Author Index Bagley C. & Pritchard C., The reduction of problem James A., Supporting families of origin: an exploration of the behaviours and school exclusion in at-risk youth: an influence of the Children Act 1948, 173 experimental study of school social work with cost-benefit analyses, 219 Kelly L. see Mullender A. Ball C., Regulating child care: from the Children Act 1948 to the present day, 163 Lambert L. see Triseliotis J. Bar-Nir D. & Schmid H., Psychosocial treatment and Little M., Whispers in the library: a response to Liz Trinder’s relations between children in residential boarding schools and article on the state of social work research, 49 their parents, 247 Barrett J.H.W., New knowledge and research in child Malos E. see Mullender A. development (Research Review), 267 Martin F., Tales of transition: self-narrative and direct Bilton K., Child and family social work: organizational scribing in exploring care-leaving, 1 context and identity, 197 Middleton L., Services for disabled children: integrating the Borland M. see Triseliotis J. perspective of social workers, 239 Boushel M., Research Reviews, 137, 267 Mullender A., Debbonaire T., Hague G., Kelly L. & Malos E., Working with children in women’s refuges, 87 Cooper D.M., More law and more rights: will children benefit?, 77 Petrie S. see Wilson K. Precey G., Assessment issues in working with mothers who Debbonaire T. see Muilender A. induce illness in their children, 227 Dillon J. & Statham J., Placed and paid for: a national Pritchard C. see Bagley C. overview of the use of private and voluntary day care facilities for children in need, 113 Schmid H. see Bar-Nir D. Schofield G., Inner and outer worlds: a psychosocial Gilligan R., The importance of schools and teachers in child framework for child and family social work, 57 welfare, 13 Sinclair R., Involving children in planning their care (Research Review), 137 Hague G. see Mullender A. Statham J. see Dillon J. Head A., The child’s voice in child and family social work Stevenson O., More difficult than we thought: a reflection on decision making: the perspective of a guardian ad litem, 189 50 years of child welfare practice, 153 Hicks C. & Tite R., Professionals’ attitudes about victims of child sexual abuse: implications for collaborative child Tam V.C.W., Leaving children unattended at home: decision- protection teams, 37 making on the use of self-care in Hong Kong, 125 Hill M. see Triseliotis J. Thoburn J., Editorial (to Special Issue on the 1948 Children Hindle D., Growing up with a parent who has a chronic mental Act: Lessons Learned and Lessons Forgotten), 147 illness: one child’s perspective, 259 Tite R. see Hicks C. Holman B., From Children’s Departments to Family Triseliotis J., Borland M., Hill M. & Lambert L., Soczal Departments, 205 work supervision of young people, 27 Hoyle D., Constructions of pupil absence in the British Wilson K. & Petrie S., No place like home: lessons learned and education service, 99 lessons forgotten — the Children Act 1948, 183 Hughes R., Children Act 1948 and 1989: similarities, differences, continuities, 149 Child and Family Social Work 1998, 3, p 286 © 1998 Blackwell Science Ltd