Age groups: children Books
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Fostering Nation?: Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage
Book Synopsis Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage explores the missteps and the promise of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments. It is the first volume to offer a comprehensive history of what life has meant for North America's most disadvantaged Aboriginal and newcomer girls and boys. Gender, class, race, and (dis)ability are always important factors that bear on youngsters' access to resources. State fostering initiatives occur as part of a broad continuum of arrangements, from social assistance for original families to kin care and institutions. Birth and foster parents of disadvantaged youngsters are rarely in full control. Children most distant from the mainstream ideals of their day suffer, and that suffering is likely to continue into their own experience of parenthood. That trajectory is never inevitable, however. Both resilience and resistance have shaped Canadians' engagement with foster children in a society dominated by capitalist, colonial, and patriarchal power. Fostering Nation? breaks much new ground for those interested in social welfare, history, and the family. It offers the first comprehensive perspective on Canada's provision for marginalized youngsters from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Its examination of kin care, institutions, state policies, birth parents, foster parents, and foster youngsters provides ample reminder that children's welfare cannot be divorced from that of their parents and communities, and reinforces what it means when women bear disproportionate responsibility for caregiving. Trade Review"Fostering Nation? is a pioneering contribution to the history of children in care in Canada." - Marie Hammond-Callaghan, Mount Allison University, British Journal of Canadian Studies Vol.25 No.1 2012``Fostering Nation is an important and passionate book. Veronica Strong-Boag has cast an empathetic and illuminating spotlight on some of the most underprivileged and vulnerable children in Canadian society, focusing her unswerving gaze on harsh treatment and hard hearts, and yet at the same time showing us children who emerge from this darkness with hope intact. She alerts us to the uncomfortable fact that care giving in relatively wealthy capitalist society has limits, that care for children still falls disproportionately on women and that feminist responses to the inequalities that consign many children to the care system are needed to overturn decades of patriarchal structures at the heart of so much family disintegration. Canadian society, she argues, has all too frequently failed in its responses to vulnerable girls and boys. Fostering Nation gives space to all those implicated in the care of children--birth and foster families, social and care workers and the children themselves. This is not a happy story but a story it is important to hear for, in the case of children needing care, there are surely lessons to be learned from the past.'' -- Lynn Abrams, professor of Gender History, University of Glasgow -- 201011``Ce livre constitue un apport de taille À la connaissance de l'histoire de l'enfance canadienne en ce qu'il prend résolument parti pour une histoire sociale de l'enfance, qu'il offre une analyse nuancée de sa situation et qu'il se veut inclusif, portant une grande attention aux communautés noires et autochtones et puisant ses exemples partout au Canada, y compris au Québec. Sans négliger les débats sociaux qui ont entouré la prise en charage des enfants marginalisés, il cherche À plonger au coeur même de la dynamique qui entretient cette marginalité, dessinant un portrait souvent sombre, mais malheureusement très juste de leur condition et de la place que leur a réservée la société canadienne depuis le 19e siècle.'' -- Denyse Baillargeon, Université de Montréal -- The Canadian Historical Review, 201112``With Fostering Nation? Veronica Strong-Boag, one of Canada's foremost historians, makes an important contribution to the growing historiography that attempts to decenter the 'mainstream' Canadian family.... Strong-Boag offers a broad, but groundbreaking, historical perspective on child protection policies and programs that illuminates the social forces shaping the management of Canada's foster children over time. In so doing, she carefully supports her argument that 'policies and practices, for all their frequent good will, have rarely been equipped to address the root of much distress' (p. 201).... Strong-Boag's work is a pioneering effort that brings much to the embryonic history of extrafamilial care of children, offering a nuanced discussion of the experiences of those involved in fostering, in all its forms. Fundamentally, Fostering Nation? reveals the profound and lasting impact of social inequalities, while nonetheless pointing to the hope inborn in current indigenous, disability rights, and feminist 'condemnations of traditional policies and practices' (p. 206).'' -- Whitney Wood, Wilfrid Laurier University -- H-Canada, H-Net Reviews, October 2012, 201212``One of Canada's most talented historians offers an unflinching view of the children, parents, and communities caught up in the terrible tangle of state-sponsored care since the nineteenth century. As Veronica Strong-Boag narrates the story of what we still euphemistically call 'child protection,' she reveals the human anguish of fostering, a wide variety of institutional and family care arrangements that have carried the nation's impossible burdens of systematic poverty, disadvantage, and disability. Attentive to the shifting landscape of social policy, the particular dilemmas of Canada's first peoples, and the voices of young people themselves, this book locates moments of resilient humanity in a story overflowing with tragedies and failures. A must-read for anyone who cares about child welfare and social justice in the future as well as the past.'' -- Ellen Herman, Department of History, University of Oregon -- 201011``Veronica Strong-Boag provides an important and much-needed analysis of the genesis and implementation of the fostering of children in private homes and institutions in English Canada.... Strong-Boag's history of fostering in English Canada adds a laudable new dimension to the history of childhood and family in Canada. It is an important companion study to her earlier work on adoption and a praise-worthy addition to the series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.'' -- Debra Nash-Chambers, Wilfrid Laurier University -- Histoire sociale / Social History, 201305Table of Contents Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage by Veronica Strong-Boag Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Claiming Kinship 2. ""It was an evil place. It was a beautiful place"": Institutions for Children 3. Beginning the Search for Best Interest: Child Protection Considers Fostering from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1960s 4. Still Searching for Best Interest: Child Protection and Fostering from the 1960s to the Present 5. First Families and the Dilemma of Care 6. Negotiating Surrogacy: The Construction of Foster Parents 7. ""Dear Mom and Dad"": Canada's Children Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£30.56
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Children and Political Violence
Book SynopsisThe post-war world has become characterized by fierce new assertions of nationalism and sovereignty. Many regions - such as Bosnia, Somalia and Northern Ireland - are threatened by violent ethnic, religious and cultural strife. Almost daily on our television screens we see the faces of frightened children caught up in war, yet research into the effects of war on children is patchy and not well known. Children and Political Violence provides a critical evaluation of attempts to answer questions about the impact of political violence on such topics as children's aggression, moral development, and interpersonal relations. Much of the material is concerned with children who witness, experience or participate in violent acts, and with the children's stress and coping in violent circumstances. Other chapters deal with the effects on the social fabric of children's lives of the loss of families, destruction of social networks, homelessness, and the challenge of ensuring that the next generation grows up to reject violence as a way of settling political disputes. Written in a highly accessible style with many real-life examples, Children and Political Violence will be of broad interest to students, researchers and practitioners in child psychology and psychiatry, education, conflict studies and peace studies.Trade Review"Drawing on contemporary research on children in townships, refugee camps, settlements, urban ghettos, and other settings, as well as studies of young wartime survivors of the Holocaust and the British bombardment, Cairns synthesizes what is known and highlights what remains unknown about the consequences for children of the violence they observe and experience ... the author offers a provocative heuristic analysis that both synthesizes existing knowledge and frames important questions for further study." Contemporary Psychology "This book presents a valuable comprehensive review and critique of the research literature relating to the effects of political violence on children." Morton Deutsch, Director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Stress and Coping. 3. Everyday Life. 4. Politics - Learning and Doing. 5. Making a Difference. 6. Future Research Contents. References. Index.
£37.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Sociological Studies of Child Development
Book SynopsisThis is the fifth volume in a series which endeavours to organize, centralize and present current ideas and research in the field of child development, viewed with a sociological perspective. It contains three main sections: early childhood care; children's peer groups; and, family influence. Papers examine early childhood care; non-parental child care environments; differences in preschool cognitive skills by type of care; quality of centre care and cognitive outcomes: differences by family income; parent involvement in early childhood education and day care; negotiations of norms and sanctions among children; the attainment of peer status: gender and power relationships in the elementary school; social status and interactional competence in families; family and friend relationships of only children: a study of Chinese adults; women and money: cultural contrasts.Table of ContentsPart 1 Early childhood care: early intervention - a field moving toward a sociological perspective, Rosalyn Benjamin Darling and Jon Darling; non-parental child care environments - differences in preschool cognitive skills by type of care, Marlena Studer; quality of centre care and cognitive outcomes - differences by family income, Marlena Studer; parent involvement in early childhood education and day care, Rena Shimoni. Part 2 Children's peer groups: negotiations of norms and sanctions among children, Hans Oswald; the attainment of peer status - gender and power relationships in the elementary school, Steven Kless. Part 3 Family influence: social status and interactional competence in families, Scott Pimley; family and friend relationships of only children - a study of Chinese adults, Gary Huang and Craig Howley; women and money - cultural contrasts, Jerome Rabow et al.
£83.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Macro-Micro Connections in the Pathways to Adulthood
Book SynopsisThe theme of this volume, studies in macro-micro influences on children, in their pathways to adulthood is aimed at examining the points of intersect between individual and family level reactions to the socioeconomic forces buffeting all industrialised societies. The papers in this volume allow understanding of the larger context which children acquire their experience and capacities for growth.Table of ContentsThe macro-micro connection; growing up as a modern child in Western Europe - the impact of modernization and civilization processes on the everyday lives of children; Peter Buchner, Heinz-Hermann Kruger and Manuela du Bois-ReymondEthnic group differences in children's coping strategies; Paul E. Jose, Lynda L. Cafasso and Catherine A. D'Anna The family context of adolescent vulnerability and resilience to alcohol use and abuse; Rand D. Conger, Martha A. Rueter and Katherine J. Conger Influences on migration intentions of rural adolescents; Laura Rudkin, Glen H. Elder, Jr and Rand Conger Conceptions of childhood transitions - a preliminary study; Marcia Summers and Carol Baker Adolescent-to-adult transitions - social status and cognitive factors; Scott D. Scheer and Rob Palkovitz Transition to higher education in the United States - institutional boundaries and pathways to adulthood; David P. Baker and David L. Stevenson Leaving home and coming back - the impact of recent parental divorce and family dynamics on young adults residential transitions; Teresa M. Cooney Foster home providers to children with severe developmental disabilities - a profile; Ann Goetting and Mark G. Goetting Support and control in parent-child relations from childhood to early adolescence - the Maccoby-Minuchin hypothesis; Brian J. Bigelow, Elizabeth A. Levin and Sandra A. Cunning
£83.99
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Inner Lives of Deaf Children
Book SynopsisBy conducting interviews with seven deaf children, ages seven to ten, Martha Sheridan offers a fresh look at their private thoughts and feelings in this watershed book. Each child possesses a unique cultural background, and Sheridan communicated with each child in his or her preferred method of communication. Her procedure remained consistent with each: in addition to standard questions, Sheridan asked each child to draw a picture based on his or her life, then tell a story about it. Next, she showed them magazine pictures and asked them to describe what they saw. The results proved to be as varied as they were engaging. Angie, an adopted deaf girl who communicates in Signed English, expressed a desire to attend a hearing college when she grows up while also stating she hoped her own children will be deaf. Joe, an African-American, hard of hearing boy, drew pictures of deaf people who are teased in public school, reflecting his own difficult experiences. Sheridan calls upon her tenure as a social worker as well as her own experience as a deaf child growing up in a hearing family in analyzing her study's results. She writes, "These children have strengths, they have positive experiences, and they enjoy positive relationships." "Inner Lives of Deaf Children" will prove to be an enlightening read for parents and scholars alike.
£999.99
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Deaf Children in China
Book SynopsisDeaf Children in China provides a striking profile of the views and attitudes of well-educated Chinese parents with preschool-age deaf children. Author Alison Callaway's inclusion of a survey of 122 English mothers of deaf children reveals the differences between Western and Chinese parents. Yet, she also discovered that many issues cross cultures and contexts. Callaway's pioneering work will fascinate and enlighten readers invested in the development of deaf children for years to come.
