David Howe is Emeritus Professor of Social Work. After an early career as a child care officer and social worker, in 1976 David Howe began his present career as a university researcher and teacher.

Some recent publications

Books (1998-2012 only) 
 
        
2012
Empathy: what it is and why it matters
David Howe
Palgrave/Macmillan

2011 Attachment across the lifecourse: a brief introduction David Howe Palgrave/Macmillan	2009 A Brief Introduction to Social Work Theory David Howe Palgrave/Macmillan
2008 The Emotionally Intelligent Social Worker     David Howe Palgrave/Macmillan	2005 Child Abuse and Neglect: attachment, development and intervention David Howe Palgrave/Macmillan

2004
(Howe, David Edited with Neil, E.) Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care London: BAAF
2004
(Howe, David with Trinder, L. and Feast, J.) The Adoption Reunion Handbook  Wiley
2002
Attachment Theory for Social Work Practice (Japanese translation): Tokyo
2001
Introducere in Teoria Asistentei Sociale Buceresti: UNICEF
2000
(Howe, David with Feast, Julia) Adoption, Search and Reunion: the long term experience of adopted people London: The Children’s Society; London: BAAF
1999
(Howe, David with Brandon, M., Hinings, D. and Schofield, G.) Attachment Theory, Child Maltreatment and Family Support: a practice and assessment model Macmillan.
1999
Una Introduccion a la Teoria del Trabajo Social Editorial Maristan: Granada, Espana
1998
Patterns of Adoption: nature, nurture and psychosocial development Oxford: Blackwell Science.
1998
Yugoslavian edition of An Introduction to Social Work Theory  Belgrade: CIP
1998
La Teoría del Vínculo Afectivo Para la Práctica del Trabajo Social  Barcelona: Paidós.

Research Report

2008

Brandon, M., Belderson, P., Warren, C., Howe, David, Gardner, R., Dodsworth, J. and Black, J.  'Analysing Child Deaths and Serious Injury through Abuse and Neglect: What can we learn? A Biennial Analysis of Serious Case Reviews 2003-2005',   Department for Children Schools and Families.

Journal papers (2001-2010 only)

2010
ADHD and its comorbidity: an example of gene-environment interaction and its implications for child and family social work. Child and Family Social Work, 15 (3) pp.265-275.
2010
The safety of children and the parent-worker relationship in cases of child abuse and neglect, Child Abuse Review, 19 (5), pp.330-341.
2007
Adopters, unresolved loss, and baby adoption outcomes. In W.Yule and S. Scott (Eds.) Fostering, Adoption and Alternative Care. Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Occasional papers No. 26, pp 19-24
2006
Developmental attachment psychotherapy with fostered and adopted children. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 11(3): pp 128-134
2006
Disabled children, attachment and maltreatment British Journal of Social Work  36, pp 743-760
2006
Disabled children, parent-child interaction and attachment Child and Family Social Work. 11(2): 95-106
2004
(David Howe with J. Feast) Open adoption records, the human rights of adopted people, and discrimination: the case of Odièvre v France 2003 European Journal of Social Work 7(1): 25-42
2003
Disorder of attachment in adopted and fostered children: recognition and treatment. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 8(3): 369-387
2003
Attachment disorders: disinhibited attachment behaviours and secure base distortions with special reference to adopted children. Attachment and Human Development 5(3): 265-270.
2003
(David Howe with J. Feast) Adoption, Search and Reunion: the non-searcher’s experience. American Adoption Congress Decree 19(2) pp 4-6.
2002
(David Howe with J. Feast) Adoption, Search and Reunion: the non-searcher's experience. American Adoption Congress Decree 19(2) pp 4-6
2001
(David Howe with A. Greig) Social Understanding, attachment security of preschool children and maternal mental health. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.  (19) pp 381-393.
2001
Age at placement, adoption experience and adult adopted people’s contact with their adoptive and birth mothers: an attachment perspective.  Attachment and Human Development (3) pp 222-237.
2001
(David Howe with J. Feast and D. Shemmings) Age at placement and adult adopted people’s experience of being adopted. Child and Family Social Work  (6) pp 337-349.
2001
(David Howe with J. Feast) The long-term outcome of reunions between adult adopted people and their birth mothers. British Journal of Social Work  31 pp 351 – 368.


Book chapters (2001-2010 only)

2010
Psicoterapia evolutiva dell' Attacccamento con bambini in affido e in adozione. In F. Vadilonga (ed) Curare L'Adozione: Modelli di sostegno e presa in carico della crisi adottiva, Milano: Rafaello Cortina.
2009
The impact of histories of abuse and neglect on children in placement. In G Schofield and J. Simmonds (eds) The Child Placement Handbook: Research, theory and practice. London: BAAF, pp 47-62
2009
Foreword. In R. Gilligan Promoting Resilience. London: BAAF, pp v-vi
2009
Nature, nurture and narratives. In G.M. Wrobel and E.Neil (eds) International Advances in Adoption Research for Practice. Chichester: Wiley, pp 3-16
2009
Psychosocial work: An attachment perspective. In R. Adams, L. Dominelli and M.Payne (eds) Critical Practice in Social Work. 2nd Ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan, pp 137-146
2009
Attachment: Implications for assessing children's needs and parenting capacity. In J. Horwath (ed) The Child's World. 2nd Ed. London: Jessica Kingsley, pp 184-198
2009
Adopters, adoption and adopted children. In G. Bentley and R. Mace (eds) Substitute Parents: Biological and sociological perspectives on alloparenting in human societies. Oxford: Berghan Books, pp 194-212
2004
(Howe, David with Neil, E.) Conclusions: a transactional model for thinking about contact. In E. Neil and D. Howe (Eds.) Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care London: Wiley pp 224 – 254
2004
(Howe, David with Steele, M.) Contact in cases in which children have been traumatically abused or neglect by their birth parents. In E. Neil and D. Howe (Eds.) Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care London: Wiley pp 203-223
2004
(Howe, David with Neil, E.) Introduction. In E. Neil and D. Howe (Eds.) Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care London: Wiley pp 1-6
2003
(Howe, David with J. Feast) Talking and telling. In Douglas, A. and Philpot, T. (Eds.) Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times Routledge: London pp 139-146.
2003
Assessments using an attachment perspective. In M. Calder and S. Hackett (Eds.) Assessment in Child Care Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing pp 375- 387.
2003
Adopted children’s behaviour and development in childhood and adolescence. In R. Gupta and D. Parry-Gupta (Eds.) Children and Parents:clinical issues for psychologists and psychiatrists. London: Whurr Publishers pp 80-102.
2002
Relating theory to practice.  In Martin Davies (2nd edition) (Ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Social Work.  Oxford: Blackwell.
2002
Psychosocial work.  In R. Adams, L. Dominelli and M. Payne (2nd edition) (Eds).  Social Work: themes, issues and critical debates. Basingstoke: Macmillan
2001
Attachment.  In Horwath, J. (Ed.) The Child’s World  London: London: Jessica Kingsley pp 194 -206

Conferences and Presentations

(April 2010) 'The legacy of childhood neglect: An attachment perspective', Biennial Conference of the European Society for Dissociation and Trauma, Queen's University: Belfast.

(March 2010) 'In praise of social work and its workers', World Social Work Day, Essex County Council: Colchester.

(Feb 2010) ' Attachment and Children's Development', Plymouth SCB Annual Conference, Plymouth SCB: Plymouth.

(Feb 2010) 'Child Adbuse and Trauma: Attachment, Development and the Principles of Intervention', Action for Children: University of York.