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Examining the assessment of need in children's services this book addresses the full spectrum of practice, policy and research developments in the field. The contributors include leading academics, policy makers and senior practitioners who generate a broad-based holistic approach to the assessment of children in need. They show how needs assessment in children's services can be used to tackle problems such as low achievement, mental ill-health and social exclusion at both individual and strategic levels. Approaches to the Assessment of Need in Children's Services will enable service managers and practitioners to respond effectively to the increasing pressure to monitor outcomes and effectiveness in child care work, and to improve and coordinate children's welfare service provision at individual and community levels and provides an indispensable overview and analysis for anyone working or studying in child welfare and social care.

Presents the life and career of Ann Richards who was governor of the state of Texas from 1991-1995.

What does that place between the tick and the tock look like?Ten writers take us on a journey in time using prose and poetry.* Joe and Holly have all the time in the world, literally!* Two men. One ticking bomb.* When Time takes a holiday she hands the reins to someone for whom timing is everything.Tick Tock is about time, a construct in many guises. But one thing is certain, there's never enough of it.

PM is a firm favourite amongst Primary Schools due to its reputation for reading success. Offering over 800 carefully levelled fiction and non-fiction books, PM builds confidence through gradual progression and step-by-step support.

The Singularity is a new speculative fiction magazine, based in London, England, that publishes short stories that are singular in voice and style. Issue 3 features another ten stories from award-winning and new writers from around the world, including our first translated piece and our first collaborated story: "The Shackles of Memory" by Mjke Wood, "Bee Futures" by Vaughan Stanger, "Mission Creep" by David Galef, "Waters of Lethe" by Ian Sales, "Islands of Light in a Sea of Darkness" by Mike Jansen, "