Child welfare and youth services Books

Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis text proposes corrective action to improve the institutional care of African American children and their families, calling attention to the specific needs of this population and the historical, social, and political factors that have shaped its experience within the child welfare system. Ramona W. Denby and Carla M. Curtis critique policy and research and suggest culturally targeted program and policy responses for more positive outcomes. The book is a must-read, well conceived and scholarly, yet contains many practical strategies for social reform. The authors succeed admirably in illustrating a framework of cultural adaptation that can be used to enhance the delivery of services to African American children and their families. Outstanding features are the articulation of relevant history and child welfare laws, and a masterful integration of policy, practice, and research. -- Tony Tripodi, series editor of Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods Denby and Curtis offer an evidence-based, user-friendly blueprint for persons interested in bringing immediate and effective change to the quality of services provided to African American children and their families in the child welfare system. Engagingly written, the book highlights the integration of practice, policy, and research; provides study tools and resources such as discussion questions, recommended projects or assignments, and a glossary; makes recommendations for policy, practice, and research that can guide interventions with African American children and their families; and offers a brilliantly conceptualized and creatively executed cultural adaptation approach for serving the needs of African American families and children in the child welfare system. -- Sadye L. M. Logan, University of South Carolina College of Social Work This is an extremely informative 'how to' book that provides a very comprehensive analysis of child welfare service delivery to African American children and families from historical, cultural, policy, research, and practice perspectives. Calling for the utilization of culturally adapted interventions, the authors convincingly provide the justification, challenges, and specific examples of this approach in successfully achieving the outcomes of safety, permanency, and well-being. -- Ruth G. McRoy, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work This timely book offers new insights by systematically analyzing historical antecedents, policies, case studies, and the cultural influences that have shaped the current context in which child welfare services are delivered to African American families. Both students and experienced practitioners will find this book indispensable. -- Denise Bronson, The Ohio State University College of Social Work A detailed examination of actions and policies that can improve the outcomes of minority children and their families in the child welfare field. Youth TodayTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Cultural Adaptation in Effective Child Welfare Practice with African Americans A Cultural Adaptation Framework The New Adaptation Perspective Reforming Child Welfare Through Cultural Adaptation Cultural Adaptation and Policy Cultural Adaptation and Practice Cultural Adaptation and Research Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 2. Child Welfare in Perspective: Historical Factors Influencing African American Families and Policy Formulation Sociopolitical Factors The Effect of Social and Political Factors on Policy National Child Welfare Reform Movement Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 3. Child Welfare Policy and the African American Family Child Welfare Policy in Context Child Welfare Policy Framework Overview of Major Child Welfare Policy Laws Cultural Adaptations for African American Children in Child Welfare Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References A Case Study: Cultural Adaptation and Services-The Davis Family 4. Safety and Protection Child Abuse and Neglect Child Welfare System Components Cultural Adaptations in Support Services for African American Families Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 5. Permanence for Children Defining Permanence Values Associated with Permanence The Continuum of Permanence Options Permanency Options Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 6. Child and Parent Well-Being Health and Mental Health Disparities Affecting African American Children Behavioral Health Care and the Foster Care System Vulnerabilities Faced by African American Children Education Crime and Juvenile Justice Involvement The Well-Being of Parents and Caregivers Practice Considerations and Cultural Adaptations for Increasing Child and Family Well-Being Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References A Case Study: Cultural Adaptations and Research Initiatives-From Kinship Research to Kinship Programming 7. Cultural Adaptation and Research Evidence-Based Practice Determining Effective Interventions for African American Children and Families Advocacy Research Performance-Based Research Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 8. Meeting the Challenges to Bring About Change The Importance of a Cultural Adaptation Perspective in Improving Child Welfare Conditions The Challenge to Social Work Educators The Role of Social Work Education in Implementing Planned Change The Challenge to Child Welfare Advocates and Policy Practitioners The Challenge to Social Work Practitioners The Challenge to Students of Social Work References Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis text proposes corrective action to improve the institutional care of African American children and their families, calling attention to the specific needs of this population and the historical, social, and political factors that have shaped its experience within the child welfare system. Ramona W. Denby and Carla M. Curtis critique policy and research and suggest culturally targeted program and policy responses for more positive outcomes. The book is a must-read, well conceived and scholarly, yet contains many practical strategies for social reform. The authors succeed admirably in illustrating a framework of cultural adaptation that can be used to enhance the delivery of services to African American children and their families. Outstanding features are the articulation of relevant history and child welfare laws, and a masterful integration of policy, practice, and research. -- Tony Tripodi, series editor of Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods Denby and Curtis offer an evidence-based, user-friendly blueprint for persons interested in bringing immediate and effective change to the quality of services provided to African American children and their families in the child welfare system. Engagingly written, the book highlights the integration of practice, policy, and research; provides study tools and resources such as discussion questions, recommended projects or assignments, and a glossary; makes recommendations for policy, practice, and research that can guide interventions with African American children and their families; and offers a brilliantly conceptualized and creatively executed cultural adaptation approach for serving the needs of African American families and children in the child welfare system. -- Sadye L. M. Logan, University of South Carolina College of Social Work This is an extremely informative 'how to' book that provides a very comprehensive analysis of child welfare service delivery to African American children and families from historical, cultural, policy, research, and practice perspectives. Calling for the utilization of culturally adapted interventions, the authors convincingly provide the justification, challenges, and specific examples of this approach in successfully achieving the outcomes of safety, permanency, and well-being. -- Ruth G. McRoy, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work This timely book offers new insights by systematically analyzing historical antecedents, policies, case studies, and the cultural influences that have shaped the current context in which child welfare services are delivered to African American families. Both students and experienced practitioners will find this book indispensable. -- Denise Bronson, The Ohio State University College of Social Work A detailed examination of actions and policies that can improve the outcomes of minority children and their families in the child welfare field. Youth TodayTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Cultural Adaptation in Effective Child Welfare Practice with African Americans A Cultural Adaptation Framework The New Adaptation Perspective Reforming Child Welfare Through Cultural Adaptation Cultural Adaptation and Policy Cultural Adaptation and Practice Cultural Adaptation and Research Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 2. Child Welfare in Perspective: Historical Factors Influencing African American Families and Policy Formulation Sociopolitical Factors The Effect of Social and Political Factors on Policy National Child Welfare Reform Movement Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 3. Child Welfare Policy and the African American Family Child Welfare Policy in Context Child Welfare Policy Framework Overview of Major Child Welfare Policy Laws Cultural Adaptations for African American Children in Child Welfare Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References A Case Study: Cultural Adaptation and Services-The Davis Family 4. Safety and Protection Child Abuse and Neglect Child Welfare System Components Cultural Adaptations in Support Services for African American Families Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 5. Permanence for Children Defining Permanence Values Associated with Permanence The Continuum of Permanence Options Permanency Options Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 6. Child and Parent Well-Being Health and Mental Health Disparities Affecting African American Children Behavioral Health Care and the Foster Care System Vulnerabilities Faced by African American Children Education Crime and Juvenile Justice Involvement The Well-Being of Parents and Caregivers Practice Considerations and Cultural Adaptations for Increasing Child and Family Well-Being Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References A Case Study: Cultural Adaptations and Research Initiatives-From Kinship Research to Kinship Programming 7. Cultural Adaptation and Research Evidence-Based Practice Determining Effective Interventions for African American Children and Families Advocacy Research Performance-Based Research Summary and Conclusion Discussion Questions Activities for Ongoing Learning References 8. Meeting the Challenges to Bring About Change The Importance of a Cultural Adaptation Perspective in Improving Child Welfare Conditions The Challenge to Social Work Educators The Role of Social Work Education in Implementing Planned Change The Challenge to Child Welfare Advocates and Policy Practitioners The Challenge to Social Work Practitioners The Challenge to Students of Social Work References Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThis second edition highlights the continuously changing child welfare climate in the U.S., including content on the Fostering Connections Act of 2008.Trade ReviewThe child welfare system in the United States is a complex one-in and of itself and in its intricate association with a number of other systems that directly impact children and families. This text does an excellent job of covering child welfare system national policies, the family and social issues they give rise to, and their implications for services to involved children, adolescents, and families. -- Leslie Hollingsworth, University of Michigan Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess have put together a comprehensive handbook that contains crucial material for individuals and organizations seeking information on the most contemporary child welfare issues in the United States. It provides hands-on, practice-oriented material while staying connected to the most relevant, legislatively driven policy issues and the associated front-line realities faced by those intimately connected to the field of child welfare. -- Lorraine R. Tempel, Hunter College School of Social Work Mallon and Hess offer an extraordinarily comprehensive account of child welfare practice, policy, and programming in this updated version of their 2005 classic... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: An Overview of Children, Youth, and Family Services, Policies, and Programs in the United States, by Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess Historical Evolution of Child Welfare Services, by Brenda McGowan Part 1. Child and Adolescent Well-Being Family Support Services, by Susan P. Kemp, Tracey K. Burke, Kara Allen-Eckard, Melissa F. Becker, and Amy Ackroyd Meaningful Family Engagement, by Nicole Bossard, Angela Braxton, and Debra Conway Engaging Latino Families, by Hilda Rivera-Rodriguez Health Care for Children and Youth, by Jan McCarthy and Maria Woolverton Mental Health Care for Children and Youth, by Martha Morrison Dore Educational Issues for Children and Youth, by Kristin Kelly, Kathleen McNaught, and Janet Stotland LGBT Youth and Their Families, by Diane Elze Runaway and Homeless Youth, by Karen M. Staller Part 2. Child and Adolescent Safety Child Abuse and Neglect, by Neil B. Guterman, Kristin L. Berg, and Catherine A. Taylor Child Protective Services, by Diane DePanfilis and Theresa Costello Risk Assessment, by Aron Shlonsky and Eileen Gambrill Family Preservation, by Marianne Berry and Sara McLean Sexual Abuse Issues, by Kathleen Coulborn Faller Substance Abuse Issues, by Joseph P. Ryan and Hui Huang Domestic Violence Issues, by Judy Postmus Part 3. Permanency for Children and Adolescents Reunification, by Barbara A. Pine, Robin Spath, and Stephanie Gosteli Guardianship, by Mark Testa and Jennifer Miller Customary Adoption for American Indian and Alaskan Native Children, by Terry Cross Kinship Care, by Rebecca L. Hegar and Maria Scannapieco Adoption, by Gerald P. Mallon Birthmothers, by Leslie Doty Hollingsworth Adoption Disruption, by Trudy Festinger Unpacking Permanency for Youth: Overuse/Misuse of Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA) as a Permanency Goal, by Jennifer Renne and Gerald P. Mallon Youth Development and Transitional Living Services, by Mary Elizabeth Collins Family Foster Care, by Madelyn Freundlich Residential Services, by Lloyd Bullard, Katherine Gaughan, and Larry W. Owens Sibling Issues, by Rebecca L. Hegar Visits: Critical to the Well-Being and Permanency of Children and Youth in Care, by Peg McCartt Hess Postpermanency Services, by Madelyn Freundlich and Lois Wright Part 4. Systemic Issues in Children, Youth, and Family Services, Policies, and Programs The Child and Family Services Reviews, by Linda Mitchell, Miranda Lynch Thomas, and Bonita Parker Placement Stability, by Amy C. D'Andrade and Sigrid James Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention, by Eileen Mayers Pasztor and Myrna L. McNitt Legal and Judicial Engagement, by Marvin Ventrell Child Welfare Workforce Issues, by Sara Munson, Mary McCarthy, and Nancy Dickinson Child Welfare Supervision, by Cathryn C. Potter, Michele Hanna, and Charmaine Brittain Research and Evaluation, by Crystal Collins-Camargo Disproportionate Representation of Children and Youth, by Ruth G. McRoy Fatherhood, by Tanya M. Coakley Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families, by Ilze Earner, Rowena Fong, and Carol Smolenski Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBegins with the issues facing at-risk children and families and then describes the intricacies of the child-welfare system and the role of protective services, family preservation, out-of-home care, foster care, adoption, and services for adolescentsTrade ReviewCritical Issues in Child Welfare is substantive, historically and contemporarily. The book will serve as a solid go-to introductory text that will likely appeal to many social work programs. -- Jennifer Bellamy, University of Houston Joan Shireman's second edition is an excellent comprehensive resource on policies and practices impacting child welfare service delivery today, such as family preservation, permanency planning, child protective services decision making, open adoptions, transracial adoptions, kinship care, international adoptions, and service delivery to youth in transition and youth with disabilities. Shireman highlights the need for workers to know the communities from which families come; social justice issues, such as the disproportionate representation of children of color in the child welfare system; and the potential impact of subtle, sometimes unrecognized racial biases. This book should be required reading for child welfare courses and for training child welfare practitioners and other service providers working with children and families, as it provides a unique contextual look at the intersection between systems (juvenile justice, mental health, and child welfare) and social issues (poverty, substance abuse, and violence in the community). -- Ruth McRoy, Boston College Graduate School of Social WorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Acronyms Introduction: Social Work and Child Welfare 1. The Context of Child Welfare Services 2. The Child Welfare Services System, with Katharine Cahn 3. Child Protective Services 4. Family Support and Child Well-being, with Karen Tvedt 5. Crisis Intervention: Preservation of Families for Children 6. Investment in Foster Care 7. Out-of-Home Care for Children with Special Needs 8. Adoption 9. Youth in Transition, with Miranda Cunningham 10. Concluding Thoughts Appendix: Internet Resources About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn this memoir, the renowned pediatrician and children’s advocate Irwin Redlener draws on poignant personal experiences to investigate the nation’s healthcare safety net and the programs that too often fail to protect and nurture our most vulnerable kids. Redlener argues that we must drastically change our approach to meeting the needs of children.Trade ReviewExcellently done, and will be an inspiration to those who read it. It particularly addresses the need to form collaborations with others involved in caring for children in their communities. I cannot name another individual who could have written this book, considering Redlener's vast experience. -- Michael Kappy, University of Colorado School of MedicineTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Urgency of Childhood 1. Kids Who Dream, Kids Who Can't 2. Roots 3. Going Forward: Government, Moonshots & Parents Epilogue