£49.88
Hampton Press Japanese Preschool Children and Gender
Book SynopsisThis text presents the authors observations of Japanese preschool children in classrooms and playgrounds. Questions addressed are: what does it mean in Japan to be a boy or girl?, what impact does traditional Japanese culture have on children?, are Japanese girls seen as powerful and more.
£16.16
American Psychological Association Rewards for Kids!: Ready-to-Use Charts &
Book SynopsisLearning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award for the Family iParenting Media Award Foreword Magazine Book of the Year (Bronze) Independent Publishers Book of the Year Award (finalist) “A cleareyed and informative look at the trials of parenting, this readable book presents one solution customized for a bevy of situations, providing a template to tackle practically every challenge through this new lens.” —Kirkus Reviews In Rewards for Kids! experienced psychologist and child-development expert Virginia Shiller makes it easy for parents to design and carry out reward programs to address their children's individual needs. Detailed "how-to" instructions, together with twenty-one lively sample reward plans that incorporate behavioral principles, guide parents through the steps for success. Sample plans address common behavior problems such as bedtime procrastination and sleep disturbances, getting along with siblings or friends, getting ready for school and other events on time, doing chores, and completing homework without fuss. Shiller recommends that reward plans be accompanied by plenty of age-appropriate parent-child dialogue about problem behaviors, and the book clearly and persuasively distinguishes between rewards and bribery. Rewards for Kids! also provides a wealth of ideas about enhancing the effectiveness of reward plans by including creative interventions such as role-play, story-telling, and humorous reminders. Readers easily grasp how reward plans can be used to empower children rather than simply to achieve control. The many imaginative pull-out charts, awards, and certificates, designed for children aged 3–12, can be personalized by coloring and decorating them with photos and stickers. The large variety of reproducible charts makes this a valuable resource for professionals as well as parents. Trade ReviewLearning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award for the Family iParenting Media Award Foreword Magazine Book of the Year (Bronze) Independent Publishers Book of the Year Award (finalist) “A cleareyed and informative look at the trials of parenting, this readable book presents one solution customized for a bevy of situations, providing a template to tackle practically every challenge through this new lens.” —Kirkus ReviewsTable of Contents Our Story About the Author I. All About Reward Plans "No! I Won't" Introduction Bribery or Reward? A Critical Distinction Designing and Carrying Out Your Plan II. Time for Action: Sample Reward Plans "You're Not My Friend Any More!" Getting Along With Others "Will You Please Hurry Up?" Keeping to the Schedule "I Can't Fall Asleep!" Overcoming Sleep Problems "No Shampoo Tonight!" Establishing Hassle-Free Hygiene "He Hit Me First!" Getting Along With Siblings "I'll Do It Later!" Doing the Chores "I Hardly Have Any!" Reducing Homework Blues III. Your Toolbox: Reward Charts and More Guide to the Charts and Activities
£16.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Comprehending Columbine
Book SynopsisOn April 20, 1999, two Colorado teenagers went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School. That day, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve fellow students and a teacher, as well as wounding twenty-four other people, before they killed themselves. Although there have been other books written about the tragedy, this is the first serious, impartial investigation into the cultural, environmental, and psychological causes of the massacre.Based on first-hand interviews and a thorough reading of the relevant literature, Ralph Larkin examines the complex of factors that led the two young men to plan and carry out their deed. For Harris and Klebold, Larkin concludes, the carnage was an act of revenge against the "jocks" who had harassed and humiliated them, retribution against evangelical students who acted as if they were morally superior, an acting out of the mythology of right-wing paramilitary organization members to "die in a blaze of glory," and a deep desire for notoriety.Rather than simply looking at Columbine as a crucible for all school violence, Larkin places the tragedy in its proper context, and in doing so, examines its causes and meaning.Trade Review"Larkin creates a powerful lens to examine the complexities of the forces which contributed to the Columbine tragedy. The introductory narrative of the rampage is so vivid that both the casual and studied reader will be instantly engaged... Drawing on his skill as an interviewer and researcher, Larkin is able to give the reader a glimpse of the cultural and everyday social reality of Columbine High School [and he] does an excellent job of situating school shootings in the larger cultural landscape of violence in America. Larkin's book is destined to be the definitive work on the Columbine shootings."-Raymond Calluori, New Jersey Institute of Technology "This book is not just about Harris and Klebold's motivations... It is about the influence of social structure on those labeled as outsiders, ... about structurally entrenched sources of gendered violence and degradation."-Peter Freund, Montclair State UniversityTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS 1. list of tables iv 2. LIST OF FIGURES v 3. ARMAGEDDON (WELL, ALMOST) 1 Aftermath 11 4. GOD'S COUNTRY 23 Columbine High School, April 19, 1999 38 Sports at Columbine 54 The High School and the Community 56 5. CULTURE WARS AT COLUMBINE 60 Christians in the Cross Hairs 61 The Evangelicals Take over the Memorial Service 63 Rachel Scott and Cassie Bernall: From Victims to Christian Martyrs 66 The Strange Journey of the Crosses 74 Christians versus Christians 80 Moral Elitism 88 6. THE PEER STRUCTURE OF COLUMBINE HIGH 89 The In Crowd 94 The Inbetweeners 104 The Outcaste Students 109 7. THE OTHER COLUMBINE 114 Bullying 117 The Visibility of Bullying 127 The Role of Adults in Harassment 133 A Toxic Environment 140 Religious Intolerance 141 Injustice 144 Appearances and Reality 153 Mr. DeAngelis 156 Drugs 159 Conclusion 160 8. ERIC AND DYLAN 163 Eric Harris, Instigator and Theorist 163 Dylan Klebold, Willing Follower 186 The Boys Together 196 The Depressive and the Psychopath? 202 Conclusion 206 9. FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO COLUMBINE 210 Eric Harris and Nazi Skinheads 211 Youth and History 219 The Revolt of the Angry White Male, 1992-1996 224 Angry White Teenagers 227 Rambo Goes to School 234 10. DEAD CELEBRITIES 238 Postmodern Culture and the Cult of Celebrity 241 Youth in a Cold New World 247 Who's Going to Make My Movie? The Killers and Celebrity Status 264 11. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 268 Good and Evil at Columbine High School 271 Football and Toxic High School Environments 280 Columbine Retrospective 289 Peace Education 298 Peace 313 12. References 318 13. Methodological Appendix
£24.29
Brookes Publishing Co Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional (ASQ®:SE-2): Quick Start Guide (English): A Parent-Completed Child Monitoring System for Social-Emotional Behaviors
Book SynopsisThe ASQ®:SE-2 Quick Start Guide is a convenient, at-a-glance guide that keeps ASQ:SE-2 scoring and administration basics right at the fingertips. Perfect for busy professionals on the go, this Quick Start Guide is laminated, lightweight, and so cost-effective that every professional in a program can have one (it's sold in a package of 5). ASQ:SE-2 users will turn to the Quick Start Guide for clear, simple directions on selecting the correct questionnaire, scoring ASQ:SE-2, and communicating results to parents.The Quick Start Guide is part of the ASQ:SE-2 screening system. ASQ:SE-2 is the NEW edition of the bestselling screener trusted to uncover possible social-emotional issues as early as possible during the crucial first 6 years of life. The 9 age-appropriate ASQ:SE-2 questionnaires effectively screen 7 key developmental areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social-communication, and interaction with people. The second edition of ASQ:SE-2 has been revised and updated with invaluable new features, including a NEW 2 month questionnaire, an expanded age range, updated cutoff scores, new behavior and communication items, and more updates to help you better support families and promote social-emotional development.
£24.70
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Replanted: Faith-Based Support for Adoptive and
Book SynopsisMany people embark on the journey of adoption and foster care but are unprepared for the challenges that await them along the way. Replanted takes an honest look at the joys and hardships that come with choosing this journey and provides a model of faith-based support made up of three parts to help families thrive: Soil, Sunlight, and Water. Soil, or emotional support, addresses the need for grace-filled settings where families can connect with other families who understand their experience. Sunlight, or informational support, focuses on obtaining helpful training to raise children who may have unique needs or challenges. Water, or tangible support, deals with concrete resources such as medical care, child care, and financial support. Throughout the book, the Replanted model is brought to life by stories and examples based on the clinical work and personal experiences of the authors. Their candid insight will serve families who are actively involved in adoption or foster care, as well as people who are eager to help support those families.Replanted affirms that with the right support system in place, parents can answer this sacred call not only with open hearts but also with their eyes wide open.Trade Review“Jesus often drew vivid word pictures from agriculture—wheat fields and mustard seeds, fig trees and grapevines—to help us see His kingdom, ourselves, and what we most need. Replanted does the same, using rich images from the plant world in ways both poetic and practical to help us grasp and feel God’s good purposes for us as adoptive and foster families.” —Jedd Medefind, president, Christian Alliance for Orphans“The loving care of orphans and foster children is the most sacred thing in the world. Those who take on this courageous journey know that it is the greatest of life’s joys—but also full of hardships and challenges. With their ministry, the authors of this amazing book have empowered the church to support families with ‘replanted’ children. They are the most qualified people I know to speak truth into this experience. For both the heroes engaged in adoption or foster care and those of us eager to support them, this book is a must-read.” —Dr. Wess Stafford, president emeritus, Compassion International, author of Too Small to Ignore and Just a Minute“The wall. That is exactly what foster and adoptive parents hit when expectations of the journey collide with the realities of the experience. Authors Jenn¸ Josh, and Mike understand this experience well and have written an amazing, much needed resource for parents and churches. The analogy of what families need—soil (emotional support), sunlight (informational support), and water (tangible support)—truly speaks to the heart of the need. The exercises at the end of each chapter allow for every reader to build self-awareness, parenting awareness, and God awareness. I highly recommend this book for foster and adoptive parents and the ministries and organizations that support them.” —Jayne Schooler, author of Wounded Children, Healing Home and Telling the Truth to Adopted and Foster Children“Replanted openly explores the challenges faced by children impacted by early trauma believing that hope and healing can come as parents gain the support they need, as support systems become trauma-competent, and as churches become more intentional in the ways they come alongside families built through adoption and foster care. Replanted is a timely resource and encouragement for anyone, anywhere, on the journey of adoption and foster care.” —Terri Coley, coordinator of Pre+Post Adoption Support, Show Hope“Replanted provides wise counsel and guidance to those who welcome vulnerable children into their hearts and homes. This resource will challenge and equip, comfort and encourage those on God’s journey to love children from hard places, and inform the church about the crucial role it can play in supporting them.” —Sharen Ford, director of Foster Care Adoption Advocacy for Children, Focus on the Family"Jenn, Josh, and Mike have created something amazing here. Real, authentic conversation about the challenges of this journey combined with hope-filled stories and practical resources that breathe fresh wind in the sails of caregivers. Every foster and adoptive parent will want to have this book on their kitchen table!" —Michele Schneidler, cofounder of the Refresh Conference and senior vice president of programs/partnerships for the 1MILLIONHOME campaign“We have been waiting for this book that, through personal stories, discussion questions, and the Replanted model of support, brings relevant and fresh solutions to the long-recognized core issues in relinquishment and adoption. Offering hope and tools to this generation of adoptive and foster parents, it also provides the insights needed by members of the Church to extend grace and support these families.” —Rebecca MacDougall, LCSW, adoptive mother and executive branch director, Bethany Christian Services of Illinois“As a foster/adoptive parent this book would have saved me years of research and heartache. Not only do Jenn, Josh, and Mike do a fantastic job of taking all different types of research and condensing it down to what is applicable to caregivers, but they do it in a way that is engaging, full of stories, hope, laughter, and tears. They are honest about the deep paradox that exists for families and communities caring for children from trauma. They give practical advice and tools to organizations wanting to support and aid in the healing process, and they do it all with grace and faith. I couldn’t recommend this book more; potential caregivers, you need this! Support systems, they need you to know this!” —Amanda Purvis, TBRI training specialist, Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development“Replanted is a must-have resource for your library! Whether you are an adoptive or foster parent, or you desire to support the ones serving in the trenches, this book is for you. Jenn writes with humility and wisdom from her years of experience working with families. Replanted is not a ‘roses and butterflies’ type of book; it is honest and real and full of hope and practical help to bring healing to your family.” —Jami Kaeb, founder executive director, The Forgotten Initiative"Our children have complex needs. Jenn, Josh, and Mike provide parents, as well as those in support systems, with practical tools and knowledge to utilize while embarking upon the healing journey. This book is a great resource." —Daren Jones, training specialist, Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development“While beautiful and life-giving, the journey of foster care and adoption can also at times feel lonely and isolating. That’s why resources like Replanted are so crucial. This book provides a practical, insightful and proven model of support for families to not only help them survive, but to thrive in the homes, their marriages and their families.” —Jason Johnson, speaker, blogger, and author of ReFraming Foster Care: Filtering Your Foster Parenting Journey Through the Lens of the Gospel“Replanted is as close to an all-in-one handbook for foster and adoptive parents as I've come across. Jenn Hook brings the expertise of a clinician and the compassion of a ministry leader who has jumped into the trenches with many foster and adoptive parents. For those who are new to foster care and adoption, and for those considering getting involved, this book offers hope and a strong foundation. Replanted tops my list as recommended reading for all foster and adoptive parents.” —Jamie C. Finn, speaker, blogger, and author of Foster the Family, foster and adoptive mom
