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Is Aggression in Children Associated with Television Viewing and Video Game Playing? A systematic review
Research Review: In a rush to permanency: preventing adoption disruption
Fostering security? A meta-analysis of attachment in adopted children
Fostering Family Resiliency: A review of the key protective factors
Screening Efficiency of the Child Behaviour Checklist and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A Systematic Review
Maternal and Paternal Drug Misuse and Outcomes for Children: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors
Better Outcomes for Children and Young People Experiencing Domestic Abuse – Directions for Good Practice
Under one roof: A review and selective meta-analysis on the outcomes of residential child and youth care
Cost Benefit Analysis of Interventions with Parents
Parenting programmes: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research
Risk factors for recurrence of maltreatment: a systematic review
A family affair? Kinship care and parental substance misuse: some dilemmas explored
Improving child protection: a systematic review of training and procedural interventions
Collaboration, integration and change in children's services: Critical issues and key ingredients
Examining the Use and Impact of Family Group Conferencing
Research Review: Family group decision-making: a promising practice in need of more programme theory and research
Interventions to prevent or ameliorate child physical abuse and neglect: findings from a systematic review of reviews
Systematic review of the role of external contributors in school substance use education
Truants on truancy - a badness or a valuable indicator of unmet special educational needs?
Refocusing Children's Services Towards Prevention: Lessons from the Literature
Play, naturally: A review of children's natural play
From Famine to Feast. A Review of the Foster Care Research Literature
The Social Costs of Child Poverty: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Evidence
Parent-training/education programmes in the management of children with conduct disorders
Developmental Attachment Psychotherapy with Fostered and Adopted Children
Safeguarding Children: Challenges to the Effective Operation of Core Groups
Disabled children, Parent-Child Interaction and Attachment
Children's Voices: The Views of Vulnerable Children on Their Service Providers and the Relevance of Services They Receive
Young people, pregnancy and social exclusion: A systematic synthesis of research evidence to identify effective, appropriate and promising approaches for prevention and support
Are there Patterns of Bruising in Childhood which are Diagnostic or Suggestive of Abuse? A Systematic Review
Self Esteem/Self Concept Scales for Children and Adolescents: A Review
Risk and Resilience in Cases of Emotional Abuse
Preventing Emotional and Behavioural Problems: the Effectiveness of Parenting Programmes with Children Less than Three Years of Age
Young People Leaving Care
The Psychosocial Well-being of Children with Chronic Disease, the Parents and Siblings: an Overview of the Research Evidence Base
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: a Review of the Essential Facts
What Works in Strategic Partnerships for Children: a Research Review
What Works for Parents with Learning Disabilities?
Family Centres: a Review of the Literature
Parents' Service Experience - a Missing Element in Research on Foster Care Outcomes
Fostering Now: Messages from Research
Child and Family Support Services with Minority Ethnic Families: what can we learn from the research?
An A-Z of Therapeutic Approaches for Pupils with Challenging Behaviour: A review of the research evidence on ‘what works’ in secondary schools
Understanding what children say about living with domestic violence, parental substance misuse or parental health problems
What Works for Troubled Children?
What Works in Adoption and Foster Care?
What Works for Children and Young People with Harmful Sexual Behaviours?
What Works in Building Resilience?
Supporting Parents: Message from Research
Systematic Review of Instruments Designed to Predict Child Maltreatment During the Antenatal and Postnatal Periods
Adoption and Contact: A Research Review
Innovative, tried and tested: A review of good practice in fostering
Factors Promoting and Obstacles Hindering Joint Working: A Systematic Review of the Research Evidence
Child Neglect: Contemporary themes and issues
Images of abuse: A review of the evidence on child pornography
Risk and protective factors associated with youth crime and effective interventions to prevent it
Support services for vulnerable families with young children
Putting fathers on the child welfare agenda
Residential Care for Children: A review of research
Kinship Foster Care - Child and Family Social Work
Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Parenting Programmes in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Mental Health Problems
Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Parenting Programmes in Improving Maternal Psychosocial Health: A review of the literature on parenting programmes and measures of maternal psychosocial health.
What Works with Children and Adolescents? A critical review of psychological interventions with children, adolescents and their families.
