@techreport { , title = {The role of schools in supporting vulnerable children and families.}, abstract = {Practitioners who participated in the SCCPN/MARS research study reported on in What Can Research Do For You?1 identified the role of schools in supporting vulnerable children and families as a priority for a research briefing. A subsequent review of the existing literature focused on theoretical models, frameworks and evidence-based school programmes and policies which support vulnerable children and families. Such programmes include those which: • entail families and children participating together • include wider family support (although primarily for children) • have taken into account the parental views on their child’s development as a result of participating in the programme. Schools often support vulnerable children and families in ways which do not appear in the literature; it is recognised that these supports are part of very effective practice with children and families, even if they are not part of ‘official’ evidence.}, note = {School: sch\_nur}, organization = {Stirling, Scotland}, publicationstatus = {Published}, url = {http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8420}, keyword = {362 Social welfare problems & services, HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare, Vulnerable children, families, schools, support;}, year = {2013}, author = {Stone, Kelly} }