Children, Families and Social Exclusion
New Approaches to Prevention

Many policy and practice initiatives that aim to prevent social exclusion focus on children and young people. This book seeks to consider fresh approaches to understanding the complexities of prevention, and how these fresh understandings can inform policy and practice.

The findings of this book have direct relevance for all those engaged in developing preventative policy and practice and will therefore be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and students of child welfare and social policy more broadly, in providing a timely discussion of key debates in designing, delivering and commissioning preventative services.

Introduction
Social exclusion
Contemporary issues for child welfare
The development of preventative policy and practice
The children's fund: strategies for social inclusion
The children's fund: activities and impacts of targeted strategies
New understandings for prevention
Conclusion: effective preventative approaches.