Safeguarding Babies and Very Young Children from Abuse and Neglect

Acknowledgements. Note on Initial Assessments, Core Assessments and Section 47 Enquiries. 1. Introduction. 2. The Children. 3. The Parents and their Circumstances. 4. Referral, Initial and Core Assessment. 5. Pathways to Permanence: Temporary Measures to Safeguard Children. 6. How Far Were the Children Safeguarded? 7. Professional Perspectives. 8. Parents' Perspectives. 9. Summary, Key Findings and their Implications for Policy and Practice. Appendix I. Aims, Methodology and Issues Concerning Recruitment and Retention of the Sample. Appendix II. Issues Concerning the Scores from the IT - HOME Inventory. References. Index.