Child welfare and youth services Books

Book SynopsisThe Child Welfare System: Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions opens with a description of the empirical results of a study on bird''s nest parenting as a form of shared parenting. Bird''s nest parenting ensures that children have both a stable home with the continuity of their prior lifestyle and the chance to live everyday life with both parents. Next, the authors report the findings of child protection workers'' experiences with and perspectives on child engagement in the context of child protection assessment in Estonia. Child protective workers make difficult decisions that affect the everyday lives of children and their families, including removing children and dismantling families, and therefore careful and comprehensive assessment is one of the most significant challenges in the field. The closing chapter considers the connection between agency practices and environments on child outcomes such as length of time spent in foster care, placement changes, and child mental health.

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Book SynopsisChild welfare services are intended to prevent the abuse or neglect of children; ensure that children have safe, permanent homes; and promote the well-being of children and their families. Federal support for child welfare activities is provided via multiple programs. The largest share of this federal child welfare funding is provided for support of children in foster care, and for ongoing assistance to children who leave foster care for new permanent families (via adoption or legal kinship guardianship). This book begins with an overview of appropriations activities for child welfare programs. It then includes a discussion of how annual funding levels are determined for child welfare programs and briefly discusses the effect of sequestration on that child welfare funding. The remainder, and largest part, of the book provides descriptions of each federal child welfare program.

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Book SynopsisA majority of states used funding from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) in fiscal year 2017 to entirely or mostly support 7 of 10 major state child care activities. Chapters 1 and 2 examine the extent to which states use CCDF funds to support their child care system, the kinds of CCDF-related activities states engage in that affect children who are not receiving CCDF subsidies, and how states plan to use the increase in CCDF funding from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018. Each year, millions of children age 5 and under receive publicly funded early care and education (ECE) services. Chapter 3 examines the number and characteristics of state ECE programs and the extent to which they share characteristics or overlap with federal or other state programs; and how states fund their ECE programs, including any related benefits and challenges reported by states. Chapter 4 discusses examines the federal investment in early learning and child care programs; fragmentation, overlap, and duplication among early learning and child care programs and agencies' efforts to address these conditions; and the extent to which agencies assess performance for programs with an explicit early learning or child care purpose. The cost of safe, good-quality child care prevents many low and middle-income parents from working, or forces them to work fewer hours, or accept lower wages. The federal government provides direct support to improve child care quality and subsidize child care costs for low- and middle-income families through the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). Chapter 5 discusses recent legislation on child care quality and access. Trauma is a widespread, harmful, and costly public health problem, and its effects are especially detrimental to children. Any frightening, dangerous, or violent event that threatens a child or their loved ones can potentially be traumatic. Chapter 6 reviews selected states' efforts to support children affected by trauma. Some international human rights standards allow broad state interventions in families based on the state's conception of the best interest of the child. These states believe it is better to remove a child from its biological parents rather than let the child stay at home. The United States has grappled with where the threshold should be for removal of children from their parents. One major consideration in this balancing of interests should be the potentially lifelong suffering and even abuse faced by children who were removed from their own families, and who remain without permanent families in the foster care system as reported in chapter 7.Table of ContentsPrefaceChild Care: States Report Child Care and Development Funds Benefit All Children in CareChild Care and Development Fund: Subsidy Receipt and Plans for New FundsChild Care and Early Education: Most States Offer Preschool Programs and Rely on Multiple Funding SourcesThe Evolving Geopolitics of Energy Transit in EuropeChild Care Quality and Access Act of 2019Children Affected By Trauma: Selected States Report Various Approaches and Challenges to Supporting ChildrenIn the Best Interest of the Child: Best Practices for Keeping Families Safely TogetherCommission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeIndex.

