Safeguarding Children Across Services brings together the latest evidence on safeguarding children from abuse and neglect. Providing an overview of 15 research projects, it addresses the key policy and practice issues across health, social care and education services and the family justice system. The authors set out the latest findings on identification of abuse and neglect, methods of prevention, general interventions, and specific interventions for families with additional or complex needs. They examine the evidence on effective inter-agency practice and how it can be improved. Each...

Playclay Monkey is a lonely, teardrop blue and Playclay Bunny is a fiery, angry red. But Monkey has a plan and soon they're lost in a game of mushing, squishing and cutting playclay shapes. They discover that together their world can be fun and colourful, and they get an even better surprise when they mix the blue and red clay together... This is the first in the MushyMix series, which is a fun and exciting set of stories about colourful playclay (play dough) characters. Blue Monkey, Red Rabbit and The Yellow Circus Mouse Twins have fun squishing the clay, cutting out shapes, mixing the...