Table of Contents

Improving children's chances - developmental theory and effective interventions in community contexts Socio-economic policies - their impact on children in South Africa; improving practice through evaluation; the psychological impact of a school-feeding project; working with aggressive preschoolers - a systemic community-based intervention; health-promoting schools - lessons from Avondale Primary School; the thousand schools project - evaluating a whole school development initiative; school organisation development - a success story; healing wounds of war in Angola - a community-based approach; caring for children in fragmented communities; the emotional experience of working with troubled children - a psychodynamic approach to organisational consultation; intervening in adversity - towards a theory of practice