The Volume ‘ Children Without Parental Care: protection, safeguards and Best Practices is an effort to highlight best practices for children without parental care. The book not only provides an explanation about the children in need of care and protection issues sensitively and effectively keeping the best interest of children mind. the volume covers multiple issues like understanding about children in need of care and protection, the importance of alternate care for such children, childcare and rehabilitation priorities best practices for children having special needs, counseling and attachment issues and adoption procedures. beside it contains one child protection glossary which will be helpful for those new to the area of child adoption it would be immensely helpful for the authorities and functionaries of childcare institutions and allied services and student of social works as well.