Introduction. Joyce Lishman, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Section 1: Understanding. 1. The Social Policy Context of Practice Learning. Steven M. Shardlow, University of Salford. 2. Structural Approaches to Social Work. Anne Davis, University of Birmingham. 3. Towards Social Theory for Social Work. Pauline Hardiker and Mary Barker, formerly University of Leicester. 4. The Placement of Attachment Theory in Social Work with Children and Families. Jane Aldgate, Open University. 5. Erikson's Life Cycle Approach to Development. Alastair Gibson, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. 6. A Psychodynamic Approach to Social Work. Judith Brearley, Scottish Institute of Human Relations, Edinburgh. Section 2: Assessment. 7. Model of Assessment. Daphne Statham, formerly The National Institute for Social Work, and Patricia Kearney, Social Care Institute for Excellence. 8. Assessment and Children. Brigid Daniel, University of Dundee. 9. Assessment: From Reflexivity to Process Knowledge. Michael Sheppard, University of Plymouth. 10. Assessment in Criminal Justice. Gill McIvor, Lancaster University. 11. Risk Assessment and Management: An Overview. Hazel Kemshall, DeMontfort University, Leicester. Section 3: Intervention. 12. Cognitive Behavioural Social Work. Geraldine Macdonald, Queen's University of Belfast. 13. Task-Centred Practice. Peter Marsh, University of Sheffield. 14. Crisis Intervention. Amy Clark, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. 15. Family Therapy and Systematic Practice. Steven Walker, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and Chelmsford. 16. Theory, Concepts, Feelings and Practice: The Contemplation of Bereavement with a Social Work Course. Gerard Rochford, formerly Aberdeen University. 17. Group Care. Colin Keenan, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. 18. Empowerment and Advocacy. Rob Mackay, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. 19. Social Work and Community Development. Alan Barr OBE, Scottish Community Development Centre, Glasgow. Section 4: The Context of Assessment and Intervention. 20. Social Work with Children and Families: A Case Study of the Integration of Law, Social Policy and Research in the Development of Assessment and Intervention with Children and Families. Robert Buckley, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen .21. Interdisciplinary Practice. Terry McLean, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. 22. Working within the Organizational Context of Dynamic Change. Fiona Feilberg, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Section 5: Reflective and Evidence Based Practice. 23. Reflective Practice and Critical Reflection. Joan Fook, University of Southampton. 24. Research, Evaluation and Evidence Based Practice. Joyce Lishman. The Contributors. Subject index. Author index.
