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IRISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES

A Note from the Editor
Call for Papers

As the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies is a Multi-Disciplinary Journal the content matter should reflect best practice and thinking in the field of child and youth care. The list of topics below is by no means exhaustive but aims to give an idea of the type and range of material that we are interested in publishing.

• Adolescence
• Adoption and Fostering
• Alcohol abuse and its impact on family life
• Assessing Children at Risk and in Need
• Behaviour Management
• Case Studies
• Child Abuse Investigations
• Child Care Law and Research
• Child Development (cognitive, emotional) both prenatal and postnatal
• Child Health
• Child/Juvenile Prostitution
• Child Maltreatment
• Child Protection
• Children in Care
• Children's Rights
• Conflict
• Counselling
• Development of Government policy on Children
• Development of Services for Children
• Family Group Conferencing
• Family Support
• Family Therapy
• Inter-agency working together to promote good practice
• Investigation of crime committed by or against Children
• Intervention with Abusers
• Juvenile Justice
• Learning Disability
• Management of Services for Children
• Mediation
• Mental Health Issues
• Parenting
• Paediatric Medicine
• Post Natal Depression - effects on children - emotional health of the mother
• Psychotherapy Practice
• Public Policy
• Residential Care
• Restorative Justice
• Risk Taking Behaviour
• Risk and Resiliency
• Separation/divorce and the impact on children
• Social Work Management
• Social Work Research
• Therapeutic Care
• Training and Education - Curriculum and assessment
• Trauma Recovery (Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence)

Contributions are invited from all those employed in and connected with the field of Social Care/Residential Care/Child and Youth Care.

Articles can be submitted by sending an electronic copy to: Dr Kevin Lalor, at Kevin.lalor@dit.ie
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