Part 1 The Background; Chapter 1 The Children's DePart ment; Chapter 2 The Casework Process; Chapter 3 Personality Development and the Removal of Stability; Part 2 Part Two the Work; Chapter 4 Preventive Work; Chapter 5 Reception into Care—Anticipated; Chapter 6 Reception into Care — in a Crisis; Chapter 7 The Panel of Foster Parents; Chapter 8 The Introduction of a Child to a Foster Home; Chapter 9 The Child and His Foster Home; Chapter 10 Rehabilitation and Approved School after Care; Chapter 11 Adoption; Chapter 12 The Purposive use of Residential Care; Part 3 Part Three Case Studies; Chapter 13 Jimmy and Ann G.; Chapter 14 Sally P.; Chapter 15 David Index;