£17.99
New Village Press Placemaking with Children and Youth:
Book SynopsisAn illustrated, essential guide to engaging children and youth in the process of urban design From a history of children’s rights to case studies discussing international initiatives that aim to create child-friendly cities, Placemaking with Children and Youth offers comprehensive guidance in how to engage children and youth in the planning and design of local environments. It explains the importance of children’s active participation in their societies and presents ways to bring all generations together to plan cities with a high quality of life for people of all ages. Not only does it delineate best practices in establishing programs and partnerships, it also provides principles for working ethically with children, youth, and families, paying particular attention to the inclusion of marginalized populations. Drawing on case studies from around the world—in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Puerto Rico, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States—Placemaking with Children and Youth showcases children’s global participation in community design and illustrates how a variety of methods can be combined in initiatives to achieve meaningful change. The book features more than 200 visuals and detailed, thoughtful guidelines for facilitating a multiplicity of participatory processes that include drawing, photography, interviews, surveys, discussion groups, role playing, mapping, murals, model making, city tours, and much more. Whether seeking information on individual methods and project planning, interpreting and analyzing results, or establishing and evaluating a sustained program, readers can find practical ideas and inspiration from six continents to connect learning to the realities of students’ lives and to create better cities for all ages.Trade ReviewFrom the forward-thinking mind-set of creating sustainable future cities, this practical guide outlines how to engage youth in local research and action for environmental planning and design. Including case studies on child-friendly city initiatives, this title shares best practices for working ethically with children, and proposes cross-generational engagement, with attention to equity. * Public Art Review *This wonderful book recognizes that sustainable development calls for highly participatory local communities, including children and youth, who can cooperatively plan for and flexibly respond to environmental change. Based on this engaged view of citizenship, it offers a comprehensive range of practical methods for everyone. -- Roger Hart, Professor, Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkWhat an inspiring, fresh addition to the hallowed library of human habitat design! I am so grateful that this book has been written, with its guidance on how to engage kids, how to work in diverse urban environments, and its numerous case studies that can be replicated. Now, many more children can be assisted to grow into their full potential as community leaders and changemakers! * Mark Lakeman, Founder, The City Repair Project *Placemaking with Children and Youth makes a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature that focuses on the practice of place-based education. Even novices to this approach will find simple and straightforward tools capable of opening up the world of local inquiry and action to both themselves and their students. * Gregory A. Smith, Professor Emeritus, Lewis & Clark College *
£64.00
Information Age Publishing Growing Up Between Two Cultures: Issues and
Book SynopsisThis volume deals with social, emotional and educational issues of Muslim children growing up in a Western country. It aims at shedding light on factors that contribute to the successful adjustment of these immigrant children and ways of helping them to adjust to the new life in their new country.CONTENTSPreface. PART I: INTRODUCTION. Growing up Between Two Cultures: Issues and Problems of Muslim Children, Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain. PART II: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND ACCULTURATION ISSUES. Raising Children and Teens of Middle Eastern Born Parents in United States: Transformative Perspective of Intercultural Competency, Kathleen P. King, Heba Abuzayyad-Huseibeh, and Hasan Nuseibeh. Extent of Acculturation Experiences Among High School Muslim Students in the United States, Shifa Podikunju-Hussain. Understanding the Cultural Capital of Learners of Muslim Descent, Myra Daniel. PART III: ISSUES RELATED TO THE IDENTITY FORMATION OF THE MUSLIM CHILDREN. American Muslim Identity: Negotiating the Ummah and the American Public School System, Lesliee Antonette and Lara Taboun. The Personal Aspirations and Cherished Ideals of Muslim Adolescents Living in Norway and Singapore, Deborah A. Stiles and Osman Ozturgut. Trying to Fit In: Ismaili Youth Identity in Post-9/11 Canada, Hafiz Printer. PART IV: THE ROLE OF GENDER IN ACCULTURATION AND IDENTITY FORMATION. Discourse on Equity and Social Justice in a Muslim High School in Israel: A Case Study, Khalid Arar. Gender, Islam, and Refugee Status: Possibilities for Negotiating Hybrid Identities and Contesting Boundaries in Digital Spaces, Delila Omerbasic. Stepping in and out of Worlds: Bosnian Muslim Girls’ Narratives About Cultural, and Religious Identity Construction, Lisa Hoffman. PART V: EXPERIENCES OF MUSLIM YOUTHS GROWING UP IN A NON-MUSLIM COUNTRY. The Strengths and Skills of Children: Self-Discriptions of Somali and Local Australian Children, Agnes E. Dodds, Nadia Albert, and Jeanette A. Lawrence. Religiosity and Happiness of American-Muslim Youths: An Empirical Study of Faith Maturity and Subjective Well-Being, Chang-Ho Ji. “That’s Not What I Want for My Children”: Islamic Schools as a Parental Response to Childhood Experiences of Mainstream British Schooling, Farah Ahmed. Author Index. Subject Index. About the Authors.
£49.95
Information Age Publishing Growing Up Between Two Cultures: Issues and
Book SynopsisThis volume deals with social, emotional and educational issues of Muslim children growing up in a Western country. It aims at shedding light on factors that contribute to the successful adjustment of these immigrant children and ways of helping them to adjust to the new life in their new country.CONTENTSPreface. PART I: INTRODUCTION. Growing up Between Two Cultures: Issues and Problems of Muslim Children, Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain. PART II: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND ACCULTURATION ISSUES. Raising Children and Teens of Middle Eastern Born Parents in United States: Transformative Perspective of Intercultural Competency, Kathleen P. King, Heba Abuzayyad-Huseibeh, and Hasan Nuseibeh. Extent of Acculturation Experiences Among High School Muslim Students in the United States, Shifa Podikunju-Hussain. Understanding the Cultural Capital of Learners of Muslim Descent, Myra Daniel. PART III: ISSUES RELATED TO THE IDENTITY FORMATION OF THE MUSLIM CHILDREN. American Muslim Identity: Negotiating the Ummah and the American Public School System, Lesliee Antonette and Lara Taboun. The Personal Aspirations and Cherished Ideals of Muslim Adolescents Living in Norway and Singapore, Deborah A. Stiles and Osman Ozturgut. Trying to Fit In: Ismaili Youth Identity in Post-9/11 Canada, Hafiz Printer. PART IV: THE ROLE OF GENDER IN ACCULTURATION AND IDENTITY FORMATION. Discourse on Equity and Social Justice in a Muslim High School in Israel: A Case Study, Khalid Arar. Gender, Islam, and Refugee Status: Possibilities for Negotiating Hybrid Identities and Contesting Boundaries in Digital Spaces, Delila Omerbasic. Stepping in and out of Worlds: Bosnian Muslim Girls’ Narratives About Cultural, and Religious Identity Construction, Lisa Hoffman. PART V: EXPERIENCES OF MUSLIM YOUTHS GROWING UP IN A NON-MUSLIM COUNTRY. The Strengths and Skills of Children: Self-Discriptions of Somali and Local Australian Children, Agnes E. Dodds, Nadia Albert, and Jeanette A. Lawrence. Religiosity and Happiness of American-Muslim Youths: An Empirical Study of Faith Maturity and Subjective Well-Being, Chang-Ho Ji. “That’s Not What I Want for My Children”: Islamic Schools as a Parental Response to Childhood Experiences of Mainstream British Schooling, Farah Ahmed. Author Index. Subject Index. About the Authors.
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University of Massachusetts Press Picturing Class: Lewis W. Hine Photographs Child
Book SynopsisIn this richly illustrated book, Robert Macieski examines Lewis W. Hine's art and advocacy on behalf of child laborers as part of the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) between 1909 and 1917. A ""social photographer"" -- as he called himself -- Hine created images that documented children at work throughout New England, making the case for their exploitation in the North as he had for rural working children in the South. Hine staged his images, highlighting particular types of labor in specific places: the ""newsies"" in Connecticut cities; sardine canners in Eastport, Maine; cranberry pickers in Cape Cod bogs; industrial homeworkers in Boston and Providence; and cotton textile workers throughout the region. His association with the NCLC connected him to a network of local and national reformers, social workers, and child welfare professionals, a broad coalition he supported in their fight to end this unethical labor practice. Macieski also chronicles Hine's efforts to mount major exhibitions that would help move public opinion against child labor.In Picturing Class, Macieski explores the historical context of Hine's photographs and the social worlds of his subjects. He offers a detailed analysis of many of the images, unearthing the stories behind the creation of these photographs and the lives of their subjects. In telling the story of these photographs, their creation, and their reception, Macieski demonstrates how Hine worked to advance an unvarnished picture of a rapidly changing region and the young workers at the center of this important shift.
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University of Massachusetts Press Getting Out: Youth Gangs, Violence, and Positive
Book SynopsisFor eight years Keith Morton codirected a safe-space program for youth involved in gang or street violence in Providence, Rhode Island. Getting Out is a result of the innovative perspectives he developed as he worked alongside staff from a local nonviolence institute to help these young people make life-affirming choices. Rather than view their violence as pathological, Morton explains that gang members are victims of violence, and the trauma they have experienced leads them to choose violence as the most meaningful option available. To support young people as they ""unlearned"" violence and pursued nonviolent alternatives, he offered what he calls a ""Youth Positive"" approach that prioritizes healing over punishment and recognizes them as full human beings. Informed by deep personal connections with these youth, Morton contends that to help them, we need to change our question from ""What is wrong with you?"" to ""What happened to you?
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University of Massachusetts Press The Case of the Slave-Child, Med: Free Soil in
Book SynopsisIn 1836, an enslaved six-year-old girl Named Med was brought to Boston by a woman from New Orleans who claimed her as property. Learning of the girl's arrival in the city, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) waged a legal fight to secure her freedom and affirm the free soil of MassachuSetts. While Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled quite narrowly in the case that enslaved people brought to MassachuSetts could not be held against their will, BFASS claimed a broad victory for the abolitionist cause, and Med was released to the care of a local institution. When she died two years later, celebration quickly turned to silence, and her story was soon forgotten. As a result, Commonwealth v. Aves is little known outside of legal scholarship. In this book, Karen Woods Weierman complicates Boston's identity as the birthplace of abolition and the cradle of liberty, and restores Med to her rightful place in antislavery history by situating her story in the context of other writings on slavery, childhood, and the law.