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Book SynopsisEmpty Hands is the inspiring memoir of Zulu nurse and healthcare activist Sister Abegail Ntleko. Growing up poor in a rural village with a father who didn''t believe in educating girls, against seemingly insurmountable odds Sister Abegail earned her nursing degree and began work as a community nurse and educator, dedicating her life to those in need. "Her story tells us," says Desmond Tutu, who wrote the foreword to the book, "what a single person can accomplish when heart and mind work together in the service of others."Overcoming poverty and racism within the apartheid South African system, she adopted her first child at a time when it was unheard of to do so. And then she did it again and again. In forty years she has taken in and cared for hundreds of children who had nothing, saving babies—many of them orphans whose parents died of AIDS—from hospitals that were ready to give up on them and let them die. Empty Hands describes the harshness of Ntleko''s circumstances with wit and wisdom in direct, beautifully understated prose and will appeal not only to activists and aid workers, but to anyone who believes in the power of the human spirit to rise above suffering and find peace, joy, and purpose."Ntleko''s story, which she tells in simple language, is inspiring and moving. She neither dwells in nor dramatizes the hardships she has faced, preferring instead to focus on ''fill[ing] her hands with love and then spend[ing] all that love until [her] hands are empty again.'' A brief, genuine, heartfelt memoir of an awe-inspiring life."—Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisStates have primary responsibility for administering child welfare funds. However, the federal government provides substantial child welfare funding that is contingent on states meeting certain program requirements. The greatest part of federal assistance for general child welfare services, as well as adoption assistance, foster care, the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program and Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, is included in Title IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act. Under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), states also receive funds to strengthen child protective services, develop networks of state-wide community-based, prevention focused family resource and support programs, and improve handling, investigation and prosecution of child maltreatment cases. This book categorises and describes state program requirements linked to these federally funded child welfare programs and includes a list of important related definitions from the Social Security Act.

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Book SynopsisWhile child welfare programs are a primary responsibility of state and local governments, the federal government appropriates close to $7 billion annually to support these programs (primarily for foster care and adoption assistance) and states are required to meet certain federal policies in order to receive this funding. Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) gauge state efforts and ability to achieve the primary goals of safety and permanence for children, and well-being for children and their families. The review is intended both to measure state compliance with federal child welfare policy and to strengthen and improve state child welfare programs. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conducted the initial round of onsite reviews between March 2001 and March 2004. No state was found to be in substantial conformity with all of the outcomes and systems assessed. Some critics of the CFSR argue that while the outcomes reviewed are on target, the criteria established to determine state achievement of those outcomes may give misleading information about a state''s performance. Although much attention has focused on states'' uniform inability to meet all of the federal criteria, the reviews also showed certain relative strengths. States showed the greatest ability to ensure that children were not exposed to child abuse and neglect and remained safely in their homes whenever appropriate and possible, and in preserving their family relationships and connections. They had the most difficulty in achieving permanent and stable living arrangements for children, enhancing the capacity of families to meet the needs of their children and in seeing that appropriate mental and physical health services were available to children served. Information regarding ensuring provision of educational services to children was more mixed. In addition to reviewing outcomes, the CFSR assesses state compliance with federal child welfare policy by examining certain federally required systems. States were most likely to be found successful at operating a statewide information system; maintaining foster and adoptive parent licensing, training, recruitment and retention; and responding to community concerns. They were least likely to have a strong service array or case review system in place. Ratings of state quality assurance and training systems were more mixed. To avoid immediate assessment of penalties for failure to comply with federal policy, each state was required to develop a Program Improvement Plan (PIP). A PIP must address each one of the outcomes or systems with which a state was found to be out of substantial conformity and must describe the state''s specific plan for moving toward full conformity with federal policy. A few states have successfully completed their PIPS but most are still in the process of implementing them. The Children''s Bureau has begun planning for a second round of CFSRs and onsite reviews will likely begin in FY2006. This book describes the origins and design of CFSRs before turning to its primary discussion: state performance in the initial round of CFSRs.

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Book SynopsisEach year, there are over 58,000 non-family abductions and more than 1 million children reported missing. This is a staggering number, but it doesn''t include the other young victims, the sisters and brothers of those who have been abducted. These overlooked children suffer the loss of their sibling. Their lives are turned assunder, and family patterns are irrevocably changed. Additionally, when a child is abducted by a family member, the parent who has been left behind faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the current issues, practices and challenges related to child welfare today. Topics include mental health oversight for children and adolescents in child welfare custody; children in foster care and excessive medications; youth sexuality and health conditions; secondary traumatic stress in child welfare professionals; transforming mental health practices in child-serving systems; educational vulnerability of children and youth in foster care; developing a child welfare and child protection system in China; and mindfulness training for addressing the needs of child welfare system children and families.

