Child Welfare
"Authentic Relationships in Group Care for Infants and Toddlers"Resources for Infant Educators (Rie) Principles Into Practice
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Underpinned by substantive research on meeting the developmental and attachment needs of infants, this book offers constructive advice on how to encourage curiosity, confidence and emotional security in young children. The contributors offer a model that supports children's development and well being without relying on expensive resources. With illustrations. American paperback. Paperback, 160 pages. Weight: 55g.
Author: (Petrie, Stephanie, ed.)
ISBN: 1843101173
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Child Welfare
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"Beyond Fear and Control"Working With Young People Who Self Harm
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Aims to move services away from responses based on fear and assumptions that we need to manage and control young people who self harm. This book discusses ways in which services can change the focus from managing or 'stopping' self harm to working with young people in more permissive, 'young person centred' and empowering ways. With illustrations. Paperback, 196 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 305g.
Author: (Spandler, Helen, ed.)
ISBN: 189805987X
Publisher: Pccs Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Child Welfare
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"Beyond Listening"Children's Perspectives on Early Childhood Services
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Focuses on listening to young children, both from an international perspective and through combining theory, practice and reflection. With contributions and examples from researchers and practitioners in six countries, this book examines critically how listening to young children in early childhood services is understood and practiced. With illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 240 x 172 mm. Weight: 371g.
Author: (Clark, Alison, ed.)
ISBN: 1861346123
Publisher: Policy Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Child Welfare
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"Brief Interventions With Bereaved Children"
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Approaches working short term with bereaved children and families from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of settings. This book focuses on the historical and theoretical background and context. It looks at different approaches to intervention, such as the importance of assessment and the value of groupwork. With 11 illustrations. Paperback, 245 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 404g.
Author: (Monroe, Barbara, ed.)
ISBN: 0198529090
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Child Welfare
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"Btec National Children's Care, Learning and Development Assesment and Delivery Resource"
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Paperback, Weight: 1047g.
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ISBN: 0435499122
Publisher: Pearson Education, Oxford
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Child Welfare
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"Btec National Early Years"
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A core textbook mapped to the specifications for BTEC National Early Years. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 504 pages. Weight: 1203g.
Author: (Tassoni, Penny, ed.)
ISBN: 0435463721
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Secondary Child Welfare
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"Caring for Children Exposed to Parental Substance Misuse"Implications for Family Placement
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Full title: 'Caring for Children Exposed to Parental Substance Misuse'. With illustrations. Paperback, 300 pages. Weight: 430g.
Author: (Phillips, Rena, ed.)
ISBN: 1903699274
Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Baaf)
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Child Welfare
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"Changing Children's Services"Working and Learning Together
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"Working Together for Children" series; With the drive towards increasingly integrated ways of working, this work focuses on the fundamental changes occurring in children's services. It critically examines the potential for closer 'working together', its effectiveness and its impact on children, parents and children's services as a whole. With col. illustrations. Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 873g.
Author: (Foley, Pam, ed.)
ISBN: 1847420605
Publisher: Policy Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Child Welfare
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"Children, Family Responsibilities and the State"
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"Journal of Law and Society Special Issues" series; Explores the interest in the way in which it (the state) polices, and ought to police, families failing in their responsibilities. This work considers some of the developing government policy in this area and reflects on increasing social science research and growing legal system involvement in the 'problem' of failing families. With illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 231 x 159 mm. Weight: 247g.
Author: (Lind, Craig, ed.)
ISBN: 1405183012
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Child Welfare
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"Children, Young People and Social Inclusion"Participation for What?
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Social inclusion and participation have become policy mantras in the UK and Europe. As these concepts are being translated into policies and practice, it is a critical time to examine their interpretation, implementation and impacts. This book asks how far and in what way social inclusion policies are meeting the rights of children and people. With illustrations. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Davis, John, ed.)
ISBN: 186134662X
Publisher: Policy Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Child Welfare
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"Children's Anxiety"A Contextual Approach
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Offers an introduction to anxiety in children and teenagers, emphasising the importance of understanding the life circumstances of young people. This book provides an account of research on the developmental, familial and social context of child anxiety, along with nine detailed case studies illustrating the ways in which they can be helped. With 6 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 4 black & white line drawings. Paperback, 200 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 320g.
Author: (Appleton, Peter, ed.)
ISBN: 0415459443
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Child Welfare
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"Connecting With Children"Developing Working Relationships
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"Working Together for Children" series; Focuses on how adults connect with children and develop supportive relationships. This textbook illustrates how good communication and positive and participative relationships can be developed with children across the range of universal and specialist children's services. With illustrations. Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 893g.
Author: (Foley, Pam, ed.)
ISBN: 1847420583
Publisher: Policy Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Child Welfare
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"Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care"Research, Theory and Practice
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A collection of research papers on the sensitive and difficult issue of contact with birth family members by adopted and premanently fostered children. Paperback, 250 pages. Size: 198 x 130 mm. Weight: 350g.
Author: (Neil, Elsbeth, ed.)
ISBN: 1903699606
Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Baaf)
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Child Welfare
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"Developing Advocacy for Children and Young People"Current Issues in Research, Policy and Practice
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Advocacy for vulnerable people is increasingly becoming a part of health and social care practice, and policy developments have contributed to the development of advocacy services for children and young people. This book explores the debates and findings relating to research and practice in the field of children and young people's advocacy. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 344g.
Author: (Oliver, Christine M., ed.)
ISBN: 1843105969
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Child Welfare
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"Diploma in Pre-School Practice Core Unit 1"Understanding and Promoting the Development of Pre-School Children
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With photos & mono artwork. Loose-Leaf, 300 pages. Size: 310 x 250 mm. Weight: 1695g.
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ISBN: 1843084295
Publisher: National Extension College Trust Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Further/Higher Education Child Welfare
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