CYP Now - Resources: Review - A mixed-up look at UK and US practice

When asked to review this book, I agreed, thinking: "Great, this will bring me up to speed with the 'what works' evidence base." A couple of days later it landed on my desk with a dull and ominous thud.

Undaunted, I pressed on. The structure looked promising, an overview ofchild welfare in the UK and the US, followed by sections setting outwhat current research tells us about several issues: early intervention,home visiting and community support; therapeutic interventions followingabuse or neglect; fostering, adoption, residential care and transitions;and interventions in schools and communities. Each section provides ananalysis of evidence and draws out conclusions.

The authors go to some lengths to stress that, due to the cultural andcontextual differences, research findings don't cross the Atlantic well.So, what we have is essentially two interleaved books, neither of whichbenefits from the attempt at integration. This is compounded by themarkedly different perspectives of the 34 editors and contributors.

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