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Book SynopsisIn Narrating Practice with Children and Adolescents, social workers, sociologists, researchers, and helping professionals share engaging and evocative stories of practice meant to center the young client's story. The book considers the narratives we tell about children and adolescents and proposes counternarratives that challenge dominant ideas.Trade ReviewExploring children’s lives through narrative lenses illuminates aspects of their lived experience that are often invisible or overlooked in conventional research studies. Such information enriches our understanding of children’s lives, enabling a more holistic context from which new and relevant practices can be developed. As such, the book is an important addition to social work curricula and a useful resource for practitioners. -- Stanley Witkin, author of Transforming Social Work: Social Constructionist Reflections on Contemporary and Enduring IssuesWith respect and without condescension, Diaz and Shepard remind us how resilient children are —their stories defying deficit-based clinical categorization. We have much to learn from these narratives of coping and adaptation. Combining case studies and auto-ethnography with a narrative focus, this is social work research at its most acute and innovative. -- Irwin Epstein, Hunter College, City University of New YorkThrough brave story-telling, this volume reveals the lived experiences, creativity, and agency of children and youth. Whether concerned with the child welfare system, schools, incarceration, or mental health, the authors bring a critical lens to the role that systems play in oppression and liberation. Using reflexivity, auto-ethnography, and case reflections, the authors also reveal their whole selves as they negotiate their realities as social workers and reflect on their own experiences as vulnerable children. -- Loretta Pyles, University at AlbanyA groundbreaking text that deftly and subtly explores the lived experience of children and youth, providing us with a profound exploration of their strengths and challenges. This creative, evocative, and deeply engaging book is a must read for all human service workers seeking to empower children and adolescents. -- Rich Furman, University of Washington TacomaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On Narrating Practice with Children and Adolescents, by Mery F. Diaz and Benjamin Heim ShepardPart I. Ethnographies, Narrative Inquiries, and Life Stories1. From Disempowerment to Self-Belief: A Center of Hope for Vulnerable Youth in Cape Town, by Sharon Johnson2. Aging Out and On My Own: Stories of Youth Transitions Out of Foster Care, by Sabrina Gonzalez3. Dreaming Despite Status: Immigrant Youths in Contingent Migration Contexts, by Stephen Ruszczyk 4. “Hear Me”: Collaborating with Youth to Address Sexual Exploitation, by Margot K. Jackson, Vera Caine, Janice Huber, and Muneerah Amin Vastani5. In Between Worlds: Narrating Ecological Heritage Practices for Teenage Wellness, by Kristina Baines6. Neighborhood Surveillance and the Prison Assembly Line, by Trevor B. Milton7. Considering Inequalities: Experiences in Part-Time Youth Work Experiences, by Yasemin Besen-CassinoPart II. Autoethnography and Storytelling8. Finding Justice: Transforming Schools with the Children We Serve, by Mery F. Diaz9. Fitting In, Letting Go, and Other Common Concerns for Children with Disabilities, by Sherri L. Rings10. Between Life Stories and the Struggle for Homeless Youth, Benjamin Heim Shepard11. Childhood and the Politics of Care, by Elizabeth Palley12. Living on the Frontline: Reality-Based Drug Education in the Era of Black Lives Matter, by Jerry Otero13. Poor Mothers, Poor Children: The Feminization of Poverty in Rural India, by Gretta M. FernandesPart III. Practice Reflections and Case Narratives14. Understand the Brain, Understand Our Children, by Deborah Courtney 15. Beyond Deficits: Shifting Perspectives in Child and Youth Mental Health, by Margot K. Jackson16. Shifting Identities, Shifting Meanings: Adolescent Siblings and Grief, by Erica Goldblatt Hyatt17. Creating Spaces for Sam: A Story of Healing Trauma Through Narrative Means and Art Therapy, by Susan Macdonald and Stephanie Wise18. Stories of Youth and Family Navigating a New Frontier of Social Media, by Rebecca G. Judd and Benjamin T. MayContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisMargaret Mih Tillman offers a novel perspective on the political and scientific dimensions of experiments with early childhood education. Raising China’s Revolutionaries is an important work of institutional and transnational history that illuminates the evolution of modern concepts of childhood in twentieth-century China.Trade ReviewMargaret Tillman has written an excellent book. Raising China's Revolutionaries demonstrates how policies regarding childcare and child welfare were central to the formation of the modern Chinese state, and suggests how the mobilization and deployment of aid and care facilitated elite professionalization and formation of a range of social institutions that had lasting relevance. The book promises to intervene with great impact in a number of different historiographical debates in the China field and global history more broadly. -- Robert Culp, Bard CollegeInformative, instructive, inspiring. Margaret Mih Tillman's book is an important contribution to the research of childhood socialization in modern China. -- Thomas O. Höllmann, Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichSince the late Qing there had been a general belief among Chinese revolutionaries and reformers that China’s modernization must begin with the construction of a modern childhood. As a result, a great variety of ideas and institutions were proposed and developed in the realm of child education from the 1930s to the 1950s. This book, Raising China’s Revolutionaries, is a rigorous and vivid account of this important historical development based on the author’s comprehensive and penetrating study of the numerous archival and other primary sources as well as her personal experiences as a visiting preschooler in the Chinese system. -- Ying-shih Yu, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University, co-winner of the John W. Kluge Prize and the inaugural winner of the Tang PrizeTillman writes for her peers, and she displays incredible command of the historiography on which she draws. Her rich and deft incorporation of insights from the wider field shows that research on childhood is intimately connected to all the other concerns within the field of Chinese history. -- Melissa A. Brzycki * Journal of Asian Studies *Based on solid archival research, this book models careful historical analysis and argumentation. It is highly accessible and will be useful to readers who are interested in understanding the modern development of early childhood education in China, but also to those who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of state-society relations during China's modern trajectory. * Historian *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations in TextIntroductionPart I: The Science of Sentiment1. Child Study in Chinese Kindergartens: Chen Heqin’s Approach to “Family Education”2. Cherishing Children: The National Child Welfare Association in the Nanjing Decade, 1928–19373. The Calculus of Child Welfare: The Democratization of Fundraising for Shanghai, 1937–1942Part II: Child Experts and the Chinese State4. Wartime Paternalisms: Mobilizing Child Advocacy for the State5. Contested Service: Building a National Social Welfare Program in the Civil War, 1945–19496. The Reeducation of Child Experts: Chen Heqin as a Model of Self-Criticism7. Women’s Mobilization and Childcare for the Masses: Collective Childcare in the 1950sConclusionCharacter ListNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Accessibly written and analytically sophisticated. Krista Van Vleet takes us backstage in a home for teenage mothers and their young children in Cusco, Peru. Faithfully witnessing the ordinary interactions of the young women, Van Vleet shows us how their moral experience is saturated by intertwined hierarchies of race, gender, and class. The mothers learn to care for their infants at the same time as they are taught to fit normatively into urban Peruvian modernity. Van Vleet's attention to the nuances of everyday life in the institution shakes up our preconceptions about relatedness and gender in the Andes, and our certainties about the moral dimensions of mother-child bonds."—Bruce Mannheim, coeditor of Indigenous Languages, Politics, and Authority in Latin America"Taking as her fieldsite a Peruvian orphanage where adolescent wards of the state live with their own small children, Krista Van Vleet centers the stories and experiences of very young mothers who navigate violences and injustices large and small. Here, an international humanitarian NGO cares for young mothers and their children by teaching the mothers how to care. It's a tremendously layered lesson: an education in care smuggles with it understandings of racial and social hierarchy in Peru, hinting at the inadequacy of indigenous domesticity. Empathetically researched and clearly written, deeply respectful of and curious about the young women at Palomitay, this book runs a far wider gamut than most ethnographies, engaging visual arts and performance, humanitarianism, gender, and kinship in a context of unrelenting neoliberalism. Van Vleet also works with more experimental—analyzing the photos taken by and the theater performed by the young women, mediated by NGO workers, in chapters that sing with rich descriptions and colorful, skillful images that generously invoke the contexts and the actions of the girls as they learn to consider themselves, and perhaps so to become, mothers."—Jessaca Leinaweaver, author of Adoptive Migration: Raising Latinos in Spain