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University of Massachusetts Press The Persistence of Slavery: An Economic History
Book SynopsisDespite efforts to abolish slavery throughout Africa in the nineteenth century, the coercive labor systems that constitute "modern slavery" have continued to the present day. To understand why, Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine explores child trafficking, pawning, and marriages in Nigeria's Bight of Biafra, and the ways in which British colonial authorities and Igbo, Ibibio, Efik, and Ijaw populations mobilized children's labor during the early twentieth century. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources that include oral interviews, British and Nigerian archival materials, newspaper holdings, and missionary and anthropological accounts, Chapdelaine argues that slavery's endurance can only be understood when we fully examine "the social economy of a child" -- the broader commercial, domestic, and reproductive contexts in which children are economic vehicles.The Persistence of Slavery provides an invaluable investigation into the origins of modern slavery and early efforts to combat it, locating this practice in the political, social, and economic changes that occurred as a result of British colonialism and its lingering effects, which perpetuate child trafficking in Nigeria today.Trade ReviewAn important, original contribution to the history of child trafficking in the twentieth century, the history of children globally, and to Nigerian and West African history, in general." —Benjamin N. Lawrance, editor in chief of African Studies Review and author of Amistad’s Orphans: An Atlantic Story of Children, Slavery, and Smuggling"One of the few book-length studies on the history of children in colonial Africa, The Persistence of Slavery is necessary and timely. It will be a first choice for courses on African history and childhood studies." —Saheed Aderinto, author of When Sex Threatened the State: Illicit Sexuality, Nationalism, and Politics in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1958
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University of Massachusetts Press Revolutions at Home: The Origin of Modern
Book SynopsisHow did we come to imagine what 'ideal childhood' requires? Beginning in the late eighteenth century, German child-rearing radically transformed, and as these innovations in ideology and educational practice spread from middle-class families across European society, childhood came to be seen as a life stage critical to self-formation. This new approach was in part a process that adults imposed on youth, one that hinged on motivating children's behavior through affection and cultivating internal discipline. But this is not just a story about parents' and pedagogues' efforts to shape childhood. Offering rare glimpses of young students' diaries, letters, and marginalia, Emily C. Bruce reveals how children themselves negotiated these changes.Revolutions at Home analyzes a rich set of documents created for and by young Germans to show that children were central to reinventing their own education between 1770 and 1850. Through their reading and writing, they helped construct the modern child subject. The active child who emerged at this time was not simply a consequence of expanding literacy but, in fact, a key participant in defining modern life.Trade Review“Bruce compellingly demonstrates how German pedagogues, authors of children’s tales, and children themselves constructed a new ‘childhood subjectivity.’ This study will appeal to readers interested in the histories of childhood, education, and German middle-class identity, as well as anyone curious about the origins of classics like Grimm’s fairy tales.”—Anna Kuxhausen, author of From the Womb to the Body Politic: Raising the Nation in Enlightenment Russia “A new and valuable contribution to the growing literature on children’s literacy and writing.”—Andrea Immel, author of Childhood and Children’s Books in Early Modern Europe, 1550–1800
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Information Age Publishing Participatory Methodologies to Elevate Children's
Book SynopsisThis volume of the Research in Global Child Advocacy Series explores participatory methodologies and tools that involve children in research. Perspectives on the role of children have transitioned from viewing children as objects of research, to children as subjects of research, to acknowledgement of children as competent contributors and agents throughout the inquiry process. Researchers continue to explore approaches that honor the capacity of children, drawing on diverse methodologies to elevate children’s voices and actively engage them in the production of knowledge. Nonetheless, despite these developments, questions over the extent to which children can be free of adult filters and influence merits sustained scholarly attention. The book includes chapters that critically examine methodological approaches that empower children in the research process. Contributions include empirical or practitioner pieces that operate from an empowerment paradigm and demonstrate the agenic capacity of children to contribute their perspectives and voices to our understanding of childhood and children’s lives. The text also features conceptual pieces that challenge existing theoretical frameworks, critique research paradigms, and analyze dilemmas or tensions related to ethics, policy and power relations in the research process.
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Information Age Publishing Participatory Methodologies to Elevate Children's
Book SynopsisThis volume of the Research in Global Child Advocacy Series explores participatory methodologies and tools that involve children in research. Perspectives on the role of children have transitioned from viewing children as objects of research, to children as subjects of research, to acknowledgement of children as competent contributors and agents throughout the inquiry process. Researchers continue to explore approaches that honor the capacity of children, drawing on diverse methodologies to elevate children’s voices and actively engage them in the production of knowledge. Nonetheless, despite these developments, questions over the extent to which children can be free of adult filters and influence merits sustained scholarly attention. The book includes chapters that critically examine methodological approaches that empower children in the research process. Contributions include empirical or practitioner pieces that operate from an empowerment paradigm and demonstrate the agenic capacity of children to contribute their perspectives and voices to our understanding of childhood and children’s lives. The text also features conceptual pieces that challenge existing theoretical frameworks, critique research paradigms, and analyze dilemmas or tensions related to ethics, policy and power relations in the research process.
£87.40
University of Delaware Press Writing through Boyhood in the Long Eighteenth
Book SynopsisWriting through Boyhood in the Long Eighteenth Century explores how boyhood was constructed in different creative spaces that reflected the lived experience of young boys through the long eighteenth century—not simply in children’s literature but in novels, poetry, medical advice, criminal broadsides, and automaton exhibitions. The chapters encompass such rituals as breeching, learning to read and write, and going to school. They also consider the lives of boys such as chimney sweeps and convicted criminals, whose bodily labor was considered their only value and who often did not live beyond boyhood. Defined by a variety of tasks, expectations, and objectifications, boys—real, imagined, and sometimes both—were subject to the control of their elders and were used as tools in the cause of civil society, commerce, and empire. This book argues that boys in the long eighteenth century constituted a particular kind of currency, both valuable and expendable—valuable because of gender, expendable because of youth. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Time for Boys 1 The Boy in Breeches: Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy (1759–1767) Growing into Gender 2 The Boy in School: Ellenor Fenn’s Rhetorical Tools inSchool Dialogues, for Boys (1783) 3 The Boy in the Machine: Pierre Jaquet-Droz’s Automaton, the Writer (1774) 4 The Boy in the Chimney: Sweeps’ Apprentices, Suffering Bodies, and Jonathan Swift 5 The Boy in the Gallows: Crime, Punishment, Broadsheets, Afterlives 6 The Boy in the Printing Press: Printer’s Devils and Upward Mobility Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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New Growth Press Build on Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide to
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Brookes Publishing Co Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional
Book SynopsisThe ASQ®:SE-2 questionnaires are the most cost-effective, reliable way to screen young children for social-emotional issues in the first 6 years of life. These 9 age-appropriate questionnaires in French (2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60 months) effectively screen 7 key social-emotional areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social-communication, and interaction with people.Fast and easy to use, ASQ®:SE-2 questionnaires take just 10–15 minutes for parents to complete. ASQ®:SE-2 French Questionnaires are provided as printable PDF master copies on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM also includes French translations of the What is ASQ®:SE-2? parent handout, parent conference sheet, and child monitoring sheet.Please note: each physical site must own an original ASQ®:SE-2 User's Guide (in English), in addition to this questionnaires CD.
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Brookes Publishing Co Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional
Book SynopsisThe ASQ®:SE-2 Quick Start Guide is a convenient, at-a-glance guide that keeps ASQ®:SE-2 scoring and administration basics right at the fingertips. Perfect for busy French-speaking professionals on the go, this Quick Start Guide is laminated, lightweight, and so cost-effective that every professional in a program can have one (it's sold in a package of 5). ASQ®:SE-2 users will turn to the Quick Start Guide for clear, simple directions on selecting the correct questionnaire, scoring ASQ®:SE-2, and communicating results to parents.This product is sold in a package of 5.
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Brookes Publishing Co The Special Needs Planning Guide: How to Prepare
Book SynopsisHow can families of children with disabilities plan for lasting financial security at every stage of life? Find clear answers in The Special Needs Planning Guide, a step-by-step companion for parents as they progress through the complexities of planning for the future of their family and their child. Written by two financial planning experts who are also a parent and a sibling of a person with disabilities, and including contributions from a nationally recognized advocate, this bestselling how-to guide is now in its second edition.Revised, reorganized, and carefully updated to reflect current law, this book gives families the real-world advice, strategies, and actions needed to plan for both their future and the well-being and security of their child. With clarity and compassion, the authors guide families in addressing five critical factors involved in special needs planning— family and support, emotional, financial, legal, and government benefits factors—at every stage of their child’s life, from birth through adulthood. Throughout the book, readers will learn from the stories and advice of other caregivers, get helpful planning pointers and key questions to answer, and take action with the chapter lists of Next Steps. To help families customize the information in this book for their specific needs, this new edition also offers a complete package of online resources, including a fillable Special Needs Planning Timeline, easy-to-use financial planning worksheets, and an in-depth Letter of Intent template families can use to map out their vision for their child’s life.Informed by decades of personal and professional experience, this reader-friendly guidebook will help families educate themselves about financial planning, create a complete action plan for their future, and provide the knowledge and the tools they need to work toward a secure and full life for their child. WHAT’S NEW: Fully revised chapters and online resources A 10-step process that breaks complex planning into manageable tasks Letter of Intent now available as a fillable PDF Excel worksheets for easy planning New chapters on Foundational Financial Strategies and Tools, and Advanced Strategies and Special Circumstances Helpful information on ABLE accounts, housing options, and military Survivor Benefit Plans New planning tips, pointers, and case stories Guidance on creating a Team to Carry On beyond the parents’ lifetimes SELECTED TOPICS COVERED: special needs trusts funding · trustee selection · insurance strategies · investment guidance · estate planning · legal settlements · government benefits, such as SSI, SSDI, and housing benefits · goal-setting · advocacy · hiring financial and legal professionals · sibling considerations · contributions of extended support networks · retirement plans · guardianship and less restrictive alternativesTable of Contents Section I Your Planning Essentials Chapter 1: The Special Needs Planning Timeline Chapter 2: An Overview of Special Needs Planning Section II: The Five Factors Chapter 3: The Five Factors to Consider in Special Needs Planning Chapter 4: Family and Support Factors Chapter 5: Emotional Factors Chapter 6: Financial Factors Chapter 7: Legal Factors Chapter 8: Government Benefit Factors Section III: A Plan for Your Family Chapter 9: Building Your Financial Framework Chapter 10: Building Your Special Needs Plan Chapter 11: Steps 1 and 2: Creating Your Vision Chapter 12: Steps 3 and 4: Gathering Your Information Chapter 13: Steps 5 and 6: Assessing Your Child’s Needs Chapter 14: Steps 7 and 8: Doing Your Analysis Chapter 15: Steps 9 and 10: Gathering Your People Section IV: Frequently Asked Questions, Tips, Tools, and Strategies Chapter 16: Foundational Finance Strategies and Tools Chapter 17: Advanced Strategies and Special Circumstances
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University Press of Florida Operation Pedro Pan: The Untold Exodus of 14,048
