Developments in Child Care (3 Parts)

Synopsis: A set of three videos looking at the evolution of services for disadvantaged children over the last 250 years.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 23, 21, 24 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: Sale; 1998 sale: £264.38 (inclusive) set
Documentation: Accompanying teaching notes.
Uses: Schools, universities, staff in residential or field social work posts, social historians, social work trainees.
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: child welfare; children in care; foster care; residential care; social history; social work

Director

George Akers

Producer

Roy Ainsworth

Cast

Timothy Block

Title: Early years 1739-1905, The
Synopsis: 1 (1983): Shows how people such as Thomas Barnardo, Thomas Coram, Benjamin Waugh, Edward Rudolph, Thomas Bowman Stephenson and Maria Rye attempted to develop services that would meet some of the needs of destitute and neglected children living in the new
Title: Into the twentieth century 1906-1948
Synopsis: 2 (1984): Traces the development and implementation of central and local government legislation to improve the lot of destitute and neglected children.
Title: Independence and change 1949-1970
Synopsis: 3 (1987): Sows what happened to deprived children following the implementation of the 1948 Children Act and provides material which can be used when examining changes in the provision of residential care: the demise of emigration and the developing emphas

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