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Accessibly written and analytically sophisticated. Krista Van Vleet takes us backstage in a home for teenage mothers and their young children in Cusco, Peru. Faithfully witnessing the ordinary interactions of the young women, Van Vleet shows us how their moral experience is saturated by intertwined hierarchies of race, gender, and class. The mothers learn to care for their infants at the same time as they are taught to fit normatively into urban Peruvian modernity. Van Vleet's attention to the nuances of everyday life in the institution shakes up our preconceptions about relatedness and gender in the Andes, and our certainties about the moral dimensions of mother-child bonds."—Bruce Mannheim, coeditor of Indigenous Languages, Politics, and Authority in Latin America"Taking as her fieldsite a Peruvian orphanage where adolescent wards of the state live with their own small children, Krista Van Vleet centers the stories and experiences of very young mothers who navigate violences and injustices large and small. Here, an international humanitarian NGO cares for young mothers and their children by teaching the mothers how to care. It's a tremendously layered lesson: an education in care smuggles with it understandings of racial and social hierarchy in Peru, hinting at the inadequacy of indigenous domesticity. Empathetically researched and clearly written, deeply respectful of and curious about the young women at Palomitay, this book runs a far wider gamut than most ethnographies, engaging visual arts and performance, humanitarianism, gender, and kinship in a context of unrelenting neoliberalism. Van Vleet also works with more experimental—analyzing the photos taken by and the theater performed by the young women, mediated by NGO workers, in chapters that sing with rich descriptions and colorful, skillful images that generously invoke the contexts and the actions of the girls as they learn to consider themselves, and perhaps so to become, mothers."—Jessaca Leinaweaver, author of Adoptive Migration: Raising Latinos in Spain

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Book SynopsisAlthough most Latin American countries are considered middle-income nations, their child health and well-being statistics overall compare poorly with those of the United States. This volume, representing the fifth part of Project Latin America 2000 from the Helen Kellogg Institute, brings together contributors from the U.S., Latin America, and organizations such as UNICEF to consider the physical, educational, social, legal, and economic status and progress of children throughout Latin America, focusing especially on health and rights issues.In chapters concerning health, experts in biology and medicine address such topics as trends in malnutrition and undernutrition, iron deficiency, inadequate sanitation, and contaminated water. Other articles on children''s rights by contributors from the social sciences and public policy consider a wide range of issues, including youth violence and homicide, child labor and education, adolescents and the penal system, and future prospectsTrade Review“This volume … argues convincingly for the need to focus on children as subjects in the Latin American development process and to do so through a multidisciplinary lens. Globalists and neo-liberal economists take note: this balanced and well-researched volume should be on your list of required reading.” —Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies“The Child in Latin America is an excellent resource for anyone with an interest in the development of children. A noteworthy aspect of this volume is that the contributors not only identify problems but also offer suggestions for making changes and improving the plight of children in Latin America....” —Journal of Children & Poverty"For an understanding of the challenges Latin America faces in this endeavour, this book offers an excellent introduction.” —Iberoamericana

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Book SynopsisElaine Aspinwall-Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Social Care at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She is a qualified social worker and was previously a local authority team manager. She has worked extensively with older people, people with physical disabilities and people with learning disabilities.***Conducting a home visit is a fundamental part of a social worker's role, but in practical terms many key issues are overlooked during social work training. This is a practical guide to conducting home visits, a task which many newly qualified social workers can feel unprepared for and which can be fraught with difficulties. Useful features of the book include:â Real case examples based on practitionerâs experiencesâ Realistic solutions to the everyday difficulties you might face â Examples of what to sayâ Reference to the latest guidance, including Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013) to ensure you are practiTable of Contents1. Setting the scene2. Preparing for the visit3. Keeping yourself safe 4. Getting in the door5. Once in the home6. What to look out for: Using observational skills

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Book SynopsisNurses, midwives and health visitors have a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. In this clear and invaluable guide, Catherine Powell focuses on the practical aspects of safeguarding and how healthcare professionals should respond to safeguarding children concerns. Key features of the book include: â Setting out the roles and responsibilities of nurses, midwives and health visitors working in a range of settings, including those working primarily with adult clients â Realistic case scenarios of physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect, covering infants, toddlers, school-age children and adolescents â Explanations of inter-agency working and the roles of other key players such as children's social care, tTable of ContentsIntroduction to Second EditionPrinciples for safeguarding and child protection practicePrevention and early help in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of childrenPhysical AbuseEmotional abuseChild sexual abuseChild Sexual ExploitationNeglectChild death and serious case reviewMessages for practiceAppendixReferences Index

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Book SynopsisThis popular and bestselling book provides an important practical resource for all professionals engaged with planning, implementing and evaluating multi-professional teamwork and practice in children's services. This new third edition builds on the success of earlier editions, retaining its classic chapters of enduring value while incorporating some fresh new content.  Four new chapters - chosen to highlight and consider contemporary new developments in the field - explore safeguarding children; the challenges of information sharing; new integrated approaches to SEN; and multi-agency responses to child sexual exploitation.Combining theoretical perspectives, research evidence from the 'real world' of children's services, and reflections on policy and practice, this new edition retains its popular approach and is fully updated to reflect the numerous changes to policy, practice, and research. The book:â

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Book SynopsisLike Passages, this  groundbreaking book uses the poignant, powerful voices of  adoptees and adoptive parents to explore the  experience of adoption and its lifelong effects. A major  work, filled with astute analysis and moving  truths.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a revolutionary approach to child protection work.

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Book SynopsisThis book follows on from Alison Cleland?s ground-breaking first edition. It has been thoroughly revised and re-written by its expert authors to reflect huge changes in legislation, development of policy and practice and child abuse offences in the last decade.