Book SynopsisPoignant stories from one of the world's largest political exoduses of children On August 11, 1961, at the age of ten, Yvonne Conde left Cuba in one of the world's largest political exoduses of children in history—Operation Pedro Pan. Between 1960 and 1962 over 14,000 children were sent out of Cuba alone by desperate parents who feared for their children's future under Castro. Unlike Peter Pan, however, these children continued to grow up even while separated from their families. As the children arrived in temporary camps in Miami, volunteers such as Father Bryan O. Walsh helped them find new homes across the country. Conde tracked down hundreds of these children to tell their diverse stories—their uplifting, poignant, and sometimes tragic experiences in American foster homes and orphanages. Because Conde herself was a Pedro Pan child, others have opened up to her like never before to share their feelings about this painful time in their lives. Today, these children and their families struggle to heal the emotional scars of their long separation. In this edition, with a new prologue, Conde looks back on Operation Pedro Pan from the vantage point of six decades and brings readers up to date on events and discoveries since the groundbreaking first publication of this book in 1999. Writing with compassion and rare insight, Conde uncovers the true tales of a little-known episode of the Cold War.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: "Compelling reading." - New Republic"A collection of tearful testimonies woven with a tale of the event that unfolded in Cuba and led desperate parents to make the heart-wrenching decision to send their children along to a foreign country." - Miami Herald"[Conde] does an impressive job of reporting dozens of personal stories and fascinating vignettes. . . . A compilation of tales, some moving, many astonishing." - Chicago Tribune"A well-researched history of Operation Pedro Pan, a portrait of early revolutionary Cuba and a compendium of testimony from the now-grown children." - Publishers Weekly"The book's primary value lies in the individual stories, from tearful departure and arrival in Miami to temporary shelters and placement in homes or, in some cases, in orphanages; to learning a new language and adjusting and, in many cases, assimilating; to reunions with parents, adolescence in the '60s and '70s, and adulthood." - Booklist "Conde does an excellent job of narrating the essential outline of the history of Operation Pedro Pan, and an equally superb job of analyzing the circumstances that created this exodus, from the viewpoint of those who felt compelled to create it and keep it going. . . . Operation Pedro Pan is . . . as much a primary source as it is a work of history, as much a window onto a mentality as it is a guide to events, names, and institutions." - Carlos M. N. Eire, Hispanic American Historical Review"Fascinating is the least one can say about this book. It's the story of thousands of Cuban children who wouldn't grow up under communism and were sent by their parents to the never-never land of America. Some of them lived happily ever after because this version of Peter Pan is a tragedy with a happy ending sometimes. Fidel Castro, by the way, plays a very credible Captain Hook." - Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cervantes Prize‒winning novelist
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Canadian Scholars A Hard Place to Call Home: A Canadian Perspective
Book SynopsisResidential care and treatment for children and youth remain ubiquitous across Canada in spite of frequent critiques and an ideology of constructing group care as a last resort. In the first book of its kind, Dr. Kiaras Gharabaghi argues that the absence of a unifying theory or conceptual idea(s) pursuant to residential care and treatment perpetuate dynamics of mediocrity and complacency toward inadequate standards and practices. Drawing on organizational examples from across Canada, Gharabaghi re-constructs the possibilities for this form of care as a space for healing, growth, and the promotion of autonomy for young people.This well-timed resource offers the child and youth services community a positive, constructive, and revolutionary framework for residential care and treatment that is fundamentally based on a partnership between caregivers and young people, their families, neighbourhoods, and communities. Dr. Gharabaghi’s sophisticated and provocative analysis of the system’s key issues is essential reading for students, practitioners, and educators in the field of child and youth care and in the human services more broadly.Features: explores residential care and treatment with a focus on the needs of unique populations, such as black youth, Indigenous youth, and young people impacted by developmental disability or neurodevelopmental challenges emphasizes the voices and participation of young people with lived experience in residential care and treatment written in a uniquely Canadian context, but its theoretical elements draw on residential care in the United States, Germany, South Africa, and elsewhere
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Canadian Scholars Child and Youth Care Across Sectors Volume 1: Canadian Perspectives
Book SynopsisA pivotal textbook in the field, this comprehensive collection is the first of two volumes that cross-examine all active child and youth care sectors across the human services. Co-editors Kiaras Gharabaghi and Grant Charles bring together world-renowned professionals, academics, and researchers to address the past, present, and future state of child and youth care. Guiding students through the exploration of a growing field, this volumes examines practice in a range of service sectors including residential care, foster homes, schools, cyberspace, outdoor adventure settings, and services that support Quebecois, deaf, autism, and LGBTQ+ communities. With a strong foundation in Canadian scholarship, this text also draws connections to child and youth care practice in a global context. International and Canadian students, scholars, and practitioners in child and youth care will benefit from this extensive and timely resource.Features includes contributions from leading Canadian scholars, researchers, and professionals in the field of child and youth care analyzes the challenges, opportunities, and employment prospects in each sector establishes connections between chapters by cross-referencing the sectors, geographical regions, and contexts of other chapters
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Canadian Scholars Child and Youth Care Across Sectors, Volume 2:
Book SynopsisChild and Youth Caracross Sectors aims to reflect the changing field by capturing a diverse array of themes and issues through an inclusive framework. In Volume 2, the contributors continue the discussion on sectors and contexts of child and youth care, with an emphasis on giving space and voice to different ways of thinking about and describing the field. Focusing on acknowledging and confronting the complex issues within child and youth care, this new volume includes groundbreaking chapters on pertinent topics from homelessness to immigration, antiracism, African-centred praxis, and Indigenous ways of being. Expanding from the first volume, this text explores additional settings of child and youth care, including hospitals, schools, day treatment programs, and the complicated youth criminal justice sector.As the field of child and youth care continues to evolve, this timely and thought-provoking text will be vital for students, scholars, and practitioners in child and youth care, in Canada and abroad.Features: Incorporates discussions on Canada’s northern provinces and territories,specifically Labrador and Nunavut, in child and youth care contexts and regions typically neglected in the field. Includes chapters centering Indigenous ways of being and thinking, written by Indigenous scholars.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Assessing the Language of Young Learners
Book SynopsisThis volume offers new insights into the assessment of the language of Young Learners (YLs). YLs are defined here as being from 5 to 17 years, and are treated as three distinct subgroups: younger children (5/6 to 8/9 years), older children (8/9 to 12/13 years) and teenagers (12/13 to 17 years).The first half addresses fundamental issues, beginning with the characteristics of YLs and how these are manifested in first language development. The authors consider the potential ability of each age group to perform in a second or foreign language, proposing a rough age-related correspondence with CEFR levels. Finally, principles of assessment, specifically formative assessment and testing, are presented in the light of linguistic, cognitive and social development.The second half focusses on testing a range of 'skills'. Theoretical models of performance are introduced, followed by a practical analysis of approaches to the testing of each skill for the three age groups, illustrated with examples. The authors conclude by summing up developmental characteristics of each age group, and their implications for language testing.The book is intended for a wide readership within the field of teaching and assessing the language of young learners. Researchers are offered scope for further investigation of what emerges from the discussion, while practitioners will hopefully find support in their day-to-day work with YLs.Trade ReviewOverall, I believe that this is a very comprehensive and nice introduction to assessment for young learners. It was written in such a clear and accessible manner. This book will be a great addition to the existing literature on this topic;Yoko Goto Butler, Associate Professor, Penn Graduate School of EducationTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Children and Teenagers: Developmental IssuesChapter 2: The L2 of Young LearnersChapter 3: The Common European Framework of ReferenceChapter 4: Assessing the L2 of Young LearnersChapter 5: Testing ReadingChapter 6: Testing WritingChapter 7: Testing SpeakingChapter 8: Testing Listening Chapter 9: Testing Vocabulary and Grammar Chapter 10: Conclusion Appendix A: An Overview of Nippold's Findings on L1 Development at Ages 5, 10, 15 and 25 Years Appendix B.1: AYLLIT Scale of Descriptors Appendix B.2: The Aptis for Teens Scales for Assessing the Writing of Teenagers Appendix B.3: The Aptis for Teens Scales for Assessing the Speaking of Teenagers Appendix C.1: Click and Drag Item - Norwegian National Testing of English (NNTE) (Reading, 5th Grade) Appendix C.2: Click and Drag Item - Norwegian National Testing of English (NNTE) (Reading, 5th Grade) Appendix C.3: Aptis for Teens B1 Reading Appendix C.4: Aptis for Teens B2 Reading Appendix C.5: Teens Writing Tasks Sample Item Appendix C.6: Aptis General (Adults) B2 Speaking (Long-turn) Appendix C.7: Aptis for Teens B2 Speaking (Long-turn)
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Child Migration
Book SynopsisAs the scale and complexity of global child migration grows, so too does the urgency of understanding this multifaceted phenomenon. This comprehensive, and original, Research Handbook is an essential tool for anyone seeking to engage in the topic. Collecting together a plethora of original intellectual, empirical and legal resources the Research Handbook on Child Migration probes the origins, characteristics and impacts of current child migration situations.Bringing together both leading experts and grass-roots activists, this Research Handbook is a comprehensive and diverse collection of the best and most up-to-date research on global child migration. It covers a wide range of topics from the history of specific child migration flows, the ethnography of child migration, and child specific legal tools and challenges, to the psychological effects of migration on child migrants. Presented in an accessible style, this Research Handbook provides a wealth of evidence and reflection which will enrich and improve the readers ability to tackle this key human rights challenge.This Research Handbook is an innovative tool which will be of use not only for students and scholars interested in migration displacement, immigration, and human rights, but also for policymakers and others actively engaged in the migrant and refugee rights advocacy community.Contributors include: H. Ascher, J. Bhabha, B. Bookey, S.B. Coutin, M. De los Angeles Torres, I. Derluyn, V. Digidiki, A. Farmer, H. Fehrenbach, L. Frydman, O. Geissler, W. Giles, A. Hjern, J. Kanics, R.K.S. Kohli, J. Kumin, R.-C. Liwanga, A. Lundberg, M. Ní Raghallaigh, R. O'Donnell, A. Orgocka, O. Peyroux, P. Rekacewicz, E. Rozzi, D. Senovilla, L. Singh, C. Smyth, C. Suárez-Orozco, S.J. Terrio, D.B. Thronson, V. Thronson, E.E. Tibet, M. Timéra, M. Treibe, O. Uzureau, F. Vacchiano, L. van Waas, M. Vervliet, C. WattersTrade Review'Historically, migration studies has focused on men, then adults, and only rarely on children. This book testifies to the growing interest in child migrants, including those who are trafficked and those who find themselves saddled with illegal statuses due to the movements of their parents. Covering many disciplines, countries and applied fields, this Research Handbook will be essential reading for those interested in child migration and protection. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a conceptually and policy-rich collection of original contributions.' --Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Jacqueline Bhabha PART I HISTORIES OF CHILD MIGRATION Introduction 1. Treading paths of violence: Displacements of bereft Armenian children in the aftermath of genocide Anouche Kunth 2. Children as Casework: The problem of migrating and refugee children in the era of World War Heide Fehrenbach 3. Opération Pedro Pan : The 1960s Transport of Unaccompanied Cuban Children to the United States Maria de los Angeles Torres PART II MIGRATION TRADITIONS AND TRAJECTORIES Introduction 4. From revolutionary education to futures elsewhere: Children and young refugees fleeing from Eritrea Magnus Treiber 5. Child mobility from and within West African countries Mahamet Timéra 6. Desiring mobility: Child migration, parental distress and constraints on the future in North Africa Francesco Vacchiano 7. Migrant children (including Roma children) from the Balkans and East Europe Olivier Peyroux 8. Roots of juvenile migration from El Salvador Susan Bibler Coutin PART III THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF CHILD MIGRATION Introduction 9. The role of the European Union in the protection of migrant children Rebecca O’Donnell 10. The jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights relevant to child migrants Ciara Smyth 11. Children’s Rights and US Immigration Law David B. Thronson 12. Finding a new balance: Bringing together children’s rights law and migration policy for effective advocacy for migrant children Alice Farmer 13. Applying the refugee definition to child-specific forms of persecution Lisa Frydman and Blaine Bookey PART IV CATEGORICAL DISTINCTIONS WITHIN CHILD MIGRATION 14. Stateless children Laura van Waas 15. The impact of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status on access to protection of unaccompanied child migrants in the United States Veronica T. Thronson 16. Unaccompanied Minors in Italy: Children or Aliens? Elena Rozzi 17. Management of “the unaccompanied.” In search of a rights-based approach in the context of Swedish “crisis politics” Anna Lundberg PART V CHILD SPECIFIC CHALLENGES TO RIGHTS PROTECTION Introduction 18. Identification: Age and identity assessment Anders Hjern, Henry Ascher, Marianne Vervliet and Ilse Derluyn 19. Credibility: The challenge of establishing credibility in child asylum cases Judith Kumin 20. Challenges of upholding children’s rights in immigration policy: lessons from Australia Lisa Singh 21. The challenge of strengthening the regional child protection system for children on the move in West Africa Olivier Geissler and Abimbola Lagunju 22. Data: Creating the empirical base for development of child migration policy and protection Ann Singleton PART VI MIGRANT CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES Introduction: Hassan’s journey: route and transport conditions when one is denied a visa Philippe Rekacewicz 23. The integration of asylum seeking and refugee children: Resilience in the face of adversity Muireann Ní Raghallaigh 24. Wellbeing: Refugee children’s psychosocial well-being and mental health Charles Watters and Ilse Derluyn 25. Protection: Migrant children and institutional protection Ravi K.S. Kohli 26. Education: The experience of Latino immigrant adolescents in the United States Carola Suárez-Orozco and Marcello Suárez-Orozco 27. Protracted refugee situations: Adolescents in Dadaab, Kenya Wenona Giles and Aida Orgocka 28. Undocumented Central American children in the United States Susan J. Terrio 29. The experience of distress: Child migration on Lesvos, Greece Vasileia Digidiki 30. Learning as agency: Strategies of survival among young unaccompanied Somali asylum seekers in Turkey Eda Elif Tibet 31. Children’s voices: listening to young African migrants in France Daniel Senovilla Hernández and Océane Uzureau 32. Child labor and migration: The exploitation of migrant children in the artisanal mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo Roger-Claude Liwanga Conclusion Index
