1. Editorial Page 306

2. (i) Promoting Family Decision Making in Child Care Practice: An Overview of the Use of Family Group Conferences in Child Protection, Youth Justice, Schools and with Young Carers
Paul Nixon, Commissioning Officer, Family Group Conferences, Hampshire County Council Social Services Department. Pages 308-327

(ii) The Cultural Origins of the Contemporary Family Group Conference
Leon Fulcher, Professor of Social Work, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Pages 328-339

(iii) Crawling and Then Walking: First Steps in Family Group Conference Practice
Avery Bowser, Child Witness Development Worker, NSPCC. Pages 340-349

(iv) Letting The Family Speak About Violence: Research Findings on Family Group Conference Use in Domestic Violence
Gale Burford, Professor and Director, Department of Social Work, University of Vermont. Pages 350-360

(v) Restorative Justice: Its Potential
Martin McAnallen, Probation Board for Northern Ireland. Pages 361-364

(vi) Family Group Conferences: Putting Principals into Practice
Jane Wiffin, Policy Advisor, Family Rights Group. Pages 365-37 1

(vii) The Role of the Co-coordinator in Family Group Conferences - A Northern Ireland Experience
Sam Allison and Catherine McCambrigde, Newtownabbey Family Centre.
Pages 372-379

(viii) Workshop: Care Leaving and Family Group Conferences
DR John Pinkerton, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Child Care Reasearch, QUB.
Pages 380-384

(ix) Tithe Families Speak. Pages 385-386

3. Racial Identity Issues Among Black and Mixed Parentage Adolescents in Britain: A Brief Overview
Dr Lena Robinson, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Social Work, University of Birmingham. Pages 387-395

4. Children of Mixed Parentage in Care; Why Such A High Number?
Toyin Okitikpi, Lecturer in Social Work, Brunel University, London. Pages 396-405