1. Research and theory/ Sheldon -- 2. Direct clinical work with children/ Ronen -- 3. Intervention to protect the child/ Bourn -- 4. Treating children who fail to thrive/ Iwaniec -- 5. Children with severe learning disabilities/ Burke -- 6. Behavioural work in residential childcare/ Kazi and Mir -- 7. Working with young offenders/ Hollin -- 8. Adult probationers and the STOP programme/ Raynor and Vanstone -- 9. Working with carers using the birthday exercise/ Kushlick, Dagbab and Trower -- 10. Learning theory, addiction and counselling/ Tober -- 11. Behavioural work, crisis intervention and the mental health call-out/ Oliver and Hudson -- 12. Intervention in group care for older people/ Cigno -- 13. The prevention and management of elder abuse/ Parker -- 14. Epilogue: Education for effective practice/ Cigno