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Emerald Publishing Limited Establishing Child Centred Practice in a Changing
Book SynopsisAt a time of significant local, national, and international change, in which children are already actively involved, it seems not only right but necessary that we should be seeking to further our knowledge and understanding of what informs and shapes meaningful and effective practice for and with children. Such research has implications across the spaces that children and adults share whether that is at school, at home, in the law courts, in health care through to local, national, and international platforms for social action. Establishing Child Centred Practice in a Changing World, Part B extends the conversation to connect research and practices in a changing world. This edition examines children’s voices in relation to research methodologies, in particular co-production, as well as extending conversations around child centred practice from forest schools to the home through to community change initiatives that further understandings of what it means to be a learner and an advocate. Authors from around the world offer a range of perspectives to advance transformational practice in a changing world. Furthering dialogues around the applied relevance of key principles in childhood studies, this diverse edited collection is an important contribution to the fields of education, sociology, childcare and youth policy and practice.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Extending the Conversation; Sam Frankel Chapter 2. Children's Voices in Early Childhood Education and Care; Nadine Correia and Cecília Aguiar Chapter 3. Children’s Voice in Praxiological Transformation; Cristina Mesquita Chapter 4. Using Pupil Views Templates to Explore Children’s Experiences of Teaching and Learning; Kirstin Mulholland Chapter 5. Engaging Authentic Pupil Voice in Schools; David Littlefair Chapter 6. Hearing Children’s Voices in the Forest; Joanna Hume Chapter 7. Young Children’s Participation in Homeschooling During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Reflective Case Study from England; Fengling Tang Chapter 8. Reclaiming Agency: A Social Pedagogical Orientation to Child Centred Practice; Daniel Nester Chapter 9. Co-production in Creative Design to Amplify Childhood Voices of Parental Separation; Susan Kay-Flowers Chapter 10. Children’s Perceptions of Participation Within their Families: Listening to Children of Bolivian Families Living in Madrid; Rossana Perez-del-Aguila, Patricia Rodriguez Aguirre, and Jimena Cuba Blanco Chapter 11. Children and Negotiation of Family Rules in Ibadan, Nigeria; Ewajesu Okeewumi and Olayinka Akanale Chapter 12. Shared Decision-Making Processes in a Contemporary Urban Art Project and its Impact on Children; Joana Campos Louçã Chapter 13. The 'Added Value' of the Youth Contribution and the Call of Young People for Intergenerational Partnerships: Reflections from the 2021 World Congress for Justice WITH Children; Walt Burkard, Alexandra-Maria Dan, Macholi Chris Benard, Iliana Pujols, and Anas Darouichi Chapter 14. Youth Political Participation in the Canadian Senate: Discussions with the Vote 16 Steering Group; Gabrielle Gooch Chapter 15. Childhood Participation in Chile: Debts and Opportunities from Child Protagonism; Paulina Jara-Osorio
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Emerald Publishing Limited Children and Youth as âSites of Resistanceâ in
Book SynopsisDuring the chaos and devastation of armed conflict, children and youth often emerge as powerful agents of change and resilience. The first of two volumes, this is a compelling exploration of their profound roles as active participants, often functioning as sites of resistance within the complex dynamics of warfare.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Children and Youth in Armed Conflict
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Migration and Education
Book SynopsisContributing to the shaping of education and migration as a distinct field of research, this forward-looking Research Handbook explores cross-cutting questions on the range of challenges facing education systems, migrant children and students today. Covering an impressive range of local, national and educational contexts, this Research Handbook explores diverse case studies, educational initiatives, approaches and policies that have been developed to support migrant and mobile students, educational professionals and schools. Chapters offer a broad understanding of the multifaceted nature of global migration today, exploring varied theoretical and methodological perspectives, and examining the educational challenges and opportunities presented by migration. The Research Handbook ultimately stresses the importance of interdisciplinary research into the complex phenomenon of global migration and its impact on education systems and the educational trajectories of migrant children. Students and scholars in the fields of education, migration, childhood studies and globalization studies will find this Research Handbook an invaluable reference. Its wide range of case studies on different educational provisions designed to support migrant children in schools will further benefit educational practitioners and policymakers.Trade Review‘This superb Research Handbook could not be more welcome. The emergent field of migration and education is handsomely illustrated in the exemplary, original research represented here. Despite investigating so many diverse national contexts, the chapter authors concur that migration of children and youth is today enriching, disrupting and reshaping educational systems globally in ways that demand our attention. By addressing the challenge of inclusivity from various angles, they engage critically with policy discourses around the right to education, identifying implementation problems especially where national/local hostility occurs, whilst highlighting transformative agendas associated with the presence and voices of migrant youth, whether in schools or higher education. All education practitioners and researchers need to ingest the messages contained in this Handbook, to look at their own assumptions about migration and to address, politically and pedagogically, the exclusionary Othering and potential alienation of the millions of displaced or migrant young people in the world today.’ -- Emerita Professor Madeleine Arnot, Co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: education and migration as a field of research 1 Halleli Pinson, Dympna Devine and Nihad Bunar PART I APPROACHES TO THE EDUCATIONAL INCLUSION OF REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CHILDREN 2 The border within: decolonizing refugee students’ education 22 Fabio Dovigo 3 Inclusive systems as relational space in and around schools for supporting migrants in education: transitions from diametric to concentric spatial systems 37 Paul Downes 4 Migration and acculturation: supporting migrant students’ school adjustment in multicultural schools 54 Elena Makarova and Petra Sidler 5 The organization of school integration for refugee children and youth in Germany: identifying gaps in the current state of knowledge 68 Mona Massumi, Christina Brandl and Annette Korntheuer 6 Inclusion of newly arrived migrant students in Swedish schools: organizational models and support measures 83 Nihad Bunar 7 Young refugees’ inclusion and belonging upon entering upper secondary education in Norway 98 Lutine de Wal Pastoor 8 Perceptions of immigrant parental engagement in primary schools in Ireland 114 Dympna Devine, Merike Darmody and Emer Smyth 9 School choice of West African migrants in Ghana 130 Daniel Owusu Kyereko and Daniel Faas PART II SUPPORTING PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY: LANGUAGE(S) AND LEARNING SUPPORT 10 Evidence-based instructional responses to opportunity gaps experienced by immigrant-background students 142 Jim Cummins 11 Measuring the academic progress of newly arrived migrant and refugee youth: an Australian school-based longitudinal study 157 Sue Creagh 12 Language brokering and immigrant children’s everyday learning in home and community contexts 173 Marjorie Faulstich Orellana and Inmaculada García-Sánchez 13 Migration, special educational needs and inclusive education 189 William Kinsella, Amalia Fenwick, Paula Prendeville and Michelle Kelly 14 Complementary schools as heritage language communities of practice: reaching beyond language maintenance 203 Yongcan Liu and Lottie Hoare 15 Educational services of informal local refugee support organizations in Türkiye: their role and practices 221 Ozlem Erden-Basaran 16 Mentoring and other educational support for children of immigrants: research, policy relevance, and good practice 236 Jens Schneider PART III VULNERABILITY, VOICE AND AGENCY 17 Representing vulnerable, Syrian migrant children’s insights: testimonies of inclusion and exclusion in schooling 249 Eleanore Hargreaves and Jumana Al-Waeli 18 Rethinking inclusion: empowering the children of sex workers in Kalighat, Kolkata, India 262 Khaleda Gani Dutt 19 The education of left-behind children in rural China 272 Rachel Murphy and Yan Zhang 20 Push up, be grateful, and tell us your challenges: youth caught between dependency and self-reliance in Kakuma Refugee Camp 285 Michelle J. Bellino and Rahul Oka 21 Convivial education: unaccompanied youth challenge power structures in South African schools 299 Noa Levy 22 Refugee-background students in southern New Zealand: educational navigation and necessary self-sufficiency 310 Vivienne Anderson, Alejandra Ortiz Ayala and Sayedali Mostolizadeh PART IV MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY 23 International student mobility: themes and issues 324 Rachel Brooks and Johanna Waters 24 Student mobility in Korean higher education 338 Rennie Moon 25 Student migration between Mexico and the United States: possibilities and disputes associated with becoming mobile 353 Alma Maldonado-Maldonado, Juan Carlos Aguilar Castillo and Christian Cortes-Velasco 26 Access and integration of refugees into higher education: a Turkish inclusive approach 370 Ayselin Yildiz 27 Mind the gap: asylum seeker and refugee access to post-compulsory education 384 Caroline Oliver 28 What makes a higher education learning environment inclusive? An example from the Netherlands 397 Nasser Mohamedhoesein, Maurice Crul and Marieke Slootman 29 Globally mobile professionals and school choice 421 Khen Tucker, Miri Yemini and Claire Maxwell PART V BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE SCHOOL: THE TENSION BETWEEN IMMIGRATION AND EDUCATION POLICIES 30 Migration and education in the media: a discourse analysis of the press in France and England 434 Oakleigh Welply 31 A rights-based policy approach to realising education rights in the context of international migration 449 Ruth Brittle 32 The promises of Ethiopia’s new policy for inclusion of refugees into the national education system and challenges for local implementation 465 Alebachew Kemisso Haybano 33 Educational policies and schooling for migrant children in China 480 Min Yu and Christopher B. Crowley 34 Migration and education in Spain since the 1990s and the turn of the century: policy and practice trapped in time 496 Silvia Carrasco 35 Education in Australia for forced migrants: examining the differences in entitlements between permanent and temporary protection 509 Sally Baker, Loshini Naidoo and Jennifer M. Azordegan 36 Best practices for integration: analyzing the migration and education policies in Latin American host countries 525 Jessica Crist and Katharine Summers Index 543
£245.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Research Handbook on Transitions into Adulthood
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£180.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Youth Studies