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Book SynopsisWhilst there is a wealth of literature on working with children and adolescents, very little focuses on those who are in residential or foster care. Psychotherapy with Young People in Care is a practical guide to working with this group from a psychoanalytic therapeutic perspective.Drawing on the author''s years of experience and illustrated with a wealth of clinical examples, as well as a comprehensive glossary, the book tackles those issues most relevant to those working with children and adolescents:* the place of psychotherapy in residential/foster care* ethical considerations: confidentiality and sexual abuse* particular problems faced by young people: ADHD; trauma; PTSD.This refreshing and valuable book is an essential teaching text for all those who work with young people in the care system, including child and adolescent psychotherapists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and social workers.Trade Review'...This book will be invaluable to all concerned - foster parents, social workers, teachers and many others - in learning about what it really takes to listen to children' - Peter Wilson of Young Minds, in his ForewordTable of ContentsForeword. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Beginings. A View from the Bridge. Confidentiality. Joseph - A Therapy in Pictures. Charlotte. Child Sexual Abuse. The Longing in Belonging. Identity Crisis. Restless Children. Trauma and its Treatment. Epilogue. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisChildren's Anxiety: A Contextual Approach provides an introduction to anxiety in children and teenagers, emphasising the importance of understanding the life circumstances of young people. The book provides an up-to-date account of research on the developmental, familial and social context of child anxiety, along with nine vibrant and detailed case studies illustrating the ways in which young people can be helped to deal with serious and complex anxiety problems.In order to begin to understand complex anxiety within children's life circumstances Part One of the book provides the reader with a developmental framework for thinking about children's anxiety. Part Two then presents nine in depth case studies, organised not by the type or nature of anxiety but by the context within which problematic anxiety can occur. Part Three acts as a summary of the key points emerging from the clinical case studies.This book will be essential reading for those working and Trade Review"In this outstanding volume Peter Appleton and his colleagues show that to understand and treat a child's anxiety, it is essential to take account of the social context within which it occurs - whether it be war, domestic violence, child abuse, out-of-home placement, parental separation, parental mental health problems or childhood disability. This book presents a developmental and systemic framework for conceptualizing children's anxieties, and a fascinating series of complex case studies written by experienced clinicians. 'Children's Anxiety' will be of interest to all mental health professionals who provide clinical services to young people in clinical and educational settings." - Alan Carr, Professor Clinical Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland"This book provides a refreshing approach towards understanding the development and maintenance of anxiety in children, with chapters organized around individuals rather than types of disorder. Nine chapters, each by an expert clinician, present case studies emphasizing developmental context and set within a range of theoretical and clinical orientations. The volume forms a coherent whole, with three comprehensive introductory chapters and a final chapter of unifying conclusions. An excellent, thought-provoking book, for research workers as well as clinicians, and indeed anyone interested in the psychology of anxiety." - Joan Stevenson-Hinde, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK‘Congratulations to Peter Appleton for writing, editing, and gathering state of the art, in-depth information about contextual issues in the area of childhood anxiety disorders. This book is an excellent resource for both clinicians and academics. The variety of chapters across a broad range of childhood anxiety disorders advances our knowledge not only about "what to do" but "how to do it", and the important consideration of family factors as well as preventative strategies. I strongly recommend the use of this book in postgraduate clinical training courses as well as a very useful tool for clinicians across mental health disciplines.’ - Paula Barrett, Professor of Education, University of Queensland, Australia"In this outstanding volume Peter Appleton and his colleagues show that to understand and treat a child's anxiety, it is essential to take account of the social context within which it occurs - whether it be war, domestic violence, child abuse, out-of-home placement, parental separation, parental mental health problems or childhood disability. This book presents a developmental and systemic framework for conceptualizing children's anxieties, and a fascinating series of complex case studies written by experienced clinicians. 'Children's Anxiety' will be of interest to all mental health professionals who provide clinical services to young people in clinical and educational settings." - Alan Carr, Professor Clinical Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland"This book provides a refreshing approach towards understanding the development and maintenance of anxiety in children, with chapters organized around individuals rather than types of disorder. Nine chapters, each by an expert clinician, present case studies emphasizing developmental context and set within a range of theoretical and clinical orientations. The volume forms a coherent whole, with three comprehensive introductory chapters and a final chapter of unifying conclusions. An excellent, thought-provoking book, for research workers as well as clinicians, and indeed anyone interested in the psychology of anxiety." - Joan Stevenson-Hinde, Sc.D., Emeritus Senior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK"Congratulations to Peter Appleton for writing, editing, and gathering state of the art, in-depth information about contextual issues in the area of childhood anxiety disorders. This book is an excellent resource for both clinicians and academics. The variety of chapters across a broad range of childhood anxiety disorders advances our knowledge not only about "what to do" but "how to do it", and the important consideration of family factors as well as preventative strategies. I strongly recommend the use of this book in postgraduate clinical training courses as well as a very useful tool for clinicians across mental health disciplines." - Paula Barrett, Professor of Education, University of Queensland, AustraliaTable of ContentsPart I: Appleton, A Developmental Framework for Understanding Children’s Anxiety. Appleton, Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Brief Outline. Appleton, Help for Children Experiencing Severe and Complex Anxiety: A Brief Outline. Part II: Trickey, Experiencing Refugee Status After Previous Trauma. Richardson, Edge, Foster Family Change and Transition for a Looked-after Child. Bryon, Prevention of Disabling Fear and Anxiety in a Young Child and Family: A Case Illustration Following a Traumatic Accident. Appleton, Co-occuring Aggressive Behaviour and Anxiety – At Home and School: Developing a Formulation. Humphrey, Anxiety and Asperger’s Syndrome. Bell, Complex Anxiety in an Adolescent with a Learning Disability: The Girl Who Split Off Her Stupidity. White, Jackson, Health Anxieties Within a Family Context. Appleton, Panic Disorder in the Context of Family Change and Transition. Appleton, Gaining Autonomy and Independence, Following Earlier Experiences of Maltreatment and Peer Victimisation. Part III: Appleton, Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWhat can schools and social care workers do to help children affected by domestic violence?Large numbers of children are affected by domestic violence. The problem crosses every social class and culture. It causes distress and anxiety in children and adversely affects their learning and play, as well as their behaviour, wellbeing and attendance.Education staff may know of a child or family in crisis, want to help, yet feel outside their comfort zone, grappling with a complex issue not covered in their training. This book describes the impact of domestic violence on children and provides support for education and social care professionals. It takes heavy workloads into account and suggests practical ways of meeting the needs of pupils who come from difficult home backgrounds.The authors provide guidance and advice on: identifying and responding to signs of distress helping pupils to talk about and make sense of their experiences thTrade Review'The authors have done a sterling job in producing a very useful and practical guide. It will certainly help all those working in schools and ealy years settings to understand, address and positively impact children's lives - particularly as those children face up to the challenges of learning in new environments, extended socialisation and new structures, as well as the significant impact of living with domestic violence.' - Lee Mtichell, head of schools service, NSPCC "The authors have brought together a wide range of useful, practical information in a format that is accessible and readable" - Early Years Update, Issue 78 Table of Contents@contents: Selected Contents: 1. Introduction and Background - Children Living with Domestic Violence 2. The Impact on Babies and Young Children 3. The Impact on School-Aged Children 8. Engaging and Supporting Parents 12. Supporting Transient Pupils and Pupils in Refuges and Temporary Accomodation 13. Safety and Confidentiality Issues 14. Looking to the Future: Educating Young People and the Community

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Book SynopsisIn their day-to-day practice, social work and human services practitioners frequently find themselves in confusing ethical quandaries, trying to balance the numerous competing interests of protecting children from harm and promoting family and community capacity. This book explores the ethical issues surrounding child protection interventions and offers a process-oriented approach to ethical practice and decision making in child protection and family welfare practice. Its aim is to prepare students and early-career professionals for roles in the complex and challenging work of child protection and family support. Beginning with a critical analysis and appreciation of the diverse organisational and cultural contexts of contemporary child protection and ethical decision-making frameworks, the authors outline a practical âreal-worldâ model for reshaping frontline ethical practice. Moving away from a focus on the child apart from the family, the authors recognise that child safegTrade Review'Working Ethically in Child Protection provides a deep analysis of ethics and the complex, critical dilemmas and decision-making processes in child protection. The book is a useful text for social work, psychology, legal, and welfare students and practitioners.' - Susie Costello Director, Master of Social Work, RMIT University, MelbourneAustralian Social WorkTable of ContentsPart 1: Ethical Theory and Historical Frameworks for Practice 1. The Ethical Landscape in Child Protection 2. Established Ethical Frameworks 3. Emergent Ethical Theories 4. Ethical Decision Making Part 2: The Context of Child Protection Practice 5. Competing Perspectives on Child Protection and Family Welfare 6. System Mandates, Policy, Theory and Practice 7. Service-user and Other Perspectives 8. Needs and Circumstances of Service Users Part 3: Professional Ethics and Ethical Child Protection and Family Welfare Practice 9. Ethics, Organisations and the Law 10. Ethical Principles in Child Protection Part 4: Practising Ethically 11. A Relational Approach to Child Protection 12. Applying an Integrated Framework 13. Working Ethically Across Cultures: A Focus on Fathers 14. Sharing Information: A Risky Business? 15. Travelling Hopefully

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Book SynopsisThe failure of current policy to address important quality of life issues for urban youth remains a substantial barrier to civic participation, educational equity, and healthy adulthood. This volume brings together the work of leading urban youth scholars to highlight the detrimental impact of zero tolerance policies on young peopleâs educational experience and well being. Inspired by the conviction that urban youth have the right to more equitable educational and social resources and political representation, Beyond Resistance! offers new insights into how to increase the effectiveness of youth development and education programs, and how to create responsive youth policies at the local, state, and federal level.Trade Review"This volume examines some of the ways in which young people across the United States are being engaged in school reform and community activism" --Theory Into Practice: Urban EducationTable of ContentsSection 1: Reframing Youth Resistance: Building Theories of Youth Activism 1. Beyond Policy: Ideology, Race and the Re-imagining of Youth 2. Examining Youth Organizing and Identity-Support: Two Civic Activist Approaches for Engaging Youth in Social Justice 3. Teaching and Learning in Youth Activism: A Case for Youth-Centered Apprenticeships 4. Sociopolitical Development: The Missing Link in Research and Policy on Adolescents 5. The Racial Dimensions of Social Capital: Towards a New Understanding of Youth Empowerment & Community Organizing in America's Urban Core Section 2: Learning for Justice: Innovative Pedagogies for Justice in Schools 6. From Hunger Strike to High School: Youth Development, Social Justice and School Formation 7. Youth Initiated Research as a Tool for Advocacy and Change in Urban Schools 8. 'Best of Both Worlds': Youth Poetry as Social Critique and Form of Empowerment 9. Urban Youth, Media Literacy, and Increased Critical Civic Participation Section 3: Street Corner Democracy: Youth, Civil Society and Community Change 10. From Hip Hop to Humanization: Café Teatro Batey Urbano, Latino Youth Culture and Community Action 11. Participation in Social Change: Shifting Adolescents' Developmental Pathways 12. Youth of Color Movement for Juvenile Justice 13. 'Taking Their Own Power': Urban Youth, Community-Based Youth Organizations, and Public Efficacy 14. Taking Charge in Lake Wobegon: Youth, Social Justice, and Anti-Racist Organizing in the Twin Cities Section 4: Perspectives on Youth Civic Engagement and Youth Policies 15. Researching and Resisting: Democratic Policy Research By and For Youth 16. Promoting Citizenship and Activism in Today's Youth, Lonnie Sherrod 17. Youth Policy and Institutional Change18. Youth Participation for Educational Reform in Low-Income Communities of Colors Conclusion: Youth Agency, Resistance, and Civic Activism: the Public Commitment to Social Justice

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Book SynopsisPart memoir, part mystery, ''Find Me'' is a tale of a friendship between a troubled young woman and a celebrity obsessed with helping her. Rosie O''Donnell''s candid memoir is a topsy-turvy tale of mistaken identities and strange psychological illnesses that may or may not exist.