The Effectiveness of Individual and Group Based Parenting Programmes in Improving Outcomes for Teenage Mothers and Their Children
Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Parent-Training programmes in Improving Behaviour Problems in Children aged 3-10 years
Adoption Support Services for Families in Difficulty: A literature review and UK survey
Promoting Resilience: A review of effective strategies for child care services
Children's Needs - Parenting Capacity
Parent-Training Programmes for the Management of Young Children with Conduct Disorders
Childhood-onset Eating Problems: Findings from research
Briefing on Placing Siblings Permanently
The Well-being of Children in the UK
International Overview of Adoption: Policy and Practice
What Works for Children
What Works in Reducing Inequalities in Health
An Overview of the Effectiveness of Interventions and Programmes Aimed at Reducing Unintended Conceptions in Young People
Parental Drug Misuse: A review of impact and intervention studies
Patterns and Outcomes in Child Placement: Messages from current research and their implications
Youth Crime Briefing: Girls in the youth justice system
Young People and Gender: A review of research
Social Work Decisions in Childcare
What Works in Reducing Domestic Violence? A Comprehensive Guide for Professionals
audio series
Antisocial Behaviour by Young People
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
child poverty: tackling the challenge
Child Protection: everybody's business
Children First: Disabled children and their families
Evidence Based Social Work
Family Placement
On New Ground:Supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people
one in ten: Helping 16 to 18 year olds find employment, education and training
Positive Parenting: Supporting parents with learning disabilities
Residential Care
Staying on Course: Educational engagement and re-engagement
Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood
Transitions to Adulthood- Services for Care Leavers
research briefings
champions for children
Commissioning Residential Care for Children and Young People
Enabling disabled children and their families
Harnessing family and community support
Intervening in the early years
Outcomes and why they matter
Promoting Mental Health for Children across Children's Services
Protecting children and young people from significant harm
Recruitment and Retention of Foster Carers
Safeguarding
School inclusion for all children
Thinking Family - Working across children's and adult services
Transition of Adolescents to Adult Mental Health Services
performance pointers
NI - 69 Children who have experienced bullying
NI 112 - Under-18 Conception Rate
NI 54 - Services for disabled children
NI 62 - Stability of placements of looked after children: number of moves
prompt topic briefings
further info
introduction and methods
Summary report on the evaluation of the first three Prompts
Thresholds for Children's Social Care
Parent and baby assessment placements
The Path to Independence: supporting young people move towards emotional, financial and practical independence
Effective targeting
Multi-professional working: distinct professional identities in multi-professional teams
Children on the edge of care: Intensive Family Preservation Services and Family Intervention Projects
Improving educational outcomes for looked after children
ecm research briefings
Adoption and Permanence for Children who Cannot Live Safely with Birth Parents or Relatives
Assessing the needs of children and their families
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family and friends care
Health and Well-being: Physical Health
Improving services to meet the needs of minority ethnic children and families
Leaving Care
Meeting the Needs of Disabled Children
Placement Stability
Promoting the Mental Health of Children in Need
Supporting families
The Educational Performance of Children in Need and Children Looked After
The Value of Sports and the Arts
Understanding and Challenging Youth Offending
Understanding and working with neglect
Young People's Participation
welsh briefings
champions for children
Commissioning Residential Care for Children and Young People
Intervening in the early years
Promoting Mental Health for Children across Children's Services
Protecting children and young people from significant harm
Recruitment and Retention of Foster Carers
Safeguarding
School inclusion for all children
Transition of Adolescents to Adult Mental Health Services
key messages from research
Adolescents: Supporting looked after young people
Reunification: Supporting looked after children going home
literature reviews
Analysis and Critical Thinking in Assessment
Under the Influence? Young People Alcohol and Offending
research and practice briefings
Children who have experienced bullying
Under-18 Conception Rate
rights to action research briefings
Assessing the needs of children and their families
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family and friends care
Health and Well-being: Physical Health
Improving services to meet the needs of minority ethnic children and families
Promoting resilience in child care practice
Promoting the Mental Health of Children in Need
Supporting families
Understanding and working with neglect
signposts
One in Ten: Key messages from policy, research and practice about young people who are NEET
Safeguarding in the 21st century - where to now
research reviews
Children and Domestic Violence
Commissioning and Managing External Research: A guide for childcare agencies
Conduct Disorder in Older Children and Young People: Research messages for practice problems
Disabled Parents: examining research assumptions
Disengagement and Re-engagement of Young People in Learning at Key Stage 3
Education of Children in Need
One in Ten: Key messages from policy, research and practice about young people who are NEET
Parental Drug Misuse: a review of impact and intervention studies
Parental Mental Health Problems: messages from research, policy and practice
Parental Problem Drinking and its Impact on Children
Professionalism, Partnership and Joined-up Thinking: A research review of front-line working with children and families
Relatively speaking: developments in research and practice in kinship care
Safeguarding in the 21st century - where to now
literature reviews
Analysis and Critical Thinking in Assessment
Under the Influence? Young People Alcohol and Offending
Is Aggression in Children Associated with Television Viewing and Video Game Playing? A systematic review
Research Review: In a rush to permanency: preventing adoption disruption
Fostering security? A meta-analysis of attachment in adopted children
Fostering Family Resiliency: A review of the key protective factors
Screening Efficiency of the Child Behaviour Checklist and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A Systematic Review
Maternal and Paternal Drug Misuse and Outcomes for Children: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors
Better Outcomes for Children and Young People Experiencing Domestic Abuse – Directions for Good Practice
Under one roof: A review and selective meta-analysis on the outcomes of residential child and youth care
Cost Benefit Analysis of Interventions with Parents
Parenting programmes: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research
Risk factors for recurrence of maltreatment: a systematic review
A family affair? Kinship care and parental substance misuse: some dilemmas explored
Improving child protection: a systematic review of training and procedural interventions
Collaboration, integration and change in children's services: Critical issues and key ingredients
Examining the Use and Impact of Family Group Conferencing
Research Review: Family group decision-making: a promising practice in need of more programme theory and research
Interventions to prevent or ameliorate child physical abuse and neglect: findings from a systematic review of reviews
Systematic review of the role of external contributors in school substance use education
Truants on truancy - a badness or a valuable indicator of unmet special educational needs?
