Resources

Children's Services
Cooper, A, Hetherington, R., Katz, I. 2003. The Risk Factor. Making the child protection system work for children. London: Demos. Click here to view more information.

Lownsbrough H, O'Leary D. 2005. The Leadership Imperative. Reforming children's services from the ground up. London:Demos Click here to view more information.

Munro E. 2002. Effective Child Protection. London: Sage. Click here to view more information.
Reder P, Duncan S. 1999. Lost Innocents: a Follow-up Study of Fatal Child Abuse. London: Routledge. Click here to view more information.

Also see their papers on inter-agency communication in child protection networks in
Child Abuse Review, Volume 12 (2) 2003 and Volume 13 (2) 2004.


Action Research
Coghlan, D., Brannick, T. 2004. Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization. London: Sage. Click here to view more information.

Reason P., Bradbury H. ( Eds.) 2001. Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice. London: Sage. Click here to view more information.

Also see Reason and Bradbury's The Abridged Handbook of Action Research: Student edition. 2005. Click here to view more information.

Sharp C. 2005. The Improvement of Public Sector Delivery: Supporting Evidence Based Practice Through Action Research. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive. Click here to view more information.

Self Care, Increasing Energy and Wellbeing
Agombar, F. 2006. Beat Fatique with Yoga. A Step-By-Step Guide. The Simple Step-By-Step Way to Restore Energy. London: Cherry Red Books. Click here to view more information.

Links
Every Child Matters
Social Care Online
Research in Practice
Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice, School of Management, University of Bath
Living Educational Theory Approach to Action Research
Research for Real, Edinburgh
Association of Sustainability Practitioners
Performance Hub