Theorists still argue about the meaning and value of the popular and controversial concept of need in social policy. These papers offer a critical appraisal of this concept by looking at: methods for assessing children's needs at the individual and group levels; approaches to designing services to meet identified needs; influences on society's response to need and the benefit of a single theoretical framework for dealing with the difficult questions of need.
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Theorists still argue about the meaning and value of the popular and controversial concept of need in social policy. These papers offer a critical appraisal of this concept by looking at: methods for assessing children's needs at the individual and group levels; approaches to designing services to meet identified needs; influences on society's response to need and the benefit of a single theoretical framework for dealing with the difficult questions of need.
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