Introduction : multi-professionalism--challenges and issues / Tricia David -- Developing legal issues in child protection / Judith Masson -- Anti-racist child protection / Adèle Jones -- Multi-professionalism and the Children Act of 1989 : a paediatrician's view / Nick Spencer -- Child-centred teamwork in practice / Margaret Randall and Su Beech -- Multi-professionalism : the role of the family / Kate Morris -- Training teachers in child protection : initial teacher education / Rosalind Goodyear -- Training teachers in child protection : INSET / Dorit Braun and Anne Schonveld -- Research dilemmas : no intimacy without reciprocity--no disclosure without illumination / Carrie Herbert -- Living with uncertainty / Esther Saraga