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Book SynopsisResearch findings showed that secondary school students in Hong Kong face many challenges. In particular, morbid emphasis on academic excellence has created much competition and stress in high school students. It was estimated that around one-fifth of secondary school students in Hong Kong had different forms of mental disorders. In a three-year longitudinal study, it was found that the prevalence rates of Internet addiction in Secondary 1, Secondary 2 and Secondary 3 students were 26.4%, 26.6% and 22.5%, respectively. In the same study, suicidal ideation in junior secondary school students was found in more than one-tenth of the students. At the same time, there were more than two-tenths of students showing signs of self-harm and suicidal behaviour in junior secondary years. The number of adolescents experiencing economic disadvantage has increased while family solidarity has dropped in recent years. In spite of these adolescent developmental issues, the lack of life education and life skills training in secondary school students has made the situation worse. Although moral and civic education is one of the pillars in the new 6-year secondary school curriculum, there are several problems involved. First, the coverage on social and emotional learning in the curriculum guide is very thin. Second, although there are curricula materials on life skills training in the field, validated curricula are almost non-existent. In fact, in a review of adolescent prevention and positive youth development programs in Asia, Shek and Yu pointed out that there were very few validated evidence-based programs in Hong Kong. Third, training in social-emotional learning and adolescent prevention programs is grossly inadequate in Hong Kong. Finally, while nobody would dispute the importance of life skills and psychosocial competence, such topics are seldom taught in depth in the school contexts.

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Book SynopsisCongress has maintained an interest in the effects of gang violence in Central America, and on the expanding activities of transnational gangs with ties to that region operating in the United States. Since FY2008, Congress has appropriated significant amounts of funding for anti-gang efforts in Central America, as well as domestic anti-gang programs. This book examines the U.S.- funded international anti-gang efforts and describes the gang problem in Central America; discusses country approaches to deal with the gangs; and analyses U.S. policy with respect to gangs in Central America. The book discusses how unaccompanied alien children are treated in comparison to unauthorized adults and families with children in the specific contexts of asylum and expedited removal.

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Book SynopsisThis is a realistic dissection of the current status of children''s rights at multiple levels of government and private society. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of children''s rights (i.e. poverty, statelessness, sexual abuse, nutrition, education, armed conflict, etc.). A dynamic mix of commonsensical reasoning, formal legal inquiry, and practical yet professional language enables readers from stratified segments of the population to engage seamlessly with the material. Rejecting the ivory tower view that real world progress can be sustained through continuance of the same regulatory and political measures that broke ground in the latter 20th century, the author delves deeper into more pragmatic elements of children''s rights why they are not universal and what prevents their achievement. Detailed scrutiny of data, law, and contemporary social attitudes move the text from one paradoxical situation to the next perpetual limitation in the quest for eradication of abuse and deprivation of fundamental human rights. However, hope is not lost in the midst of these empirical findings. Instead, thorough contemplation of the failures and shortcomings of child protective systems resurrects a spirit of compassion, and a more personal challenge emerges for readers, who are urged to undertake small-scale actions. We live in a time of unparalleled communications, where virtually anybody with a mobile phone can access information about people around the globe from any place. The critical mass in the movement for human rights which start in childhood years has long been established. The word has spread across the land through varied forms of media. Children''s rights today are not threatened by ignorance inasmuch as they are by disinterest, disengagement, and outright opposition to those rights in practice. In order to breathe new life into the discussion, fresh and resourceful ways of thinking about the subject are needed. For rights to grow and evolve through the 21st century, stakeholders cannot afford to alienate potential allies with the same bullish rhetoric that led to the disillusionment of millions of supporters. Today''s participants are tech-savvy, independent, and not overly optimistic about accomplishing goals in the shortest of terms. Child Protection in an Interconnected World is written for those who understand that failure has occurred time and again, and that only through acceptance of the factual essence of our condition may we find a suitable path toward continued growth and achievement as individuals and collectives. The book advocates the idea that changes and improvements can and will happen, but they will be incremental, transgenerational, and built upon mutual cooperation from the bottom up.

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Book SynopsisWhat was lost when Kids Company imploded last summer? More than reputations. The charitys founding vision, that there is a gap called love in how the state responds to abused and abandoned children, also vanished. In this book, the founder of Kids Company lays out the thinking behind a model of care that broke the cycle of neglect for thousands of vulnerable children. She reveals the true scale of Britain's failure in children's services, making public two decades of candid exchanges with prime ministers and senior politicians to explain why the sector has not improved since Victorian times. She also reveals the deceits used by local authorities to stop the magnitude of the problem becoming known. This is a book of hope, however. Calling on a plethora of moving case histories, it presents the science that gives cause for optimism; proof that even the most troubled young lives can be turned around. Looking forward rather than back, the book shows how a new model of support could be cheaper and far more effective than existing provision. Kids Company has gone. And yet something like it must be the future.It is imperative that the breakthroughs in understanding that came from its work are now shared with the widest audience. This book is an unusual collaboration between two outstanding individuals. One author is Camila Batmanghelidjh, who spent thirty years working with troubled families. The other is an award-winning journalist, Tim Rayment, who was sent to investigate Camila but decided instead that the real public interest lay in hearing her vital, life-changing message.

