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Working with children and families : knowledge and contexts for practice / edited by Robert Adams.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.Description: xv, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230553071:
  • 0230553079
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.70941
Contents:
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CW748

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[PART I: INTRODUCING WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES] Working together with children and families /Robert Adams -- History and traditions in education and care / Robert Adams.

[PART II: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDHOOD AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT] The social construction of childhood / Michael Wyness -- Social & emotional development / Jim McKechnie and Sandy Hobbs -- Understanding right and wrong / Jim McKechnie and Sandy Hobbs -- Developing through play / Robert Adams and Lesley Jessiman -- Perspectives on how children develop and learn / Elizabeth A. Boyle.

[PART III: THE CHILD AND FAMILY LIFE] The family in social context / Neil Thompson -- The influence of parents, siblings and friends / Lesley Jessiman and Robert Adams -- Parenting & family relationships in context / Terence O'Sullivan -- Working with young carers & their families / Robert Adams -- Working with children through family break-up & reconstitution / Robert Adams -- Working with children through adoption & fostering / Robert Adams -- Working with children through residential care / Robert Adams -- Children, grieving and loss / Maggie Jackson.

[PART IV: ETHICS, VALUES AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE] Working ethically with children / Alison Cocks and Robert Adams -- Participation by children, parents and carers / Pat Watson and Wade Tovey -- Inequality, exclusion and equality-based practice / Robert Adams -- Working with challenging and difficult children / Robert Adams, Terry Thomas and David Thompson.

[PART V: CHILD WELFARE] Promoting health, safety & well-being of children / Robert Adams -- Child mental wellbeing / Terence O'Sullivan -- Parental mental health and child wellbeing / Jennifer Newton -- Safeguarding children / Liz Davies -- Assessment and intervention in work with children in need / Robert Adams.

[PART VI: DIVERSITY and DIFFERENCE] Inclusive practice and diversity in religious family life / Jan Horwath and Janet Lees -- Working with Challenges to Children's Identities / Robert Adams -- Young children with physical impairments / Pat Higham -- Working with children with learning disabilities / Alison Cocks -- Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Travellers / Robert Adams -- Concluding Comment / Robert Adams.

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