The "Spirit of New Orleans": translating a model of intervention with maltreated children and their families for the Glasgow context.

Children in care have higher rates of mental health problems than the general population and placement instability contributes to this. Children are both most vulnerable to the effects of poor quality care and most responsive to treatment in the early weeks and months of life yet, in the UK, permanency decisions are generally not in place until around the age of four. We aimed to understand the components of an innovative system for assessing and intervening with maltreated children and their families developed in New Orleans and to consider how it might be implemented in Glasgow, UK.

The work of health visitors and school nurses with children with psychological and behavioural problems.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study to describe the workload of health visitors and school nurses in relation to children and young people with psychological, emotional or behavioural problems, and to identify perceived challenges, obstacles and sources of satisfaction associated with this aspect of their work.

Background: There is little published information on the work performed by non-specialist community nurses with children and young people who have psychological, emotional and behavioural problems.

Method: We analysed data from a survey conducted in 2002 - 2003 of 1049 Scottish professionals working with children and young people.