Contents
About the contributors
Editorial
The place of race and ethnicity in the lives of children and young people
Ann Phoenix
Friendship and social development in children and adolescents: The impact of electronic technology
Mark Griffiths
Exploring the links between communication skills and social competence
Marion Farmer
Community building in schools: Developing a circle of friends
Gill Taylor
Friends - who needs them? What do we know and what can we do?
Sue Roffey, Karen Majors and Tony Tarrant
Using ideas from systemic family therapy in the context of education: Introducing not knowing to the world of education
Kirsten Blow
Nurture groups: An early intervention model enabling vulnerable children with emotional and behavioural difficulties to integrate successfully into school
Joyce Iszatt and Teresa Wasilewska
Disabling children: Autism, the effect on families and professionals
Glenis Jones
The child in the context of the family: Implications for the practice of educational psychologists
Sheila Wolfendale