References for various books, articles and chapters are provided for further reading. All provide useful perspectives on the topics addressed by the respective practice tools. Needless to say, there is an extensive literature in most of these areas and so we have had to be very selective. The handful of items cited here should prove particularly helpful but those using the practice tools may wish to read more widely.

Bullock, R., Little, M. and Millham, S. (1998) Secure Treatment Outcomes: the care careers of very difficult adolescents, Aldershot, Ashgate.

Little, M., Axford, N. and Morpeth, L. (2004) ‘Risk and Protection in the Context of Services for Children in Need’, Child and Family Social Work 9 (1), 105-118.

Rutter, M. (1989) ‘Pathways from Childhood to Adult Life’, Journal of Child Psychologyand Psychiatry 30, 23-51.