Change and continuity in children's services / [electronic resource]
Parker, R. A.(Roy Alfred),1931-author.
This collection of twelve new and revised essays on child care and children's services gives a unique and lasting review of child care services, explaining significant political, economic, legal and ideological aspects of this history from the mid-1850s.
CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN CHILDREN'S SERVICES; Cover illustration; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction: patterns of change and continuity                         ; I Legislation; II Policy; III Making progress; IV Problems and issues; 2. Residential child care: an historical perspective; I The Poor Law influence; II The quest for control; III The influence of the voluntary children's organisations; IV The inter-war years; V The post-war years; VI What of the future?; 3. From boarding-out to foster care*; I Boarding-out and the Poor Law in the nineteenth century
II The inter-war yearsIII The war years and after; 4. The evolution of landmark legislation*; I The 'Children's Charter' 1908; II Dismantling the Poor Law; III Taking reform further; IV The process of reform; 5. Getting started with the Children Act 1948: what do we learn?*; I A starting point; II The lucky dip; III Women in higher places; IV Getting established; V Assessing performance; VI Improving the services; VII Lessons?; 6. Child care in the melting pot in the 1980s*; I  Narrowness; II The lack of differentiation; III Static images; IV Imitation; V  So, what's to be done?
7. Trends, transitions and tensions: children's services since the 1980s*I Looking at some statistics1; II Policies and politics; III And some continuities; 8. Reflections on the assessment of outcomes in child care*; I The stability of outcomes over time; II  The relationship between individual and aggregate outcomes;  III How comprehensive should selected outcomes be?; IV The categories of children for whom outcomes are assessed; V The evaluation of outcomes; VI Attribution, prediction and explanation; 9. The role and function of inquiries*; I Variety, scope and classification
II Inauguration, form and procedureIII So, what next?; IV The call for lessons to be learned; V Inquiries: change or continuity?; 10. Evidence, judgement, values and engagement*; I Evidence; II Judgement; III Values; IV Engagement; 11. Emerging issues: looking ahead; I The private provision of services; II Emerging trends; III The quest for prevention; Notes and references ; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This collection of twelve new and revised essays on child care and children's services gives a unique and lasting review of child care services, explaining significant political, economic, legal and ideological aspects of this history from the mid-1850s.
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