris and Charlynne Pullen

This review aims to identify the nature, scope and causes of disengagement at Key Stage 3 and to explore how far interventions have been successful in preventing or reversin 
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Conduct Disorder in Older Children and Young People: Research messages for practice problems

£10.00
published: 2007
author(s): Carol Joughin and Dinah Morley

This review addresses ten common questions arising from practitioners in the research in practice network by presenting messages from research, along with pointers to ongoing st 
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Professionalism, Partnership and Joined-up Thinking: A research review of front-line working with children and families

£10.00
published: 2005
author(s): Nick Frost

This review, written by Nick Frost, brings together and analyses research and evidence relevant to working together in partnership across professional and organisational boundaries. Offering a brie 
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Parental Mental Health Problems: messages from research, policy and practice

£10.00
published: 2004
author(s): Jo Tunnard

This review, written by Jo Tunnard, presents and distils the findings of UK and international research about the impact of parental mental health issues on children and other family members. It sup 
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Disabled Parents: examining research assumptions

£10.00
published: 2003
author(s): Richard Olsen and Michele Wates

This review identifies and reviews the existing research on disabled parents and 'young carers' outlining three perspectives: personal, ecological, and organisational. It addre 
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Children and Domestic Violence

£10.00
published: 1999
author(s): Catherine Humphreys and Audrey Mullender

This review of research on the impact of domestic violence on children is written by Catherine Humphreys and Audrey Mullender, Senior Lecturer and Professor of Social 
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