Refocusing Children's Services Towards Prevention: Lessons from the Literature
Play, naturally: A review of children's natural play
From Famine to Feast. A Review of the Foster Care Research Literature
The Social Costs of Child Poverty: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Evidence
Parent-training/education programmes in the management of children with conduct disorders
Developmental Attachment Psychotherapy with Fostered and Adopted Children
Safeguarding Children: Challenges to the Effective Operation of Core Groups
Disabled children, Parent-Child Interaction and Attachment
Children's Voices: The Views of Vulnerable Children on Their Service Providers and the Relevance of Services They Receive
Young people, pregnancy and social exclusion: A systematic synthesis of research evidence to identify effective, appropriate and promising approaches for prevention and support
Are there Patterns of Bruising in Childhood which are Diagnostic or Suggestive of Abuse? A Systematic Review
Self Esteem/Self Concept Scales for Children and Adolescents: A Review
Risk and Resilience in Cases of Emotional Abuse
Preventing Emotional and Behavioural Problems: the Effectiveness of Parenting Programmes with Children Less than Three Years of Age
Young People Leaving Care
The Psychosocial Well-being of Children with Chronic Disease, the Parents and Siblings: an Overview of the Research Evidence Base
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: a Review of the Essential Facts
What Works in Strategic Partnerships for Children: a Research Review
What Works for Parents with Learning Disabilities?
Family Centres: a Review of the Literature
Parents' Service Experience - a Missing Element in Research on Foster Care Outcomes
Fostering Now: Messages from Research
Child and Family Support Services with Minority Ethnic Families: what can we learn from the research?
An A-Z of Therapeutic Approaches for Pupils with Challenging Behaviour: A review of the research evidence on ‘what works’ in secondary schools
Understanding what children say about living with domestic violence, parental substance misuse or parental health problems
What Works for Troubled Children?
What Works in Adoption and Foster Care?
What Works for Children and Young People with Harmful Sexual Behaviours?
What Works in Building Resilience?
Supporting Parents: Message from Research
Systematic Review of Instruments Designed to Predict Child Maltreatment During the Antenatal and Postnatal Periods
Adoption and Contact: A Research Review
Innovative, tried and tested: A review of good practice in fostering
Factors Promoting and Obstacles Hindering Joint Working: A Systematic Review of the Research Evidence
Child Neglect: Contemporary themes and issues
Images of abuse: A review of the evidence on child pornography
Risk and protective factors associated with youth crime and effective interventions to prevent it
Support services for vulnerable families with young children
Putting fathers on the child welfare agenda
Residential Care for Children: A review of research
Kinship Foster Care - Child and Family Social Work
Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Parenting Programmes in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Mental Health Problems
Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Parenting Programmes in Improving Maternal Psychosocial Health: A review of the literature on parenting programmes and measures of maternal psychosocial health.
What Works with Children and Adolescents? A critical review of psychological interventions with children, adolescents and their families.
