Contents VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1, FEBRUARY 2005 : Adoptive family life and adoption support: policy ambivalence and the development of 1: Surface and depth in the Victoria Climbié effective services Inquiry Report B. Luckock & A. Hart A. Cooper 5: Why are we waiting? The demography of : Conceptual analysis of critical moments in adoption for children of black, Asian and black Victoria Climbié’s life mixed parentage in England M. Rustin L. Frazer & F. Selwyn : Child abuse in China: a yet-to-be- : Counting family support acknowledged ‘social problem’ in the Chinese C. Tilbury Mainland 59: Transforming family positions: a D. P Qiao & ¥. C. Chan conversational analysis of a family social work : Promoting stability and continuity of care for case looked after children: a survey and critical C. van Nynatten review : Research Review: Child and family support S. Holland,A . Faulkner & R. Perez-del-Aguila services with minority ethnic families: what : Family relations, adjustment and well-being in can we learn from research? a longitudinal study of children in care A. Chand & ¥. Thoburn G. Andersson : Book Reviews : Applying narrative analysis to the process of : Books Received confirming or disregarding cases of suspected sexual abuse M. Hydén & C. Overlien VOLUME 10, NUMBER 3, AUGUST 2005 : Using research in practice: A research Special issue: Interdisciplinary working in child welfare information service for social care practitioners 185: Editorial M. Stevens, K. Liabo, S. Frost & H. Roberts O. Stevenson : Young helpline callers and difference: 187: Social workers in multidisciplinary teams: exploring gender, ethnicity and sexuality in issues and dilemmas for professional practice helpline access and provision N. Frost, M. Robinson & A. Anning M. Franks & R. Medforth : Collaboration between service users and : Book Reviews professionals: Legitimate decisions in child : Books Received protection — a Norwegian model : Thanks to reviewers E. Willumsen & M. Skivenes : Communicating misunderstandings: multi- agency work as social practice S. White & B. Featherstone VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2, MAY 2005 : The SESS multisite collaborative research 97: Call for papers initiative: establishing common ground 99: Identifying and assessing cases of child E. E. lida, 7. FE Springer, P J. Pecora, E. S. neglect: learning from the Irish experience Bandstra, M. C. Edwards & M. M. Basen 4. Horwath : The proof of the pudding: What difference : Relationship-based practice and reflective does multi-agency working make to families practice: holistic approaches to contemporary with disabled children with complex health child care social work care needs? G. Ruch D. Abbott, D. Watson & R. Townsley iii. ©C hild and Family Social Work 2005, 10, pp iii-iv © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Volume contents Practice challenges at the intersection of child : A grass roots approach to influencing child protection and mental health welfare policy Y. Darlington, F. A. Feeney & K. Rixon K. Kufeldt, M. Simard, P Thomas & ¥. Vachon Book Reviews Fatherhood and immigration: challenging the Books Received deficit theory D. Roer-Strier, R. Strier, D. Este, R. Shimoni & D. Clark Understanding and negotiating identity: VOLUME 10, NUMBER 4, NOVEMBER 2005 Children from cross-community families in Beyond attachment theory and therapy: public care in Northern Ireland Towards sensitive and evidence-based B. Kelly & R. Sinclair interventions with foster and adoptive families More than a piece of paper?: Personal in distress education plans and ‘looked after’ children in R. P Barth, T: M. Crea, K. John, ¥.T hoburn & England D. Quinton C. Hayden Predictors of outcome for unrelated adoptive Care proceedings and parents with learning placements made during middle childhood difficulties: comparative prevalence and C. Dance & A. Rushton outcomes in an English and Australian court : The relationship between maternal depression sample and child outcomes in a child welfare sample: T: Booth, W Booth & D. McConnell implications for treatment and policy Research Review: Parents’ service experience - A.W. Leschied, D. Chiodo, RP C. Whitehead & a missing element in research on foster care D. Hurley case outcomes Assessing the impact of community L. T: Alpert programmes working with children and Book Reviews families in disadvantaged areas Books Received G. Fack 5: Author index iv Child and Family Social Work 2005, 10, pp iii-iv © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd