A neutral stance is impossible for a participant observer.

The benefits of adoption compared with foster care and return home

Research into adoption, fostering and residential care with surprising conclusions

The ignored facts about young people who were locked up

An architect’s analysis of secure care

Ways to manage problem behaviour

Practical advice on residential child care

Lessons about what does - and does not - damage children

Research lessons learnt from residential child care practice

A landmark text on the impact of education on children in need

A landmark study of children in long-term care

Multiple messages about the care of young offenders from the days of Sigmund Freud

Using the residential group to let children address their problems

The thinking behind an unusual, innovative and lastingly influential institution

The struggle to change a traditional approved school to offer relationship-based treatment

Research showing how children respond to care, and that good care saves money

A seminal text which makes sense of other theoretical and practice-based work

Personal experiences of the care system shaped professional thinking.

A classic observation of what made residential therapy work

Research which led to change and some unexpected findings

A short paper which had a massive impact

Post-discharge success was shown to depend on family contact.

A study of what makes for success in foster care

The classic example of a self-governing community for children

An honest account of learning to run a community for young offenders by experience

A landmark report that set professional standards for residential child care

A holistic approach to child care and the developmental needs of staff at different levels

A new Section of the Webmag, covering the classic texts of the past

The historical classic about services for young offenders

An early piece of comparative research, looking at added value