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Book SynopsisProviding a wide spectrum of views, the authors explore the fine line between normalized physical punishment and illegal or unacceptable physical and emotional abuse of children. It builds on the emerging field of research that provides opportunities for children to speak for themselves about their views and experiences. Provides observations from children, professionals and several generations from within individual families Discusses the power of language used by parents, professionals and the media to describe physical punishment Reflects upon the status of children in societies that sanction their physical punishment, motivations and justifications for its use, perceptions of its effectiveness, and its impact Presents a combination of personal, social, legal, and language factors which provide significant new insights and suggest ways to move forward Trade Review"Publications such as...Physical Punishment in Childhood should help to educate professionals and the public, and advance the cause of children's rights in the United States and the world." (PsycCRITIQUES, December 2010) "It provides a very good summary of the history, language, impact and legal responses to physical punishment of children in Sweden and various English-speaking countries, with particular attention to Australia, the authors' country of residence. The strength and real contribution of the book lies, however, in the presentation of the views of children-voices that are generally not heard in the debate about this contentious issue though they are the ones who bear the brunt of this form of punishment. In this book, they are given equal standing with those of the adults-the parents and the professionals." (Child Abuse Review, 2010)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1 Introduction. 2 Childhood and physical punishment in historical perspective. 3 Legal responses to physical punishment. 4 Conducting sensitive and ethical research with children and adults. 5 Experiences of physical punishment at home, at school and in public places. 6 Public and professional perceptions of the effectiveness of physical punishment. 7 The subjugation of children through language and physical punishment. 8 The effects of physical punishment. 9 The persistence of physical punishment. 10 The morality of physical punishment. 11 An ideal childhood. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisUpon its initial publication, Children's Testimony garnered widespread acclaim as a valuable resource for academics and practitioners alike. The second edition reflects the substantial progress made in the field over the past decade and includes the results of ongoing international research.Trade Review“Academics will value the full coverage of research which is relevant to this topic and professional practitioners will learn from both research- and practice-oriented discussions about how best to help children talk about distressing experiences. Policy-makers should benefit from an enhanced understanding of what is required to enable children’s effective contribution as witnesses in the criminal justice system and it is to be hoped that if prosecution and defence lawyers read this book they will develop a better appreciation of how to approach child witnesses in the interests of achieving a just outcome in criminal trials.” (Child & Family Social Work, 20 December 2013)Table of ContentsContributors. Series Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Developmentally Sensitive Interviewing for Legal Purposes (Lindsay C. Malloy, David J. La Rooy, Michael E. Lamb, and Carmit Katz). 2 Setting Realistic Expectations: Developmental Characteristics, Capacities and Limitations (Michael E. Lamb, Lindsay C. Malloy, and David J. La Rooy). 3 The Development of Memory in Childhood (David J. La Rooy, Lindsay C. Malloy, and Michael E. Lamb). 4 Assessing the Competency of Child Witnesses: Best Practice Informed by Psychology and Law (Thomas D. Lyon). 5 Planning the Interview (Kevin Smith and Rebecca Milne). 6 Rapport Building in Investigative Interviews of Children (Irit Hershkowitz). 7 Practice Narratives (Kim P. Roberts, Sonja P. Brubacher, Martine B. Powell, and Heather L. Price). 8 Investigating Substantive Issues (Yael Orbach and Margaret-Ellen Pipe). 9 Reviewing the Case (Post-interview) (Trond Myklebust and Gavin E. Oxburgh). 10 Managing Children’s Emotional and Clinical Needs (Kathryn Kuehnle and Mary Connell). 11 Training Forensic Interviewers (Heather Stewart, Carmit Katz, and David J. La Rooy). 12 The Use of Supplementary Techniques in Forensic Interviews with Children (Deirdre A. Brown). 13 Children with Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disorders (Lucy A. Henry, Caroline Bettenay, and Daniel P.J. Carney). 14 Evidence and Cross-Examination (John R. Spencer). 15 Children’s Disclosure Statements as Evidence in the United States Legal System (John E.B. Myers). 16 Consequences of Legal Involvement on Child Victims of Maltreatment (Jodi A. Quas and Mariya Sumaroka). 17 Expert Testimony (Bryan Tully). 18 Relationship between Research and Practice (Graham M. Davies and Lindsay C. Malloy). 19 Child Protection Considerations in the United States (Richard J. Gelles and Rebecca Brigham). 20 Facilitating Effective Participation by Children in the Legal System (Lindsay C. Malloy, David J. La Rooy, and Michael E. Lamb). Appendix: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Protocol: Interview Guide. Index.

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Book SynopsisUpon its initial publication, Children's Testimony garnered widespread acclaim as a valuable resource for academics and practitioners alike. The second edition reflects the substantial progress made in the field over the past decade and includes the results of ongoing international research.Trade Review“Academics will value the full coverage of research which is relevant to this topic and professional practitioners will learn from both research- and practice-oriented discussions about how best to help children talk about distressing experiences. Policy-makers should benefit from an enhanced understanding of what is required to enable children’s effective contribution as witnesses in the criminal justice system and it is to be hoped that if prosecution and defence lawyers read this book they will develop a better appreciation of how to approach child witnesses in the interests of achieving a just outcome in criminal trials.” (Child & Family Social Work, 20 December 2013)Table of ContentsContributors. Series Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Developmentally Sensitive Interviewing for Legal Purposes (Lindsay C. Malloy, David J. La Rooy, Michael E. Lamb, and Carmit Katz). 2 Setting Realistic Expectations: Developmental Characteristics, Capacities and Limitations (Michael E. Lamb, Lindsay C. Malloy, and David J. La Rooy). 3 The Development of Memory in Childhood (David J. La Rooy, Lindsay C. Malloy, and Michael E. Lamb). 4 Assessing the Competency of Child Witnesses: Best Practice Informed by Psychology and Law (Thomas D. Lyon). 5 Planning the Interview (Kevin Smith and Rebecca Milne). 6 Rapport Building in Investigative Interviews of Children (Irit Hershkowitz). 7 Practice Narratives (Kim P. Roberts, Sonja P. Brubacher, Martine B. Powell, and Heather L. Price). 8 Investigating Substantive Issues (Yael Orbach and Margaret-Ellen Pipe). 9 Reviewing the Case (Post-interview) (Trond Myklebust and Gavin E. Oxburgh). 10 Managing Children's Emotional and Clinical Needs (Kathryn Kuehnle and Mary Connell). 11 Training Forensic Interviewers (Heather Stewart, Carmit Katz, and David J. La Rooy). 12 The Use of Supplementary Techniques in Forensic Interviews with Children (Deirdre A. Brown). 13 Children with Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disorders (Lucy A. Henry, Caroline Bettenay, and Daniel P.J. Carney). 14 Evidence and Cross-Examination (John R. Spencer). 15 Children's Disclosure Statements as Evidence in the United States Legal System (John E.B. Myers). 16 Consequences of Legal Involvement on Child Victims of Maltreatment (Jodi A. Quas and Mariya Sumaroka). 17 Expert Testimony (Bryan Tully). 18 Relationship between Research and Practice (Graham M. Davies and Lindsay C. Malloy). 19 Child Protection Considerations in the United States (Richard J. Gelles and Rebecca Brigham). 20 Facilitating Effective Participation by Children in the Legal System (Lindsay C. Malloy, David J. La Rooy, and Michael E. Lamb). Appendix: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Protocol: Interview Guide. Index.

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Book SynopsisProviding a wide spectrum of views, the authors explore the fine line between normalized physical punishment and illegal or unacceptable physical and emotional abuse of children. It builds on the emerging field of research that provides opportunities for children to speak for themselves about their views and experiences. Provides observations from children, professionals and several generations from within individual families Discusses the power of language used by parents, professionals and the media to describe physical punishment Reflects upon the status of children in societies that sanction their physical punishment, motivations and justifications for its use, perceptions of its effectiveness, and its impact Presents a combination of personal, social, legal, and language factors which provide significant new insights and suggest ways to move forward Trade Review"Publications such as...Physical Punishment in Childhood should help to educate professionals and the public, and advance the cause of children's rights in the United States and the world." (PsycCRITIQUES, December 2010) "It provides a very good summary of the history, language, impact and legal responses to physical punishment of children in Sweden and various English-speaking countries, with particular attention to Australia, the authors' country of residence. The strength and real contribution of the book lies, however, in the presentation of the views of children-voices that are generally not heard in the debate about this contentious issue though they are the ones who bear the brunt of this form of punishment. In this book, they are given equal standing with those of the adults-the parents and the professionals." (Child Abuse Review, 2010)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1 Introduction. 2 Childhood and physical punishment in historical perspective. 3 Legal responses to physical punishment. 4 Conducting sensitive and ethical research with children and adults. 5 Experiences of physical punishment at home, at school and in public places. 6 Public and professional perceptions of the effectiveness of physical punishment. 7 The subjugation of children through language and physical punishment. 8 The effects of physical punishment. 9 The persistence of physical punishment. 10 The morality of physical punishment. 11 An ideal childhood. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisFailure to Thrive syndrome is something that all paediatricians, health visitors and social workers need to be aware of. Such children typically present difficulties with feeding and sleeping, as well as other behavioural problems. Failure to grow can also involve attachment disorders, emotional maltreatment, neglect, and abuse.Trade Review"...anyone interested in childcare will find it absorbing...thispractical guide is full of information..."(Familyonwards.com, 19February 2004) "...anyone interested in this subject, will gain from readingthis book." (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol.10, No.2, May2005) "...Overall, this very informative book covers much of thesubstantial research literature in a clear and accessible style."(European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol 14, no. 8,2005) "...this very informative book covers much of the substantialresearch literature in a clear and accessible style..."(European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, March 2006)Table of ContentsAbout the Author. List of Epigraphs. Acknowledgements. SECTION I: THE PROBLEM. 1. Introduction. 2. Historical Perspective of Failure to Thrive. 3. Failure to Thrive: Definition, Prevalence, Manifestation, andEffect. 4. Psychosocial Short Stature: Emotional Stunting of Growth. 5. Feeding/Eating Behaviour of Children who Fail to Thrive, andParental Feeding Styles. 6. Parent-Child Interaction in Failure-to-ThriveCases. 7. Child-Parent Attachment Behaviour of Children who Failto Thrive and Parental Responsiveness. 8. Fabricated or Induced Illnesses and Failure to Thrive. SECTION II: THE FRAMEWORK OF ASSESSMENT. 9. A Framework of Assessment of Failure-to-Thrive Cases:Ecological Approach. SECTION III: INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF FAILURE-TO-THRIVECHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. 10. Levels of Intervention. 11. Some Theoretical Approaches to Failure-to-ThriveIntervention. 12. Multidimensional/Integrated Model of Intervention inFailure-to-Thri ve Cases. 13. Approaches to Failure-to-Thrive Intervention Programmes. 14. Considerations Arising from Failure-to-Thrive InterventionResearch. Epilogue. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisTopics in this book include: the adoption of older children from care; contact with birth families after adoption; trans-racial placement; single-person adoption; children talking about moving to adoption; research on children adopted from Romania; and polices and practices.Table of ContentsOutcomes, Predictors and Risks. Preparation. Selection. Contact. Legal and Court Proceedings. Support. Issues of Organisation. Messages for Policy and Management. Appendices. Selected Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on good working practice in all aspects of conducting enquiries into alleged child abuse, this book takes a positive approach to improving relationships between the workers and the families involved. Each chapter concentrates on a specific issue.Table of ContentsTHE BACKGROUND TO THE ENQUIRY PROCESS. Enquiries and Investigations: The Policy Context (D. Platt). Enquiries into Allegations: A Black Perspective (M. Phillips &J. Butt). Children with Disabilities and Special Needs: Current Issues andConcerns for Child Protection Procedures (P. Russell). TOWARDS PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES. Building Trust with Families when Making Enquiries (D. Shemmings& Y. Shemmings). Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect: Are Parents' Views Important?(H. Cleaver & P. Freeman). Partnership from the Child's Perspective (M. Davies, et al.). THE ENQUIRY IN PROGRESS. Child Abuse Referrals: What? Why? and How? (D. Cooper). Categorising Referrals about Children: Child Protection or ChildWelfare? (D. Thorpe). Planning an Enquiry into Allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect (L.Burns & T. Young). The Potential for Recorded Agreements (D. Platt & T.Burns). Interviewing Children (W. Rogers). Medical Examinations (J. Welbury). Evaluating the Evidence (C. Wattam). Conclusion: Does It Ever End? (D. Platt). Appendix. Index.

