Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction; Part I The Theory of Need: Welfare and the value of liberty, Raymond Plant; The priority of needs, Robert E. Goodin; A theory of human need, Len Doyal and Ian Gough; A theory of human need, Kate Soper; Need; the idea won't do - but we still need it, A.J. Culyer; A taxonomy of social need, Jonathan Bradshaw. Part II The Needs of Children: A theory of human motivation, A.H. Maslow; What do children need from parents?, Dora Black; Pathways from childhood to adult life, Michael Rutter; An ecological approach to social work with children and families, Gordon Jack. Part III Assessing the Needs of Individual Children: The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a research note, Robert Goodman; Classification of child and adolescent psychopathology, Dennis P. Cantwell; Reflections on the assessment of outcomes in child care, Roy Parker; Single case evaluation methods: review and prospects, Brian Sheldon. Part IV Measuring the Needs of Child Populations: Why do levels of human welfare vary across nations?, Ian Gough and Theo Thomas; Auditing social needs, Janie Percy-Smith; Mapping the needs of children in need, Michael Preston-Shoot and Veronica Wigley; The background of children who enter local authority care, Andrew Bebbington and John Miles; Child poverty and needs based budget allocation, D. Gordon and F. Loughran; Mapping the data needed to plan integrated services: a case study of children's' services in one locality, Nick Axford, Jill Madge, Louise Morpeth and Jo Pring. Part V Towards Meeting Children's Needs: Needs, numbers, resources: informed planning for looked after children, Karin Janzon and Ruth Sinclair; A developmental and clinical model for the prevention of conduct orders: the FAST Track Program, Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group; Prevention and early intervention with children in need: definitions, principles and examples of good practice, Michael Little; Measuring outcomes in the 'new' children's services, Nick Axford