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction to Youth Studies analyses the historical development of the sociology of youth in the context of changing population demographics. Howard Williamson and James Côté explore competing paradigms underlying current understandings of youth with reference to key philosophical, theoretical and methodological debates.Young people’s transitions to adulthood and youth cultural behaviour are then explored. The authors conclude with a consideration of youth policies and how, in the future, these may be better informed by sociological research. Key Features: Fact-based analysis of key debates Sociological perspectives informed by multidisciplinary analyses Concise coverage of complex topics Policy recommendations informed by years of experience in the field This Advanced Introduction will provide essential reading for scholars and researchers of sociology and sociological theory, as well as youth workers and students looking for an excellent introduction to youth studies. Trade Review‘Wow, a brief, yet concise overview on youth studies in 200 pages. Showcasing the key areas the reader will find a rich view on primarily Anglo-Saxon youth sociology and an intriguing input for multifarious academic and non-academic discussions and debates in the field of youth research.’ -- Hans Dietrich, Institute for Employment Research, Germany‘This timely book provides a fresh outlook on youth sociology, using historical perspectives to highlight the contrasts between different theories in the field while critically analysing contemporary scientific and methodological debates. This important book will help to illustrate how youth studies contributes to the social sciences.’ -- Helena Helve, University of Tampere and University of Helsinki, Finland‘Williamson and Cote cover philosophical, epistemological, and political underpinnings of youth studies in a highly accessible manner. Their historical, cross-national, multidisciplinary, and multimethod perspectives distinguish this book from works arising from distinct academic “silos.” Fresh insights on school-to-work transitions, youth culture and policy illuminate difficulties confronting young people today.’ -- Jeylan Mortimer, University of Minnesota, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A brief history of youth in the life course 2. A brief history of the sociology of youth 3. Critical issues and debates in youth studies 4. Youth as a transitional period of the life course 5. Youth as a cultural experience 6. Understanding youth policy from a sociological perspective Conclusion References Index
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Youth Studies
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction to Youth Studies analyses the historical development of the sociology of youth in the context of changing population demographics. Howard Williamson and James Côté explore competing paradigms underlying current understandings of youth with reference to key philosophical, theoretical and methodological debates.Young people’s transitions to adulthood and youth cultural behaviour are then explored. The authors conclude with a consideration of youth policies and how, in the future, these may be better informed by sociological research. Key Features: Fact-based analysis of key debates Sociological perspectives informed by multidisciplinary analyses Concise coverage of complex topics Policy recommendations informed by years of experience in the field This Advanced Introduction will provide essential reading for scholars and researchers of sociology and sociological theory, as well as youth workers and students looking for an excellent introduction to youth studies. Trade Review‘Wow, a brief, yet concise overview on youth studies in 200 pages. Showcasing the key areas the reader will find a rich view on primarily Anglo-Saxon youth sociology and an intriguing input for multifarious academic and non-academic discussions and debates in the field of youth research.’ -- Hans Dietrich, Institute for Employment Research, Germany‘This timely book provides a fresh outlook on youth sociology, using historical perspectives to highlight the contrasts between different theories in the field while critically analysing contemporary scientific and methodological debates. This important book will help to illustrate how youth studies contributes to the social sciences.’ -- Helena Helve, University of Tampere and University of Helsinki, Finland‘Williamson and Cote cover philosophical, epistemological, and political underpinnings of youth studies in a highly accessible manner. Their historical, cross-national, multidisciplinary, and multimethod perspectives distinguish this book from works arising from distinct academic “silos.” Fresh insights on school-to-work transitions, youth culture and policy illuminate difficulties confronting young people today.’ -- Jeylan Mortimer, University of Minnesota, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A brief history of youth in the life course 2. A brief history of the sociology of youth 3. Critical issues and debates in youth studies 4. Youth as a transitional period of the life course 5. Youth as a cultural experience 6. Understanding youth policy from a sociological perspective Conclusion References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Surviving Post-communism: Young People in the
Book SynopsisHow do young people survive in the era of high unemployment, persistent economic crises and poor living standards that characterise post-communist society in the former Soviet Union? This major original book - written by leading authorities in the field - shows how young people have managed to maintain optimism despite the very severe economic and social problems that beset the countries of the former Soviet Union.In most former Soviet countries the devastating initial shock of market reforms has been followed by precious little therapy. The effects have been most pronounced among young people as only a minority have prospered in the new market economies and inequalities have widened dramatically. Despite an all-round improvement in educational standards, most young people have been unable to obtain proper jobs. Housing and family transitions have been blocked. Uses of free time have shifted massively from the public into the private domain. Few young people have any confidence that their countries' political leaders will engineer solutions. Yet in spite of all this, the majority prefer the new uncertainties, and the merest prospect of the Western way of life, to the old guarantees. They are prepared to give the reforms more time to deliver, but this time is now fast running out.Surviving Post-communism will be an illuminating exposition of the realities of post-communist life for scholars of sociology and transition studies.Trade Review'Surviving Post-Communism provides a wealth of data about the economic and social factors that guide and describe young peoples' lives in politics in flux.' -- Fran Markowitz, Slavic Review'. . . an interesting book on young people in post-communist society in Ukraine, Armenia, and Georgia.' -- D.J. Dunn, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. After Communism 2. Jobs and Career Routes 3. Education and Life Chances 4. Family Transitions and Gender Divisions 5. Leisure and Lifestyle 6. Politics 7. Precarious Transitions Bibliography Index
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James Currey Children on the Move in Africa: Past and Present
Book SynopsisA timely interdisciplinary, comparative and historical perspective on African childhood migration that draws on the experience of children themselves to look at where, why and how they move - within and beyond the continent - andthe impact of African child migration globally. Children in Africa are heavily involved in migration but we know too little about the circumstances in which they migrate, their motivations and the impact of migration on their welfare, on wider society and in a global context. This book seeks to retrieve the experiences of child migrants, and to examine how child migration differs from adult migration and whether the condition of childhood pushes individuals towards specific migratory trajectories. It also examines the opportunities that child migrants seek elsewhere, the lack of opportunities that make them move elsewhere and to what extent their trajectories and strategies are gendered. Analysing the diversity and complexity of children's experiences of mobility in Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Togo and Zambia, the authors look at patterns of fosterage, child circulation within Africa and beyond the continent; therole of education, child labour and conceptions of place and "home"; and the place of the child narrator in migrant fiction. Comparing different methodological and theoretical approaches and setting the case studies within the broader context of family migration, transnational families, colonial and postcolonial migration politics, religious encounter and globalization in Africa, this book provides a much-needed examination of this contentious and criticalissue. Elodie Razy is Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Liege (FaSS). She is the co-founder and co-editor of the online journal AnthropoChildren: Ethnographic Perspectivesin Children & Childhood. Marie Rodet is a Senior Lecturer in African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London). She is currently working on her second monograph on slave resistance in Kayes,Mali.Trade Review[T]ouches on many current themes in the literature of African childhood. Razy and Rodet's introduction does a particularly good job describing the state of the field, making it useful in classrooms . interrogating how migrant children have fit into various representations of the world enriches our understanding of contemporary social contexts and has the ability to expand the purview of African policymakers in the future. * IJAHS *Elodie Razy and Marie Rodet have assembled an impressive range of contributions to this fascinating volume on African children and migration . in all, this is an impressive collection with a broad reach that will undoubtedly stimulate further much-needed work on African children and childhoods. The volume reaches across boundaries, both spatial and disciplinary. * JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH *Children on the Move in Africa offers a timely and insightful perspective into the long-established phenomenon of childhood migration in Africa. The volume effectively demonstrates that migration not only shapes the child migrant's identity, but it has also influenced the trajectories of the continent as adults call on their experiences of childhood migration to make value judgements on work, national identity, and social cohesion. * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW *Table of ContentsPreface - Benjamin N. Lawrance Introduction: Child Migration in Africa: Key Issues and New Perspectives - Elodie Razy Introduction: Child Migration in Africa: Key Issues and New Perspectives - PART I: CHILD MIGRANTS: BETWEEN VULNERABILITY AND AGENCY? - Marie Rodet "An Ardent Desire to be Useful": Senegalese Students, Religious Sisters and Migration for Schooling in France, 1824-1840 - Kelly Duke-Bryant Girl Pawns, Brides and Slaves: Child Trafficking in Southeastern Nigeria, 1920s - Robin Chapdelaine PART II: BEING A CHILD AND BECOMING A GENDERED ADULT: THE CHALLENGES OF MIGRATIONS IN CHILDHOOD "Bringing a Girl from the Village": Gender, Child Migration and Domestic Service in Post-colonial Zambia - Sacha Hepburn "I Will Never Become a Crocodile but I am Happy if I Eat Enough": A Psychological Analysis of Child Fosterage and Resilience in Contemporary Mali - Paola Porcelli Working as a "Boy": Labour, Age and Masculinities in Togo, c. 1975-2005 - Marco Gardini PART III: MOBILITY, IMAGINATION AND MAKING NATIONS Childhood, Space and Memory: Migrations of the Métis in Central Highland Madagascar - Violaine Tisseau "We Were Mixed with all Types": Educational Migration in the Northern Territories of Colonial Ghana - Lacy S. Ferrell India-South Africa Mobilities in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Minors, Immigration Encounters in Cape Town and Becoming South African - Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Education, Migration and Nationalism: Mapping the School Days of the First Genderation of Southern Sudanese Nationalist Leaders, c. 1948-1972 - with Harjyot Hayer - Hannah Whitaker Child Narration as Device for Negotiation for Space and Identity Formation in Recent Nigerian Migrant Fiction - Oluwole Coker
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Policy Press Making sense of Every Child Matters:
Book SynopsisThis much-needed book examines the implications of the 'Every Child Matters' (ECM) national and local framework for working with children. It analyses the key issues from the perspective of the different professions that make up the 'new children's workforce' and explores interprofessional considerations. The book includes practice issues and case examples from health, education, social work, playwork, children's centres and early years, and considers the opportunities and challenges presented by the current agenda. It will be widely welcomed by tutors and practitioners alike, enabling readers to make sense of the legislation and national guidance, and to understand better the new agendas for children's services. For more information visit: http://www.everychildmattersbook.co.uk/Trade Review"This book has been invaluable for my foundation degree in learning support. There are so many new pieces of legislation and government policies to wade through this book just put it all into place and, yes, it made sense. Individual chapters on Early years, Children's Centres, Nursing, maternity care, playwork, social work and mental health makes it a real winner across lots of different specialisms. I particularly liked the fact it doesn't look at new legislation through rose tinted specs - it's down to earth, forthright and recognises there are many issues to inter-professional collaboration". Five-Star Amazon Review"... this is an excellent guide and I would recommend it, not just to social work students and practitioners, but also to those working in any discipline with children and their families." Professional Social Work"'... very much an example of a book doing just what it says on the label. It is a must-have for all those working with, planning for or studying the health and social care of children and their families." Charlotte Pearson in Community Care 2009"This book provides child practitioners in public, private and voluntary settings with a valuable text to guide their practice. It is an essential text for students studying for child and young people's care qualifications and undergraduate studies, while post-graduate students will find it an excellent reference resource." Brenda Roberts, Head, Department of Child Health and Social Care, Edge Hill University"Richard Barker and his fellow contributors have produced an impressive and detailed analysis of the practice implications of Every Child Matters. I am delighted to recommend this book to all those working with children and young people." Michael Leadbetter, Chair, Children's Workforce Development CouncilTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: making sense of Every Child Matters - Richard Barker; Beginning to understand Every Child Matters - Richard Barker Inter-professional working and the Children's Workforce - Alison I. Machin and Pamela Graham; Education and Every Child Matters - Pat Broadhead and Doug Martin; Early years, childcare and Every Child Matters - Joan Santer and Lindey Cookson; Children's centres and Every Child Matters - Sue Barker; Nursing and Every Child Matters - Steve Campbell and Judith Hunter; Maternity care and Every Child Matters - Fiona Hutchinson; Playwork and Every Child Matters - Lesli Godfrey; Social work and Every Child Matters - Richard Barker and Sue Barker; Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Every Child Matters - Allan Brownrigg; Every Child Matters: current possibilities, future opportunities, and challenges? - Richard Barker.
