Raikes, Ben and Balen, Rachel (2016) The benefits of prisoner participation in interdisciplinary learning. Social Work Education. pp. 1-12. ISSN 0261-5479
Crawshaw, Marilyn and Balen, Rachel (2011) Commentary on 'Sperm preservation in children: A prescription for consistency with both child protection and criminal law' by Wheeler et al. Clinical Risk, 17 (2). pp. 58-59. ISSN 1356-2622
Crawshaw, Marilyn and Balen, Rachel (2010) Introduction. In: Adopting after Infertility: Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience. Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 9-14. ISBN 978-1-84905-028-9
Crawshaw, Marilyn and Balen, Rachel (2010) Where Infertility Arises from a Prior Health Condition – Fit to Adopt? In: Adopting after Infertility: Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience. Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 55-67. ISBN 978-1-84905-028-9
Balen, Rachel, Rhodes, Christine and Ward, Lisa J. (2010) The Power of Stories: Using Narrative for Interdisciplinary Learning in Health and Social Care. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 29 (4). pp. 416-426. ISSN 0261-5479
Ward, Lisa J., Rhodes, Christine and Balen, Rachel (2009) Innovative, Service User led approaches to teaching and learning through inter-disciplinary workshops in health and social care. In: Authenticity to Action - Involving Service Users and Carers in Higher Education Conference 2009, 4th - 6th November 2009, Grange-Over-Sands, UK. (Unpublished)
Hawksworth, Dawn and Balen, Rachel (2009) Animal Cruelty and Child Welfare – The Health Visitor’s Perspective. In: The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence. Sussex Academic Press, East Sussex, UK. ISBN 9781845193249
Hall, Christopher, Gibbs, Graham R., Balen, Rachel, Masson, Helen and Rodriguez, Alison (2008) The usefulness of coding in the Victoria Climbie Data Corpus: a reply to Taylor. Qualitative Research, 8 (5). pp. 635-640. ISSN 14687941
Rhodes, Christine, Ward, Lisa J. and Balen, Rachel (2008) Using narrative for interdisciplinary learning in health and social care. In: The Narrative Practitioner 2nd International Conference, 23rd - 25th July 2008, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI), Wrexham, Wales. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel, Rhodes, Christine and Ward, Lisa J. (2008) Using narrative for interdisciplinary learning in health and social care. In: Biennial Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), July 20-24, 2008, Durban, South Africa. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel and Masson, Helen (2008) The Victoria Climbié case: social work education for practice in children and families' work before and since. Child and Family Social Work, 13 (2). pp. 121-132. ISSN 1356-7500
Balen, Rachel (2007) 'What would your grandparents say about this?' Interactive learning for health and social care. In: 1st International Conference of the European Interprofessional Education Network (EIPEN), 12th-14th September 2007, Krakow, Poland. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel and White, Sue (2007) Making critical minds: nurturing 'Not-Knowing' in students of health and social care. Social Work Education, 26 (2). pp. 200-206. ISSN 0261-5479
Balen, Rachel (2006) Sexuality and fertility in illness and disability: from early adolescence to adulthood. In: 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, 10th-14th December 2006, Hong Kong, China. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel, Cox, Pat and Jackson, Sonia (2006) Promoting children's well-being. Social Work Education, 25 (2). pp. 117-118. ISSN 0261-5479
Balen, Rachel, Fraser, Claire and Fielding, Dorothy (2006) Children’s understanding of infertility. In: Sexuality and Fertility in Illness and Disability: From Early Adolescence to Adulthood. Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 49-64. ISBN 1843103397
Balen, Rachel, Cox, Pat and Jackson, Sonia (2006) Editorial. Social Work Education, 25 (2). pp. 117-118. ISSN 02615479
Balen, Rachel, Blyth, Eric, Calabretto, Helen, Fraser, Claire, Horrocks, Christine and Manby, Martin (2006) Involving children in health and social research - 'human becomings' or 'active beings'? Childhood, 13 (1). pp. 29-48. ISSN 0907-5682
Balen, Rachel and Crawshaw, Marilyn (2006) Sexuality and fertility issues in ill health and disability: from early adolescence to adulthood. Jessica Kingsley, London, UK. ISBN 978-1-84310-339-4,
Gabb, Jacqui, Balen, Rachel, Gibbs, Graham R., Hall, Christopher and Teal, Andrew (2006) Victoria Climbié inquiry Data Corpus project: using the Delphi method in multidisciplinary child protection research. British Journal of Social Work, 36 (4). pp. 577-596. ISSN 0045-3102
Balen, Rachel, Fraser, Claire and Fielding, Dorothy (2006) The views of the next generation: an exploration of priorities for adulthood and the meaning of parenthood amongst 10-16 year olds. In: Sexuality and Fertility in Illness and Disability: From Early Adolescence to Adulthood. Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 33-48. ISBN 1843103397
Balen, Rachel, Gibbs, Graham R., Hall, Christopher, Masson, Helen and Teal, Andrew (2005) Establishing an accessible data corpus based on evidence to the Victoria Climbié inquiry. In: Online Qualitative Data Resources: Best Practice in Metadata Creation and Web Standards: ESDS Workshop, 15th November 2005, Centre Point, London. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel (2004) Involving children in health and social research. In: Biennial Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), 2nd-6th October 2004, Adelaide, Australia. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel, Gabb, Jacqui, Gibbs, Graham R., Hall, Christopher, Hanson, Susan, Masson, Helen and Teal, Andrew (2004) How can we learn from an Inquiry into the death of a child? In: ISPCAN 15th International Congress on Child Abuse & Neglect, 19-22 September, 2004, Brisbane, Australia. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel (2003) Children's views of parenting. In: 8th European Congress of Psychology, 6th-11th July 2003, Vienna, Austria. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel (2003) Fertility preservation during childhood: childrens's understanding of (in)fertility and the level of importance they attach to becoming parents in the future. In: IPOS 6th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, April 23-27 2003, Banff, Canada. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel (2002) The professional identities of welfare practitioners. In: Biennial Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), 15th-18th July 2002, Montpelier, France. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel (2002) Researching sensitive topics with children: ethical and methodological issues. In: Health Policy, Practice and Research in the 21st Century - Making a Difference, May 6-9 2002, Auckland, NZ. (Unpublished)
Balen, Rachel, Holroyd, Claire, Mountain, Gary and Wood, Barbara (2000) Giving children a voice: Methodological and practical implications of research involving children. Paediatric Nursing, 12 (10). pp. 24-28. ISSN 0962-9513
Balen, Rachel (2000) A casework journey: the search for directions. In: Breakthroughs in Practice: Theorising critical moments in social work. Whiting & Birch, London, UK, pp. 143-152. ISBN 978 1 861770 32 5