Editorial Vol5 no1 by Irene Stevens

Looking after children without parents and encouraging their social integration: a Latvian perspective by Inese Jurgena, Zigurds Mikainis

Guest Editorial Vol2 no2 by Kirstie Maclean

“…After just over 3 years as Director of the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care (SIRCC), I am returning to work in the Social Work Services Inspectorate. …”

The value of resilience as a concept for practice in residential settings by Brigid Daniel

'We're here tae mak a difference' by The Group, Jeremy Millar

Book review: Residential child care: prospects and challenges Andrew Kendrick, Editor by Irene Stevens

Editorial Vol7 no2 by Graham Connelly

“…It gives me great pleasure to introduce this special edition of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, devoted entirely to the education of looked after children and young people. …”

Developing quality indicators for learning with care by Graham Connelly

“…As part of its response to the report, the Scottish Executive commissioned work to develop training and other support materials aimed at improving educational outcomes for looked after children and young people. …”

Participation in residential child care in Germany by Bernhard Babic, Liane Pluto

Residential child care and the psychodynamic approach; is it time to try again? by Charles Sharpe

Exploring a role for performance management in residential child care by Russell Sutherland

“…While agencies such as the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and the Scottish Social Services Council have a role in setting and monitoring standards, it is argued that their activities are not focused enough to ensure that the mistakes highlighted in inquiries will not be repeated. …”

Regards et expériences de voyageurs français sur l’Écosse à travers l’exemple des récits de Pierre-Étienne Denis Saint-Germain-Leduc et de Michel Bouquet dans les années 1830-1850... by Marion Amblard, Sabrina Juillet-Garzón

“…How did French travellers from the 1830s to 1850s view Scotland and its people? What factors influenced their perception of the nation? …”
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Insurrection and Integration: The Indian “Mutiny” of 1857 and the Theatrical Renegotiation of Ethnic Alterities by Marty Gould

“…In the face of this colonial rebellion, British playwrights produced images of metropolitan cultural consolidation, mobilizing Scottish characters to forge a broader, Celtically inflected British identity that ideologically aligned the people of England and Scotland in clear opposition to the mutinous hordes of India. …”
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Illustrating Animals and Visualizing Natural History in Chambers’s Encyclopaedias by Rose Roberto

“…More than 10 years before Darwin’s Origin of Species, a book titled Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation about evolution or ‘transmutation’ was anonymously authored by Scottish publisher Robert Chambers. The first edition sold out on both sides of the Atlantic. …”
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The Seasons by James Thomson and the Baltic German Poetry about the Seasons in the Era of Baltic Enlightenment by Kairit Kaur

“…James Thomson (1700–1748) was an 18th century Scottish poet and playwright. Son of a Presbyterian minister, he studied at the College of Edinburgh to become a minister (1715–1719). …”
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We Walk: a person-centred, dyadic behaviour change intervention to promote physical activity through outdoor walking after stroke—an intervention development study by Stephan U Dombrowski, Brendan McCormack, Maggie Lawrence, Frederike Van Wijck, Jacqui H Morris, Linda A Irvine

“…Objectives To develop We Walk, a theoretically informed, 12-week person-centred dyadic behaviour change intervention to increase physical activity (PA) in community-dwelling people with stroke (PWS) through outdoor walking.Design Three-phase intervention development study. …”
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Transition Guide Dissemination to Foster Patient–Care Team Conversations: A Childhood Arthritis Rheumatology Research Alliance Transition Learning Collaborative Pilot Implementatio... by Joyce C. Chang, Gabrielle Alonzi, Cora Sears, Nicole Bitencourt, Alex Hernandez, Rosemary Peterson, Risa Alperin, Rebecca S. Overbury, Mariel dela Paz, Lindsay N. Waqar‐Cowles, Patience H. White, Kristine Carandang, Erica F. Lawson, for the CARRA Transition Workgroup

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Modeling the relationship between the moral charter derived from Islamic teachings and performance with the mediating variable of employees' perception by leila jahantigh, Abbas Babaeenezhad, Mohsen Zayandehroudi, saeed sayadi

“…Institutions and business organizations are more inclined to acknowledge consequential ethics than statutory ethics, and the reason is partly due to the persuasive arguments of Adam Smith, the Scottish political economist and moral philosopher. …”
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