The Effectiveness of Individual and Group Based Parenting Programmes in Improving Outcomes for Teenage Mothers and Their Children
Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Parent-Training programmes in Improving Behaviour Problems in Children aged 3-10 years
Adoption Support Services for Families in Difficulty: A literature review and UK survey
Promoting Resilience: A review of effective strategies for child care services
Children's Needs - Parenting Capacity
Parent-Training Programmes for the Management of Young Children with Conduct Disorders
Childhood-onset Eating Problems: Findings from research
Briefing on Placing Siblings Permanently
The Well-being of Children in the UK
International Overview of Adoption: Policy and Practice
What Works for Children
What Works in Reducing Inequalities in Health
An Overview of the Effectiveness of Interventions and Programmes Aimed at Reducing Unintended Conceptions in Young People
Parental Drug Misuse: A review of impact and intervention studies
Patterns and Outcomes in Child Placement: Messages from current research and their implications
Youth Crime Briefing: Girls in the youth justice system
Young People and Gender: A review of research
Social Work Decisions in Childcare
What Works in Reducing Domestic Violence? A Comprehensive Guide for Professionals
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Antisocial Behaviour by Young People
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child poverty: tackling the challenge
Child Protection: everybody's business
Children First: Disabled children and their families
Evidence Based Social Work
Family Placement
On New Ground:Supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people
one in ten: Helping 16 to 18 year olds find employment, education and training
Positive Parenting: Supporting parents with learning disabilities
Residential Care
Staying on Course: Educational engagement and re-engagement
Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood
Transitions to Adulthood- Services for Care Leavers
champions for children
Commissioning Residential Care for Children and Young People
Enabling disabled children and their families
Harnessing family and community support
Intervening in the early years
Outcomes and why they matter
Promoting Mental Health for Children across Children's Services
Protecting children and young people from significant harm
Recruitment and Retention of Foster Carers
Safeguarding
School inclusion for all children
Thinking Family - Working across children's and adult services
Transition of Adolescents to Adult Mental Health Services
ecm research briefings
Adoption and Permanence for Children who Cannot Live Safely with Birth Parents or Relatives
Assessing the needs of children and their families
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family and friends care
Health and Well-being: Physical Health
Improving services to meet the needs of minority ethnic children and families
Leaving Care
Meeting the Needs of Disabled Children
Placement Stability
Promoting the Mental Health of Children in Need
Supporting families
The Educational Performance of Children in Need and Children Looked After
The Value of Sports and the Arts
Understanding and Challenging Youth Offending
Understanding and working with neglect
Young People's Participation
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Under the Influence? Alcohol and Offending
literature reviews
Analysis and Critical Thinking in Assessment
Under the Influence? Young People Alcohol and Offending
performance pointers
NI - 69 Children who have experienced bullying
NI 112 - Under-18 Conception Rate
NI 54 - Services for disabled children
NI 62 - Stability of placements of looked after children: number of moves
prompt topic briefings
further info
introduction and methods
Summary report on the evaluation of the first three Prompts
Thresholds for Children's Social Care
Parent and baby assessment placements
The Path to Independence: supporting young people move towards emotional, financial and practical independence
Effective targeting
Multi-professional working: distinct professional identities in multi-professional teams
Children on the edge of care: Intensive Family Preservation Services and Family Intervention Projects
Improving educational outcomes for looked after children
research reviews
Children and Domestic Violence
Commissioning and Managing External Research: A guide for childcare agencies
Conduct Disorder in Older Children and Young People: Research messages for practice problems
Disabled Parents: examining research assumptions
Disengagement and Re-engagement of Young People in Learning at Key Stage 3
Education of Children in Need
One in Ten: Key messages from policy, research and practice about young people who are NEET
Parental Drug Misuse: a review of impact and intervention studies
Parental Mental Health Problems: messages from research, policy and practice
Parental Problem Drinking and its Impact on Children
Professionalism, Partnership and Joined-up Thinking: A research review of front-line working with children and families
Relatively speaking: developments in research and practice in kinship care
Safeguarding in the 21st century - where to now
welsh briefings
champions for children
Commissioning Residential Care for Children and Young People
Intervening in the early years
Promoting Mental Health for Children across Children's Services
Protecting children and young people from significant harm
Recruitment and Retention of Foster Carers
Safeguarding
School inclusion for all children
Transition of Adolescents to Adult Mental Health Services
key messages from research
Adolescents: Supporting looked after young people
Reunification: Supporting looked after children going home
literature reviews
Analysis and Critical Thinking in Assessment
Under the Influence? Young People Alcohol and Offending
research and practice briefings
Children who have experienced bullying
Under-18 Conception Rate
rights to action research briefings
Assessing the needs of children and their families
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family and friends care
Health and Well-being: Physical Health
Improving services to meet the needs of minority ethnic children and families
Promoting resilience in child care practice
Promoting the Mental Health of Children in Need
Supporting families
Understanding and working with neglect
signposts
One in Ten: Key messages from policy, research and practice about young people who are NEET
Safeguarding in the 21st century - where to now
Teamwise Dig Deeper
Thresholds for Children's Social Care
Parent and baby assessment placements
The Path to Independence: supporting young people move towards emotional, financial and practical independence
Effective targeting
Multi-professional working: distinct professional identities in multi-professional teams
Children on the edge of care: Intensive Family Preservation Services and Family Intervention Projects
Improving educational outcomes for looked after children
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