ABSTRACT
Inadequate co-operation between different professionals who work with children and adolescents at risk has been a key concern of policymakers, practitioners and academics for some time. Many research reports, conferences, and seminars during the past few years have highlighted the various sources of difficulties of getting a range of authorities and organisations to realise effective methods of working together. Speculations about the reasons for the lack of co-operation cover everything from obstacles on the individual level, prestige, and personality clashes to a structural level of cultural obstacles, qualification battles, and professional hierarchies.