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Book SynopsisParenting is attracting more professional and political attention now than ever before. More and more parents need the support of others to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to choose what would be best for their children.Table of ContentsParenting Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (S. Kraemer). Parenting at the Margins: Some Consequences of Inequality (M.Hoghughi). Gender Issues in Parenting (P. McMichael & G. Siann). Approaches to Working with Ethnicity and Cultural Differences (C.Kemps). Parenthood: Assessment of 'Good-Enough Parenting' (S.Parameswaran). Parent Education Programmes (D. Braun). Group Work with Parents (H. Behr). Developing Home-Based Parenting Skill Programmes, Supported byGroup Sessions of Parenting Techniques (P. Marsden-Allen). Helping Parents Cope with their Hyperactive Children (J.Douglas). Stepfamilies (K. Cox). Parenting of Gifted Children (D. George). Parenting Learning Disabled Children: Realities and Practicalities(R. Leisten). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe process of interviewing a child can be a daunting experience for both the child and the interviewer. Interviewing Children offers practical advice for understanding the linguistic abilities of children and for applying that knowledge effectively to the evidentiary interview.Table of ContentsTalking and Listening to Children. Establishing Rapport. Free Narrative Phase: Listening to Children. Asking Questions. Interviewing Observed: Child Language and Development. Interviewing Children with Special Needs. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisGoing Missing presents important findings from the first major study of young people who go missing from residential and foster homes.Table of ContentsPerspectives on Running Away. Research Design. Law and Policy. Who Goes Missing? Patterns of Going Missing. Comparing Types of Absence. Assessing Risks. The Risks for Young People. Histories of Going Missing. Why Young People Go Missing. The Placement Dimension. The Broader Social Work Context. Developing a Coordinated Response. Working with Young People. Conclusion. Bibliography. List of Figures and Tables. Index.

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Book SynopsisChildren, Child Abuse and Child Protection is the second book written by the Violence Against Children Study Group, a multidisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from a range of professional settings concerned with child protection. This book follows on from the highly successful Taking Child Abuse Seriously, published in 1990.Trade Review??a well-researched and readable book that should be essential reading for all professionals working with children?? (Debate, September 2004)Table of ContentsPLACING CHILDREN'S ISSUES AS CENTRAL. Black Children and the Child Protection System (G. Singh). Young Carers--The Contradictions of Being a Child Carer (E. Blyth & A. Waddell). Children and Adolescents Who Sexually Abuse (H. Masson). ISSUES OF GENDER AND GENERATION. Mothering and the Child Protection System (B. Featherstone). Child Protection and Domestic Violence: Pointers for Practitioners (A. Ashworth & M. Erooga). Ageism, Violence and Abuse--Theoretical and Practical Perspectives on the Links between 'Child Abuse' and 'Elder Abuse' (J. Hearn). ISSUES OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTER-AGENCY WORKING. Decision-Making in Case Conferences--Meeting Whose Needs? (N. Kelly & Judith Milner). Schools and Child Protection (E. Blyth & H. Cooper). Primary Prevention in Child Protection: The Role of the Health Visitor (S. Smith). The Location of Child Protection in Relation to the Current Emphasis on Core Policing (C. Adams & C. Horrocks). AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESIDENTIAL CARE SYSTEM. 'Being There': Residential Care of Children and Young People (C. Horrocks & K. Karban). Sexuality, Sexual Abuse and Children's Home--Oppression or Protection? (L. Green & W. Parkin). Preventing Institutional Abuse: An Exploration of Children's Rights, Needs and Participation in Residential Care (J. Myers, et al.). Index.

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Book SynopsisFocuses on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. This book details how the nature of the epidemic has changed and highlights the dilemmas public health agencies face today in terms of prevention strategies and chronic illness linked to low levels of toxic exposure.Trade Review"In Lead Wars, CUNY's Gerald Markowitz and Columbia University's David Rosner convincingly show that the Baltimore toddler study emerged from a century of policymaking in which the US government, faced at times with a choice between protecting children from lead poisoning and protecting the businesses that produced and marketed lead paint, almost invariably chose the latter." New York Review Of Books "Lead Wars clearly shows that the scandalous and tragic history of lead is one that our society is doomed to repeat over and over again unless we develop and fight for better safeguards against chemicals and new technology." -- Helen Jupiter Mother Nature Network "A fascinating new book." -- Howard Markel PBS Newshour The Rundown Blog "Thoroughly researched and clearly written, this book does an excellent job of illustrating the problem society encounters when science and industry face off over likely harm versus economic benefit." -- Richard Maxwell Library Journal "A deeply conceived and well-written book by two of America's best public health historians. It's also an important background briefing on the politics and ethics of scientific research for journalists who will be covering environmental health issues like these." -- Bill Kovarik SE Journal "Chronicles the monstrous irresponsibility of companies in the lead industry over the course of the 20th century." -- Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times "I want to thank David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz for what that they've done to bring the story of the lead paint wars to the public." -- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse "The prolific team of Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner has done it again. Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children is a thoroughly researched, passionate, and gripping history of a major public health problem... Lead Wars challenges us to take better care of our children by fighting those industries that appear to regard them-especially poor black and Latino children-as disposable." -- Elizabeth Fee Health AffairsTable of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: A Legacy of Neglect 2. From Personal Tragedy to Public Health Crisis 3. Peeling the Onion: New Layers of the Lead Problem 4. The Contentious Meaning of Low-Level Exposures 5. The Rise of Public Health Pragmatism 6. Controlled Poison 7. Research on Trial 8. Lead Poisoning and the Courts 9. A Plague on All Our Houses Notes Index

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Book SynopsisOne understanding of child maltreatment is limited in that it is based almost entirely on research and clinical experience in Western nations. The cross-cultural record, a natural laboratory of human behavior, allows a consideration of child abuse and neglect from the perspective of a wider range of social and environmental conditions. Each of the nine original essays in this volume examines child-rearing practices and child maltreatment in the context of a culture very different from our own.There is no universal standard for optimal child rearing, nor for child abuse and neglect. Seeking culturally appropriate definitions of child abuse, the authors stress the socialization goals of the particular cultural group, the intentions and beliefs of adults in the group, and the interpretations children place on their treatment. The authors differentiate practices such as harsh initiation rites, severe punishment, or, conversely, many Western practices viewed as abusive by other cultures, from idiosyncratic mistreatment by individuals. They further distinguish idiosyncratic child abuse and neglect form the suffering caused children, and their families, by circumstances such as poverty, food scarcity, and disease. Though several of the essays focus on the socioeconomic factors implicated in the etiology of child abuse (particularly rapid socioeconomic change), they indicate that cultural factors determine how a society will respond to negative socioeconomic conditions.The authors concur that while children may be exposed to considerable hardship in these non-Western societies, harm at the hands of individual caretakers is rare. They consider factors in the cultural context that may act either to increase or to decrease the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. Among these factors are the value that a culture places on children in general, categories of children that are more vulnerable to mistreatment, beliefs about the developmental age capabilities of children, and, most important, the embeddedness of child rearing in a network of kin and community that extends beyond individual biological parents.Contributors:Forewords by Robert B. Edgerton and C. Henry KempeOrna R. JohnsonJill E. KorbinL. L. LangnessSara LeVineRobert LeVineEmelie A. OlsonThomas PoffenbergerJames RitchieJane RitchieHiroshi WagatsumaDavid Y. H. WuThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

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Book SynopsisMargaret Humphreys is the Director and founder of the Child Migrants Trust, supported by Nottinghamshire County Council. For her services on behalf of the child migrants, she was awarded the Order of Australia - one of only a few Britons ever to have been so honoured, and she was appointed CBE in the 2011 New Year Honours list . She lives in Nottingham with her husband and two children.Trade ReviewIt is a story that defies belief. * Independent *The secrets of the lost children of Britain may never have been revealed if it had not been for [the actions of] Margaret Humphreys. * Sunday Times *A modern Florence Nightingale. * Sydney Morning Herald *A truly astonishing, haunting, real-life detective story. * She (Australia) *Brought tears to my eyes. It is impossible to read...without thinking "These could be my parents. These could be my children."...Despite the sadness and anger at its centre, hope remains the principle message of this remarkable book. * The Times *