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Policy Press Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to
Book SynopsisSome 80,000 British children - many of them under the age of ten - were shipped from Britain to Canada by Poor Law authorities and voluntary bodies during the 50 years following Confederation in 1867. How did this come about? What were the motives and methods of the people involved in both countries? Why did it come to an end? What effects did it have on the children involved and what eventually became of them? These are the questions Roy Parker explores in a meticulously researched work that brings together economic, political, social, medical, legal, administrative and religious aspects of the story in Britain and Canada. He concludes with a moving review of evidence from more recent survivors of child migration, discussing the lifelong effects of their experiences with the help of modern psychological insights. His book - humane and highly professional - will capture and hold the interest of many: the academic, the practitioner and the general reader; and they will include the relatives and descendants, both in Britain and Canada, of the children around whom this study revolves. CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA: Copies of this title are available from UBC Press, www.ubcpress.caTrade Review"This is a book of rare distinction. ...based on a huge amount of further primary research.... This is a deeply humane book which deserves to be read and reflected upon." British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol 22:2, 2008"It is a wonderfully researched book and presents a balanced analysis of the period." Julia Davey, Family History Researcher"Truly an interdisciplinary study, giving due weight to a stunning number of factors." Susanne Kelman, Literary Review of Canada, July/August 2008"In this interdisciplinary and intercountry tour de force, Roy Parker traces the extraordinary, 50-year story of the export of some 80,000 children from Britain to Canada. Fascinating for students of social work, social policy and child welfare in both countries." David Donnison, Professor Emeritus in Urban Studies, Glasgow University"This is an excellent historical analysis of the push and pull factors that not long ago engineered the transportation of thousands of children to live mainly with homestead families in Canada." Professor Emeritus John Triseliotis, University of Edinburgh"Deeply researched and compassionate" Journal of Children & PovertyTable of ContentsPart one: Setting the scene: The background; Early initiatives; Part two: Setbacks and anxieties: Checks and balances; The issue of inspection; Part three: The field expands: The second wave of organised Protestant child emigration; The Catholic response; The 'unorganised' emigrationists; Part four: The Canadian dimension: The Canadian demand for child labour; Canadian opposition to child immigration; The management of the opposition in Canada; Part five: The ambiguities and obfuscation: The reformatories and industrial schools; Part six: The children and their parents: What befell the children; Parents' rights, consent and legislation; Part seven: A chapter closes: Into the twentieth century; Part eight: A review: Explanation and assessment. CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA: Copies of this title are available from UBC Press, www.ubcpress.ca
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Bristol University Press Children caring for parents with HIV and AIDS:
Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book focuses on the experiences and perspectives of children and young people who care for a parent with HIV in the global North and South. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research from the UK and Tanzania, the book presents a unique insight into the similarities and differences in children's and parents' experiences across diverse socio-economic, cultural and welfare contexts. The book makes a significant contribution to the growing research evidence on children and young people with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV and AIDS on families globally. It examines caring relationships within families affected by HIV and AIDS; the outcomes of caregiving; children's and families' resilience; the factors influencing whether children become involved in care work; and local and global policy responses. It also provides insight into the perspectives of parents living with HIV and service providers working with families. This book will be of interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of HIV and AIDS, and to researchers, academics and students concerned with international development, social policy, human geography, childhood and youth studies, social work, health and social care, education, children's services and nursing and palliative care.Trade Review"Governments and NGOs must act to provide support to children and young people affected by HIV and AIDS, recognising their special role as young carers. The recommendations in this groundbreaking, cross-cultural study are a good place to start." Carol Levine, Director of the Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund, New York CityTable of ContentsChildren's and young people's caring responsibilities within the family; HIV and the family; Reflexivity, methodology and ethics: the research process; Living with HIV and the effects on family life: parents' narratives; Children's and young people's care work in households affected by HIV and AIDS; Resilience and impacts of care work for individual young people and their families; Resilience and impacts of young people's care work within the school and wider community; The role of formal safety nets in building children's and families' resilience; Global and local processes influencing young people's caring roles in families affected by HIV and AIDS; Responding to the support needs of children and young people caring for parents with HIV.
£28.49
Bristol University Press Children caring for parents with HIV and AIDS:
Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book focuses on the experiences and perspectives of children and young people who care for a parent with HIV in the global North and South. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research from the UK and Tanzania, the book presents a unique insight into the similarities and differences in children's and parents' experiences across diverse socio-economic, cultural and welfare contexts. The book makes a significant contribution to the growing research evidence on children and young people with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV and AIDS on families globally. It examines caring relationships within families affected by HIV and AIDS; the outcomes of caregiving; children's and families' resilience; the factors influencing whether children become involved in care work; and local and global policy responses. It also provides insight into the perspectives of parents living with HIV and service providers working with families. This book will be of interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of HIV and AIDS, and to researchers, academics and students concerned with international development, social policy, human geography, childhood and youth studies, social work, health and social care, education, children's services and nursing and palliative care.Trade Review"Governments and NGOs must act to provide support to children and young people affected by HIV and AIDS, recognising their special role as young carers. The recommendations in this groundbreaking, cross-cultural study are a good place to start." Carol Levine, Director of the Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund, New York CityTable of ContentsChildren's and young people's caring responsibilities within the family; HIV and the family; Reflexivity, methodology and ethics: the research process; Living with HIV and the effects on family life: parents' narratives; Children's and young people's care work in households affected by HIV and AIDS; Resilience and impacts of care work for individual young people and their families; Resilience and impacts of young people's care work within the school and wider community; The role of formal safety nets in building children's and families' resilience; Global and local processes influencing young people's caring roles in families affected by HIV and AIDS; Responding to the support needs of children and young people caring for parents with HIV.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Unfolding lives: Youth, gender and change
Book SynopsisThe process of becoming an adult in contemporary times is fragmented and unequal, shaped by chance, choice and timing. "Unfolding lives" presents a unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. The book follows individual lives over time, enabling the reader to witness gender identities in the making and breathing new life into static analytic models. At the heart of the book are vivid in-depth accounts of four young lives, emblematic of broader biographical trends. They reveal how inequalities and privileges are made in new and unexpected ways, through practices such as falling in love, coming out, acting out and religious conversion. A focus on temporal processes and changing meanings captures what it feels like to be young and shows the creative ways that young people navigate the conflicting and changing demands of personal relationships, schooling, work and play. "Unfolding lives" is also a demonstration of a method-in-practice, describing how longitudinal material can be analysed and animated to realise the relationship between personal and social change. Written in an accessible style that breaks the conventional academic mould, "Unfolding lives" is a compelling and provocative read. The book will be an essential text for students and academics involved in youth and gender studies as well as those interested in new directions in qualitative research methods and writing.Trade Review"The richness of the individual cases, drawn from the larger study, is uniquely illuminating. This book will, hopefully, be read across the social sciences and by those interested in, or grappling with, innovative methodologies." Children & SocietyTable of ContentsThe breadth and depth of youth transitions; A method in practice; Gender and social change; Going up: discipline and opportunism; Going down: between stasis and mobility; Coming out: from the closet to stepping stones; Acting out: rebellion with a cause; Interruption: from explanation to understanding; Conversation: reading between the lines; Youth, gender and change.
£75.99
Policy Press Promoting children's wellbeing: Policy and
Book Synopsis'Promoting children's wellbeing' examines the wide-ranging and growing number of policies and practices which are intended to contribute to children's wellbeing. Topics include the development of children's identities, the value of play in the lives of contemporary children, the promotion of children's health, risk and staying safe, and family law. The contributors draw upon research and practice to analyse and examine the policies, services and practice skills needed for collaborative, effective and equitable work with children. It will be important reading for students, practitioners and academics working in a wide range of children's services across the UK.Trade Review"Designed as a teaching text, this collection will amke an excellent resource for both students and practitioners." Bill Bell in Children and Young People Now"This book is a thought-provoking and accessible exploration of children's well-being. It is genuinely enjoyable to read and should encourage any reader to examine their own understanding and practice." Sarah Lewis, Children & Society"...a useful and relevant addition to the bookshelves...." Social Work"We owe it to ourselves and our children to take this book, study it, debate, argue with it, but above all learn from it. This book allows us to consider the whole child and challenges us to communicate in a meaningful way so that the wellbeing of the child is secured. If you think that caring for a child is 'child's play', you may be nearer than you think to understanding and respecting the child's world." Glo Potter, foster carer"Stimulating and informative, ably capturing the complexity and challenges facing Children's Services; valuable reading for all child related practitioners. A book that requires us to reflect, discuss, and review how we can do things better." Jane March-McDonald, SWAP, June 2008"The child-centric nature of this text is excellent." Maddie Burton, University of Worcester."The book supports students' undertsanding of how safeguarding practice fits within the legal framework." Amanda Crow, University of Huddersfield.Table of ContentsChildren and identity ~ Victoria Cooper and Janet Collins; Children negotiating identities ~ Susan Johnstone-Wilder and Janet Collins; Health matters ~ Pam Foley; Play matters ~ Doug Springate and Pam Foley; Anxieties and risks ~ Mark Gladwin and Janet Collins; Staying safe ~ James Blewett and Pam Foley; Children, families and the law ~ Michael Isles.
£23.74
Bristol University Press Exploring concepts of child well-being:
Book SynopsisPolicy reforms to children's services in the UK and elsewhere encourage a greater focus on outcomes defined in terms of child well-being. Yet for this to happen, we need not only a better understanding of what child well-being is and how services can improve it, but also the ability to measure child well-being in order to evaluate success. This book investigates the main approaches to conceptualising child well-being, applies them to the child population using household survey and agency audit data, then considers the implications for children's services. The author: provides a clear conceptual understanding of five perspectives on well-being: need, rights, poverty, quality of life and social exclusion demonstrates the value of each perspective charts levels of child well-being in an inner-London community, including violated rights and social exclusion sets out the features that children's services must have if they are to improve child well-being defined in these terms This book should be read by everyone involved in developing, implementing and evaluating children's services, including researchers, policy makers and practitioners.Trade Review"This book moves effortlessly and clearly from ideas about well-being, through their measurement, to policy proposals. It is essential reading for those concerned with children's well-being, but I hope that its message will attract a wider audience." Ian Gough, Professor of Social Policy, University of Bath" Axford has succeeded in providing research that will better equip staff to make assessments with finesse and formulate strategies to suit." Adoption & Fostering'Axford’s book unpicks the definition of child wellbeing in a strong mix of theoretical constructs and evidence based research.' 'This book has earned its place as a valuable social care text'. Research, Policy and PlanningTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part one: Defining and measuring the concepts: Need; Rights; Poverty; Quality of life; Social exclusion; Relationships between the concepts; Part two: The measures applied to children: Prevalence rates and distinguishing features; Relationships between the conditions; Part three: Implications for children's services: Matching conditions and service styles; Developing congruent children's services; Conclusions.
£77.39
