Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Towards Social Inclusion -- 3 A Framework for Conceptualising Need and its Application to Planning and Providing Services -- 4 Needs-Led or Needs Must? -- 5 Matching Needs and Services -- 6 Developing a Taxonomy for Children in Need -- 7 Evolution Not Revolution -- 8 National Policy on the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families -- 9 Underpinning Theories for the Assessment of Children's Needs -- 10 An Inter-Agency Approach to Needs Assessment -- 11 Addressing Family Needs when a Parent is Mentally Ill -- 12 Assessing Children's Needs and Parents' Responses -- 13 Assessing Emotional and Behavioural Development in Children Looked After Away from Home -- 14 Two Steps Forward, One Step Back -- References -- Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.