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Book SynopsisThis text introduces students to the key issues in the study of childhood, from infancy through to adulthood, from an interdisciplinary and multi-professional perspective. A broad-ranging introductory guide to key issues in the study of childhood. Approaches childhood studies from an interdisciplinary and multi-professional perspective. Presents the basics of psychology, social welfare, education, health, law, culture, rights, politics, and economics as they relate to children. For each discipline, the role of relevant professionals, such as social workers, nursery teachers, paediatric nurses and child lawyers, is also considered. Contributors have both practical and academic backgrounds in a range of specialist areas. Each chapter includes an independent learning activity, case studies, a glossary and annotated bibliography. Will inspiTrade Review"With a broad range of perspectives introducing students to the study of childhood, further readings that encourage a deeper level of study, a range of material to support specific lectures or modules, and short chapters allowing students to dip into specific areas for future study, this book is extremely accessible to students. I would make this an essential text prior to starting a foundation or undergraduate degree programme in childhood studies; in fact, I will be using it next year!" Annie Woods, Programme Leader, BA and FdA Childhood Studies, Nottingham Trent University "This is an extensive text which will form a seminal work for students embarking on childhood studies degree courses. Holistic and child-centred in its underpinning philosophy, it brings together contributions from experts from a wide range of disciplines in a clear and succinct form, backed up by a breadth of references including web-based resources." Wendy Jolliffe, Lecturer in Early Years Education and Course Leader, BA Educational Studies with Early Childhood Studies, University of Hull "This comprehensive book takes a multidisciplinary approach and will inform, explain, challenge and stimulate all those who contribute to the lives and well-being of children. The resources are up-to-date, easy to access and should encourage readers to seek further information on the fascinating subject of childhood studies." Muriel O’Driscoll, Lecturer and Practitioner, Hugh Baird College, Liverpool "an excellent and essential resource for students on childhood studies programmes and courses, new and experienced practitioners and trainers, lecturers and course leaders. Mostly written in chapters that are no more than 3000 words, the professional writers aim to be detailed yet succinct. There are forty chapters covering important topics such as histories of childhood, play, parenting, cognitive development, child abuse, children's rights, the Children's Act and ethnicity and race. The text is bursting with essential information for anyone who is interested in children and their well-being." Nursery Education, September 2004 Table of ContentsList of Plates. List of Tables. Notes on Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Children And Childhood:. 1 Inter-Disciplinary Perspective: Histories Of Childhood: John Clarke (Liverpool John Moores University). 2 Self-Concept: Nicola Leather (Liverpool John Moores University). Relationships. 3 Attachment: Nicola Leather (Liverpool John Moores University). 4 Peers: Dominic Wyse (Liverpool John Moores University). 5 Family Structures: Robert Banton (Liverpool John Moores University). 6 Parenting: Jane Baker (Hugh Baird College). 7 Parental Separation: Robert Banton (Liverpool John Moores University). Psychology. 8 The Nature/Nurture Debate: Nicola Leather (Liverpool John Moores University). 9 Cognitive Development: Nicola Leather (Liverpool John Moores University). 10 The Development Of Language And Literacy: Dominic Wyse (Liverpool John Moores University). 11 Mental Health: John Harrison (Liverpool John Moores University). Sociology. 12 The Sociology Of Childhood: John Clarke (Liverpool John Moores University). 13 Childhood And Juvenile Delinquency: John Clarke (Liverpool John Moores University). 14 Sexuality: John Clarke (Liverpool John Moores University). Part II: Children And Services:. 15 Inter-Disciplinairy Perspective: Children’s Rights: Dominic Wyse (Liverpool John Moores University). Social Welfare. 16 Overview Of Social Welfare: Ali Mekki (Liverpool Social Services). 17 The Role Of The Child And Family Social Worker: Ali Mekki (Liverpool Social Services). 18 Child Abuse: Robert Banton (Liverpool John Moores University). Education. 19 Overview Of Children’s Education And Care: Nell Napier (Manchester Metropolitan University). 20 The Role Of The Early Years Practitioner: Ainé Sharkey (Liverpool John Moores University). 21 National Curricula: Nell Napier (Manchester Metropolitan University) And Ainé Sharkey (Liverpool John Moores University). 22 Play: Nell Napier (Manchester Metropolitan University) And Ainé Sharkey (Liverpool John Moores University). 23 International Perspectives In Early Years Education & Care: Ainé Sharkey (Liverpool John Moores University). Health. 24 Overview Of Health: Robert Banton (Liverpool John Moores University). 25 The Role Of The Health Visitor: Robert Banton (Liverpool John Moores University). Law. 26 Overview Of The Legal System: Angela Brennan (Liverpool John Moores University). 27 Legal Personel: Angela Brennan (Liverpool John Moores University). 28 The Children Act 1989: Angela Brennan (Liverpool John Moores University). 29 The Legal Status Of The Child: Angela Brennan (Liverpool John Moores University). Part III: Children And Society:. 30 Inter-Disciplinary Perspective: The Demonisation Of Childhood: Dominic Wyse (Liverpool John Moores University). Culture. 31 Toys And Games: Nell Napier (Manchester Metropolitan University). 32 Children’s Literature: Russell Jones (Manchester Metropolitan University). 33 Visual Art: Nicholas Medforth (Liverpool John Moores University). 34 Multimedia: Dominic Wyse (Liverpool John Moores University). Equality. 35 Ethnicity And Race: Russell Jones (Manchester Metropolitan University). 36 Disabled Children: Jane Baker (Hugh Baird College). 37 Poverty: Jane Baker (Hugh Baird College). Society. 38 Non-Government Organistions (Ngos): John Harrison (Liverpool John Moores University). 39 Children Working: Nicholas Medforth (Liverpool John Moores University). 40 Research With Children: Dominic Wyse (Liverpool John Moores University). Appendix 1: Further Reflections On The Activities. Glossary. Index

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Book SynopsisThere is ample evidence that disabled children are less valued members of society than able-bodied children. Child welfare practitioners are increasingly looking at not only the child''s impairment and suffering but also the child''s needs in a wider context--to be included as an equal member of society. Laura Middleton''s book aims to provide sound guidance for social workers, community carers, teachers and health visitors, and her book gives them a better understanding of the disabled child''s experiences and needs. She covers such key themes as discrimination, bullying, appeasement, abuse, communication issues, family support, and children''s rights. Methods for generating a better, more effective service for the child are fully explained and illustrated.Trade Review"This is a well-written and thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of the ways in which disabled children are treated and marginalised in our society. It should be read by all those who work with children, as well as those who have an interest in disability generally." (Adoption & Fostering) "The strength of this book lies in its description of disabled children as active participants in society…This book makes a significant contribution to our knowledge about disabled children’s lives." (Health and Social Care in the Community) "The book makes for compulsive reading once begun and has a clarity of style which makes complex issues accessible. …I would recommend the book to lecturers, practitioners and students within the social care fields and to disabled individuals, their carers and groups who are eager to identify with the political debate which informs their social exclusion" (Child & Family Social Work) "Any book about disabled children that starts with the experience of disabled young people is doing something right." (Community Care) "It is particularly useful in making practical suggestions for more inclusive provision and will be an invaluable text for all childcare professionals." (Aslib Book Guide) "This excellent book is a courageous, cogent and challenging look at how to translate a social model of disability into action." "[Middleton's] perspective is of tremendous importance for social work practice with children." (British Journal of Social Work)Table of ContentsForeword. Preface.. 1. Children's Voices; Hopes, Wishes and Dreams. Families. Making Friends. "It chips away at you inside': the experience of bullying. Adult Abusers. Failure to Protect. Growing up in care: Alice's story. Education. Choices and rights. Medical Interventions. Images of disability. Messages. Discussion: a disability rights issue?. Ways forward. Summary and conclusion.. 2. Building Disadvantage. Introduction. The political lead.. Section I: Abnormalisation - the creation of special need. Health care services. Education. Welfare services. The independent/statutory divide.. Section II: Explanations for the exclusion of disabled children. The survival of the fittest. Conclusion.. 3. Conceptual Frameworks. The SEAwall. The NVQ model. The 3-D Jigsaw.. 4. The Professional and Personal Challenge. Introduction. Attitudes and values. Working with disabled children. Changing professional behaviour. Good practitioners/good practice. Conclusion.. 5. Organisational Change. Introduction.. Section I: Valued-based organisations. Consulting service users. Valuing staff.. Section II: The seamless service. Community care: health and social services. working together. Towards inclusive education. Conclusion.. 6. Disabled Children: Excluded Citizens?. Introduction. Disabled children and citizenship. Strategies for change. the research relationship. The role of disabled adults. Conclusion. Appendix 1. Research Studies Cited in the text. Appendix 2. Letter to the Social Exclusion Unit. Appendix 3. The Process of Assessment. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn 1904, New York nuns brought 40 Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Mexican-Catholic families. The town's Anglo-Americans, furious at this transgression, formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children. The church sued but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the vigilantes. Gordon tells this gripping story.Trade ReviewIn her gripping book, The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction, Linda Gordon has written a model study of the creation and maintenance of race relations that manages to capture both the breathless sensationalism of the era's tabloids and the complexity of social status, shifting racial codes and the multiple uses of sex roles in social action...Gordon divides her story into six scenes, most of them devoted to some portion of the four days when the orphans' arrival engulfed Clifton-Morenci in a near riot followed by a mass kidnapping. Spliced between each scene is the history--long-term and proximate--of the towns' sociocultural landscape. It is an ingenious narrative device that enables her to reconstitute the distinct social structures of the area while rendering a taut journalistic account of the unfolding drama...The magnificence of her achievement [is] her masterly assembly of historical detail and acute sensitivity to the intricacies of human relations as mediated by power, prejudice and the passing of time. -- Stephen Lassonde * New York Times Book Review *If Gordon's book did nothing more than redeem from obscurity the story of the Arizona orphans, it would be an extraordinary contribution to social history. But Gordon has gone beyond that scanty written record, mainly from the court proceedings, to explore the motives of the Mexican and Anglo women...Gordon's achievement is that she so effectively and fair-mindedly delved into the site and unearthed this appalling and poignant story. -- Michael Kenney * Boston Globe *This is an unusual and interesting work of history, whose chief strength lies in the way it lovingly recreates the spirit of a particular Arizona community and, through its insistence on micro-historical detail, gives the reader a clear sense of how racial assumptions and antagonisms operated within everyday life. -- Paul Giles * Times Literary Supplement *A story of racism, vigilantism, and injustice that retains its grim fascination after nearly a century...The sordid but suspenseful story is told against a background that encompasses the mining industry, labor unions and even a waffling U.S. Supreme Court. * Parade Magazine *Gordon's extraordinary achievement in this book lies in her narrative strategy as much as in her insights as a social historian: she alternates dramatic short chapters detailing the events in the mining communities of Clifton-Morenci from the first to the fourth of October 1904 with longer, denser ones that reconstruct the conflation of class, gender, racial, religious, and economic interests that initiated the children's journey west from New York City and underlay their distribution by Father Mandin, the local priest. -- Gay Wachman * Women's Review of Books *Linda Gordon has used [the orphan abduction's] events to explore issues of race, gender, class, economics and theories of the family in a beautifully constructed narrative and analysis of a flashpoint in American domestic history...Gordon uses her multiplicity of sources with great skill, all the time reminding us that some participants in the story have left no record of their experiences, particularly the children's birth mothers, the children themselves, and the Mexican families with whom they were to be placed. She contextualises the event superbly, giving us a well-rounded portrait of Clifton-Morenci at the time, as well as taking us through the ideological and emotional processes which moved people to act as they did. -- Catriona Crowe * Irish Times *Historian Linda Gordon has unearthed a small, forgotten story, and told it exceptionally well...[The] astonishing story, less than a century old, contains much to ponder. Gordon does a masterful job probing class and race, gender and religion, family and border economics to shed light on conflicts unresolved to this day...She has crafted both an exhilarating yarn and a sober morality tale. -- Karen R. Long * Plain Dealer *[A] fascinating, almost cinematic book...Gordon has brilliantly retrieved history, in the process providing a vivid, complex addition to the growing scholarship on 'whiteness.' -- JoAnn Wypijewski * Lingua Franca Book Review *It is both fascinating and disturbing to delve into specific events of American history: Cultural biases explode, exploitation simmers, and religious identity is challenged. Linda Gordon's book confronts all these issues...Delving deeper and deeper into the American conscience, Gordon shatters layer upon layer of assumption. She has done her research, and the story she has written breathes life as a dragon breathes fire, burning sometimes accidentally, though oftentimes intentionally. As a challenge to preconceived notions of American history, as a reflection of cultural, religious and economic realities and as a how-to guide for retrieving important historical lessons, The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction is fascinating, repelling and completely engrossing. -- Ian Graham * The Star-Ledger *In 1904, a group of New York nuns delivered 40 mostly Irish but entirely Catholic orphans to a remote Arizona mining town to be adopted by local Catholics. What happened next is the subject of historian Linda Gordon's compelling new book: For their act of Christian charity, the nuns were rewarded with near-lynching and public vilification of an intensity hard to fathom today. As Gordon makes clear in writing so alive it makes the reader smell sagebrush and white supremacy, the Eastern nuns didn't realize that, in turn-of-the-century Arizona, Catholic also meant Mexican, and Mexican meant inferior. -- Debra Dickerson * salon.com *In this remarkable history of an obscure event, Gordon skillfully casts light on myriad important subjects...[She] has done an extraordinary amount of research and has completely contextualized the orphan abduction. One finds learned chapters on the history of the Southwest, the copper mining industry, vigilantism, Mexican women, labor relations, and Catholicism. Especially informative are Gordon's lengthy discussions of historical definitions of whiteness and how the orphan abduction was instrumental in destroying the fluidity of race relations. -- E. W. Carp * Choice *Economics, religion, and racial and sexual politics intersect in this account of the social upheaval caused when Mexicans in a small Arizona mining town in 1904 adopted 40 abandoned Irish Catholic children from New York. Gordon's compelling account of the incident traces the legal challenges by a Catholic charity group that went all the way to the Supreme Court. * Booklist, an "Editor's Choice 1999" selection *Gordon, drawing on interviews, newspapers, and the court transcript, recreates the kidnapping and the ensuing courtroom drama in intoxicating detail. Along the way, Gordon cracks open a number of hot issues, from labor relations to women's roles. At the center is her examination of the social construction of race; you won't find a more illuminating or nuanced discussion of the invention of whiteness than Gordon's...Gordon has written the rare history book that readers won't be able to put down. * Kirkus Reviews *Economics, religion, and racial and sexual politics intersect in this fascinating account of the social upheaval caused when Mexicans in a small Arizona mining town in 1904 adopted 40 abandoned Irish-Catholic children from New York. The children were brought West by Catholic nuns on the little-known orphan trains that transported children of poor families across the country for adoption. Gordon has rendered a well-researched analysis of the social and racial factors that aroused passions enough to send posses to 'rescue' the children and that nearly lead to the lynching of a priest. Gordon puts the incident in the context of turn-of-the-century industrialization and changing racial definitions that reclassified ethnic groups, such as the Irish as whites. Gordon uses news accounts and court transcripts to render a compelling account of the incident and the legal challenges by the Catholic charity group that went all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court and ended in judgement in favor of the white vigilantes, reinforcing racial and religious attitudes of the time. -- Vanessa Bush * Booklist *These painstakingly researched chapters could well stand on their own as a powerful history of the miners' lives and a superior case study of emigrant labor at the turn of the century. -- Duncan Stewart * Library Journal *Written in the lush prose and plots of a Joseph Conrad novel, Linda Gordon's The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction is [an] extraordinary chronicle...More than an isolated case of frontier vigilantism, the affair swirled into the national headlines, fanning the flames of the caustic debate over religion and race...Peeling off the overlapping intrigues, issues, and players of the incident with the precision of a historical detective, Gordon, a leading social historian on issues of gender and family, goes far beyond the question of blatant racism in a racist epoch to examine the cultural and historical makeup that allowed the affair to happen in the first place...Her meticulously researched and reasoned chronicle is a masterwork of historical analysis that deserves to remain on bookshelves far into the future. -- Jeff Biggers * Bloomsbury Review *Gordon is genuinely curious and deeply thoughtful about the complex ways in which race, class and gender intersect to produce pivotal moments like this one. The book that she has written should be of interest not only to scholars of the American southwest, but to anyone curious about how ideologies make us what we are. -- Christina Thompson * Times Higher Education Supplement *[Gordon] uses the plight of the children...to introduce her readers to the racial, social and cultural situation in the Arizona minds and in the country in general. -- William R. Wineke * Wisconsin State Journal *Gordon's account takes place in six scenes, with historical interludes between them. Her narrative voice is enticing, and her descriptions vivid...This book provides a gripping piece of a puzzled history, not only of American racism, but of the Catholic experience of it. -- Peggy Ellsberg * Commonweal *Linda Gordon's The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction is a spellbinding narrative history--the kind of rigorous but engaging work that other academics dream of writing. Gordon here unearths a long forgotten story about abandoned Irish-Catholic children in turn-of-the-century New York who were sent out to Arizona to be adopted by good Catholic families. The hitch was that those families turned out to be dark-skinned Mexicans. What ensued was a custody battle that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The astonishing story Gordon has recovered considers vexed intellectual questions about race, class and gender in a dramatic, accessible fashion. -- Maureen Corrigan * Newsday *Linda Gordon has written an astonishing book...This is not just a story about orphan children: it is a story of America at a time of transition, when the railroads were opening up the land and men went west from the cities of the eastern seaboard to seek their fortune. It details religious prejudice, but also compassion. -- Christina White * Catholic Herald *Linda Gordon…has produced a brilliant foray into social history that explores issues of race, class, gender, law enforcement, and labor relations in the American Southwest at the dawn of the 20th century. -- Gregory J. W. Urwin * Journal of the West *Gordon demonstrates the continuing vitality of the issues social historians have brought to the table – class, race, gender, family – in the context of a new commitment to a synthesizing narrative…Gordon's invocations of the many issues that have concerned social historians deeply enhances her examination of a particular time and place in this richly re-imagined history…Gordon has gone to such pains to guard the integrity of her historical subjects and to invest then with genuine depth and individuality. -- Paula S. Fass * American Historical Review *Table of Contents* Preface * Cast of Principal Characters * October 2, 1904, Night, North Clifton, Arizona * September 25, 1904: Grand Central Station, New York City *1. King Copper October 1, 1904, 6:30 p.m.: Clifton Railroad Station *2. Mexicans Come to the Mines October 1, 1904, around 7:30 p.m.: Sacred Heart Church, Clifton *3. The Priest in the Mexican Camp October 2, 1904, Afternoon: Morenci Square and Clifton Library Hall *4. The Mexican Mothers and the Mexican Town October 2, 1904, Evening: The Hills of Clifton *5. The Anglo Mothers and the Company Town October 2, 1904, Night: Clifton Hotel *6. The Strike October 3--4, 1904: Clifton Drugstore and Library Hall, Morenci Hotel *7. Vigilantism January 1905: Courtroom of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, Phoenix *8. Family and Race * Epilogue * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index * Maps * Sonoran Highlands Mining Region in 1903 * Old Clifton and Morenci

