Nick Axford has been at Dartington since 1997 after working
for the Shaftesbury Society in a family centre in London. He was
jointly responsible for a Department of Health study on patterns of
need and service use among children living in the community, and
currently works on an evaluation of an innovative programme for
disaffected young people, using a random allocation design. He is
joint author of a review for the Department for Education and
Skills of the literature on refocusing children”s services
towards prevention, and has been closely involved in developing and
implementing several practice tools with clinical and planning
functions. In 2003 he completed a Ph D on childhood social
exclusion.
Vashti Berry joined the Dartington Unit in 2001 after
working on the Equal Opportunities Policy Team at Northamptonshire
County Council. Prior to this she was an academic tutor at the
University of Natal in Durban, South Africa. She is studying for a
Ph D on the differential effects of domestic violence and child
abuse on children”s development, and working on a random
allocation evaluation of a programme for young people who display
antisocial behaviour. She has completed a small-scale study of
asylum-seeking and refugee children and families in Ireland and
co-authored best practice papers on user involvement and pre-school
family support facilities.
Michael Little Building on an established research
centre, Michael is co-founder with Roger Bullock of a collection of
research, development and dissemination activities known as the
Warren House Group at Dartington. At the University of
Chicago”s Chapin Hall Center for Children he leads a study of
child development in the context of residential education. An
acknowledged expert on child protection, out of home care and youth
justice Michael has also supported efforts to improve international
networks of policy makers, managers, researchers and practitioners
working with children in need. He holds appointments at the
Universities of Bath and Chicago and is the author/joint author of
15 books and eight practice tools aimed at helping put research
into practice.
Louise Morpeth moved to Dartington in 1997 after working
for four years as a community health development co-ordinator with
North Staffordshire Health Authority. She was jointly responsible
for a Department of Health study on patterns of need and service
use among children living in the community and has been involved in
designing, implementing and evaluating new interventions, using
need data gathered using Matching Needs and Services in a
rural district in England. She has co-authored several practice
tools aimed at getting research into practice, and in 2004
completed a Ph D on the effects of the organisation of
children”s services on outcomes for children in need.
4 كتب إلكترونية بواسطة Nick Axford
Nick Axford & Vashti Berry: Forty Years of Research, Policy and Practice in Children’s Services
Founded in 1963, Dartington Social Research Unit conducts scientific research into child development within the context of children?s services with a view to informing interventions for children in n …
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Nick Axford: Exploring concepts of child well-being
Policy reforms to children’s services in the UK and elsewhere encourage a greater focus on outcomes defined in terms of child well-being. Yet for this to happen, we need not only a better understandi …
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Nick Axford: Defining and Classifying Children in Need
Need is a popular but controversial concept in social policy. ”Needs-led” has become a mantra in children”s services in recent years, yet theorists still argue about the meaning and value of the c …
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Nick Axford: Defining and Classifying Children in Need
Need is a popular but controversial concept in social policy. ”Needs-led” has become a mantra in children”s services in recent years, yet theorists still argue about the meaning and value of the c …
PDF
DRM
€283.41