1. Editorial Foreword
Greg Kelly, Guest Editor

2. Freeing Children for Adoption, A Review of the Process, 1989 - 1996.
Joan Coulter, Greg Kelly, Valleri Switzer.

3. Permanency Policies in the 1990’s
June Thoburn

4. Issue of Bonding and Attachment
Oonagh Nugent

5. Assessment of Parenting - Some Basic Issues
Dorota Iwaniec

6. Helping Children In Care Deal With Trauma
Dr. Karola Dillenburger

7. Permanence in Practice
Gerry O'Hara

8. Care Planning And Review of Children
Norman Chambers

9. Plans and Reviews Under the Children's Act 1989. Experiences of Policies, Procedures and Practice in England.
Ruth Sinclair

10. Planning and Reviews for Children in Care in Northern Ireland
Goretti Horgan

11. Voice of Young People in Care - Review Recommendations
Karen McAllister

12. The Looking After Children Package
DR. Harriet Ward.

13. Using The "Looking After Children" Assessment and Action Records
Raphael Kearns

14. Planning For After Care
- Dr. John Pinkerton.