About the Author

Sonia Jackson is Professor of Social Care and Education at the University of London, Institute of Education. She is a qualified clinical psychologist and social worker and was Head of Social Policy and Applied Social Studies at the University of Wales Swansea before moving to direct research projects at the Thomas Coram Research Unit. She has served as a Trustee, and now Patron of the Who Cares? Trust, and as Chair of Children in Wales.