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CHILDREN AT RISK GUIDELINES
Preface
What are the principles of good practice in the area of Child Development
and how can we implement them? This series sets out the basic principles
of Tearfund’s Child Development Policy, and then seeks to apply them
in different contexts. Here in Volume 1 we look at children caught up in
family breakdown. We recommend that you use this framework in
conjunction with the Tearfund Child Development Study Pack (for
details of how to order the Study Pack and other volumes, see the final
page). The study emerges from comprehensive field research and dialogue
and has been reviewed by a variety of experts and practitioners. The
authors hope and pray that you will find it useful and practical and that,
for all who are working with children, it will help you in changing
children’s lives for the better.
Glenn Miles and Paul Stephenson
October 2000
GLENN MILES has worked with Tearfund as a Child Development Consultant,
evaluating a wide range of projects in Asia. He has over ten years experience in child
health and welfare focused on South and Southeast Asia, and he has two children of
his own.
PAUL STEPHENSON currently works as Tearfund’s Child Development Advisor. He
has seven years experience of development and relief in Latin America, Africa, Asia
and Eastern Europe, and has a background in education, community development
and programme evaluation.
Tearfund’s learning materials and case studies may be adapted and reproduced for
use, provided the materials are distributed free of charge. Full reference should be
given to Tearfund and the relevant authors within the materials.
NOTE The terms First and Third Worlds, developed and developing countries have been used interchangeably throughout the
text as commonly accepted terminology for industrialised and developing countries.
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