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Book SynopsisEmphasizing the importance of parental choice, quality of care, and work opportunities, Waldfogel guides readers through a maze of social science research to offer comprehensive answers and a vision for change. He proposes a plan to better meet the needs of children in working families while respecting the core values of choice, quality, and work.Trade ReviewWaldfogel's book is undoubtedly the best informed, wisest, and most convincing description of the benefits and risks of childcare arrangements in the United States. It is tightly organized, lucidly written, and utterly engaging. -- Frank Furstenberg, Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology, University of PennsylvaniaWhat Children Need argues that there are three principles that policy makers should use to ensure that children's needs are met: respecting parental choice, promoting quality, and supporting parental employment. Waldfogel believes that there are tensions among these values and it is by identifying and grappling with the tensions that we will find real possibilities for creative solutions. -- Ellen Galinsky, President and Co-Founder, Families and Work InstituteIn What Children Need, Jane Waldfogel guides us through more closely defined approaches to questions about the effects of parental care and attention and takes a pragmatic view of the way children adapt to variations in their environment. -- Terri Apter * Times Literary Supplement *[Waldfogel's] analysis is written from an American perspective, and most of her statistics refer to the United States, but the issues and her discussion of them transcend national boundaries. -- Gerald Haigh * Times Educational Supplement *What would a children's services system based on evidence and respect for choice look like? This lucid, well-organized and carefully researched book cuts to the heart of such debates. It should be read widely and, if taken seriously, will encourage far-reaching and positive changes in practice and research in the field. -- Nick Axford * British Journal of Social Work *What Children Need is an impressive, thought-provoking synthesis of information and ideas for designing social policy to support the healthy development of children living in an industrialized world. -- Lisa Gennetian * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *[Waldfogel] gives readers a solid sense of the gaps between what children need and what they are getting, as well as a blueprint for what public policy can and should do to provide for those needs. -- Christine Carter McLaughlin * Greater Good *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Children and Parents 3. Infants and Toddlers 4. Preschoolers 5. School-age Children 6. Adolescents 7. Where Do We Go from Here? Notes References Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisChildrenâs Chances urges a shift from focusing on survival to targeting childrenâs full and healthy development. Drawing on comparative data on policies in 190 countries designed to combat poverty, discrimination, child labor, illiteracy, and child marriage, Heymann and McNeill tell what works to ensure equal opportunities for all children.Trade ReviewWith its amazing synthesis of evidence, Children's Chances maps out what countries are now doing—and what more they can do—to address problems in the lives of children around the world. This book is a valuable resource, not just for agencies like Save the Children, but for individual citizens who champion all children's opportunities to develop to their fullest potential. -- Jasmine Whitbread, CEO, Save the ChildrenJody Heymann continues to be a leading voice for working families worldwide. With Children's Chances, she provides key insights into how to promote healthy child development and reduce inequalities in child health. This book is essential for anyone who cares about improving the lives of children around the world. -- Mark Schuster, Harvard Medical SchoolThis remarkable book brings together years of work that is both painstaking and inspired. Jody Heymann, with Kristen McNeill, proves with exhaustive country-by-country evidence the phenomenal difference that public policy makes in defeating child poverty and creating better lives. It is an enormously important achievement. -- Peter Edelman, Georgetown UniversityWith sterling scholarship and masterful research, Heymann and McNeill's book offers a blueprint to advance the well-being of the world's children that is both much needed and optimistic. -- Felton Earls, Harvard Medical SchoolIf we are to reach the millions of children who have been excluded from recent progress on child rights, we need to know where we stand today, and where we need to go tomorrow. We need tools that give us this crucial information, tools that share it, and tools that inspire and guide us. This book provides that inspiration and guidance, showing how crucial policies can guarantee the well-being of children worldwide. -- Carol Bellamy, Past Executive Director, UNICEFNo previous analysis has so conveniently compiled comprehensive global information about such a wide range of public policies related to child development. -- K. H. Jacobsen * Choice *

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