Chairing Child Protection Conferences : An Exploration of Role and Attitude Book

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
1	The history of child protection conferences	3
2	Dilemmas for chairs in holding child protection conferences	10
3	The task of conferences in child protection in relation to chairing	19
4	Chairing and small group dynamics	27
5	Decision-making and chairing	32
6	The techniques and skills of chairing	40
7	Methodological framework	51
8	Training	58
9	Preparation	61
10	Managing the conference	66
11	Style, power and status	78
12	The child and the parents	84
13	The chairs' attitudes to child abuse and neglect	90
14	Is there a 'better' case conference?	94
15	An overview of chairing child protection conferences	99
	Appendix I	115
	Appendix II - the guided interview schedule	118
	Bibliography	120