Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 24 No 1

Welcome to the spring 2025 issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care.

In this issue we feature a wide range of original research articles, shorter articles and book reviews from across the globe and on a wide variety of topics linked to residential child care. We are also making a special request to our readers to become involved in developing the journal’s book review section. While we have an open invitation to readers to volunteer to review new books, this request is to review classic texts in our field. If you have a book from over 10 years ago that has made a difference to your practice or your thinking about child and youth work, then please consider how others could benefit from reading this text or at least might be inspired by your story of encountering it.

You can also download your full copy of the journal.

Editorial

Title	Authors
Editorial	Graham Connelly, Sarah Deeley & Nadine Fowler

Original Research Articles

Title	Authors
Comparing Truth Regimes and Discursive Practices in State-Led Inquiries into Cases of Compulsory Social Measures in Switzerland and Australia	Mairena Hirschberg
Exploring the impact of work-related stress and professional wellbeing with practitioners in homes for children	Sarah Parry, Tracey Williams & Jeremy Oldfield
Compassion for the caregivers: An Indian perspective on the burnout of caregivers in child care institutions	Arora Akansha, Kalra Gurneet & Modi Kiran
Early childhood education and family wellbeing – A call for Scotland to reconsider policy and practice	Julia Clark
Foster carers in Scotland’s knowledge and awareness of speech, language, and communication needs	Grace Pellegrinelli & Ann Hodson
Understanding the impact of regulatory reforms in children’s residential care: Findings from an evidence review	Carl Purcell, Martin Elliott, Cindy Corliss, Mary Baginsky, Rebecca Playle, Alyson Rees & Michael Robling
Therapeutic child care: Are we clear what we are talking about?	Dave Roberts

Short Articles

Title	Authors
Bringing a loving care approach into an alternative education provision	Margaret Davies & David Lett
Observing high quality children's residential care: Reflecting on an implementation approach	Mihaela Manole, Laura Quinn & Gemma Watson
Progress is not linear, it’s cyclical: Old books and our field’s enduring vision – a modest proposal for readers of the SJRCC	James Anglin

Conference/Commentary/Other

Title	Authors
22nd Kilbrandon Lecture: Who then, in law, is my parent?	Kenneth McK. Norrie

Book Reviews

Title	Authors
In Harm’s Way: The Memoir of a Child Protection Lawyer, by Teresa Thornhill	Kenneth McK. Norrie
Looked After, A Childhood in Care, by Ashley John-Baptiste	Chelbi Hillan

Obituary

Title	Authors
Ruby Whitelaw, 1963 - 2024	Neil McMillan