Patrick Tomlinson is Strategic Development Director of SACCS and author of Therapeutic Approaches in Work with Traumatized Children and Young People. He has over 20 years' experience as a practitioner, manager and director of therapeutic child care services. Terry Philpot is author and editor of several books, including (with Anthony Douglas) Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times. He co-authored all titles in the SACCS Delivering Recovery series. He writes for several publications including The Times Higher Education Supplement and The Tablet. He has won several awards for his journalism, and is a board member of the Social Care Institute for Excellence

• Foreword, Mary Walsh, Co-founder and Chief Executive of SACCS. Introduction. 1. Assessment: What it is and how it has Developed. 2. Plans and Outcomes. 3. Understanding the Whole Child. 4. Bringing it All Together. 5. Assessment, Needs and Outcomes. 6. To and Fro: The Dynamic Process. 7. A Time to Listen: Putting the Child at the Centre. Appendix: Grace: A Child, an Assessment and a Plan. Notes. References. The Story of SACCS. The Authors. Subject Index. Author Index.

When this title was suggested to me for review I was expecting a dense doorstep-deep book to arrive in my pigeon hole. Imagine my pleasure to see Tomlinson andPhilpot's 160-page slimline publication with a nice friendly font inside... The authors' language is clear; concepts are well explained and introduced... for the practitioner or manager working within residential care with traumatised children, this book will provide a good introduction for new staff and a point of reflection for 'older hands'.