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Book SynopsisDevelopment programmes in the country, including those for children, are carried out within the framework of the 5 years old plans. The present study gives an overview of the current state of India's children after nearly five decades of independence and focuses manily on the outcomes as reflected by various key indicators.

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Book SynopsisSo far, research on the welfare state has usually neglected children and childhood. In the rare attempts to include childhood in welfare state analysis, too much emphasis was placed on children as future adults. However, only a full recognition of children as human beings and citizens here and now are compatible with new social studies of childhood as well as children''s rights discourses. Thus the conceptual integration of children and childhood in the welfare state is still an open question. The present book tries to close this gap by offering the concept of generational order as theoretical tool to both childhood and welfare state research. In analogy to gender analysis, this concept is an adequate tool for making the adultist bias of traditional welfare state theories and practices visible. Authors of 10 predominantly European countries explore in 11 chapters issues of children''s social and economic welfare such as child poverty in a theoretical methodological and practical perspective. Together with volume 2, Flexible Childhood, this book is the final result of COST Action A19, Children''s Welfare, which has been supported by the European COST Framework.

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Book SynopsisChildren''s spaces are widening -- culturally and socially: socially their spaces are more often multilocal, and culturally they are enlarged through mobility in the globalised and virtual spaces in the mediatised world. Children''s times are also less confined by strict borderlines; the more flexible and individualised use of time in the world of work impacts on children''s lives in families, day care and school. The chapters of this volume each present particular temporal and spatial aspects of social change in childhood. The aim of the book goes even further: it is directed toward considering the impact of such change on children''s welfare. As former boundaries between generations begin to blur and neo-liberal forces enter all realms of people''s lives, it can no longer be taken for granted -- as it was in former periods of modernity -- that continued efforts to realize the childhood project will automatically guarantee the best interest of the child. With respect to children''s welfare in time and space, tensions between demands from the market economy, dynamics of rationalisation and technology, and visions of a good childhood are discussed in the book. Together with volume 1, Childhood, Generational Order and the Welfare State, this book is the final result of COST Action A19, Children''s Welfare, which has been supported by the European COST Framework.

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Book SynopsisEvery year an average of 1000 Tibetan children risk their lives to escape from a system of education that is almost entirely Chinese. This problem, all too often passed over in silence, forces many parents to send their children to India for a traditional Tibetan education. They pay a guide who accompanies the children in groups, for the journey over the Himalayas which is not without risks. What leads parents to expose their children to these risks? How many flee? What is the journey like? What are the psychological consequences? What is life like for those who arrive in India? Do the parents ever see their children again? ''Child Exodus from Tibet'' is an informative, readable book with moving testimony, richly illustrated with colour photographs. The author, Birgit van de Wijer, has been engaged with Tibetan issues for years. For this book she spent months collecting information in India and Nepal, where she interviewed dozens of Tibetan children. She is outspoken in denouncing the inhuman conditions of these children; there has been silence for too long.

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Book SynopsisThe second in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi.

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Book SynopsisThe Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Citizen-children of mixed-status families grow up living almost-average American lives; however, The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that more than four-million citizen-children are forgotten in the discordant immigration debate, forcing these children to live under the constant threat of their family suddenly being deported, leaving parents to face the impossible decision: make their child an exile or an orphan. In Forgotten Citizens, Luis Zayas holds a mirror to a nation in crisis, providing invaluable perspectives for practitioners, decision makers, and those brave enough to look. Zayas draws on his as extensive work as a psychological evaluator to present the most complete picture yet of the mental health and lasting tTrade ReviewHonorable mention for the 2016 Society for Social Work and Research Book Award First runner-up for 2016 Hamilton Book Award given by University of Texas AustinTable of ContentsPreface ; Chapter One Keeping Silent ; Chapter Two Migrating for Life's Sake ; Chapter Three Immigration Wars ; Chapter Four The Lives of Citizen-Children ; Chapter Five Rules and Responsibility, Guilt and Shame ; Chapter Six Arrest and Detention, and the Aftermath ; Chapter Seven Fighting to Preserve a Life ; Chapter Eight Losing the Challenge ; Chapter Nine Exiles and the Limits of Citizenship ; Chapter Ten Human Loss and Becoming Deportation Orphans ; Chapter Eleven Our Common Future ; Appendix A Research Project: Exploring the Effects of Parental Deportation on U.S. Citizen Children ; Appendix B Cancellation of Removal Cases: Practical Information for Mental Health Clinicians (with Mollie Bradlee)

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Book SynopsisIn this book, theoretical, empirical, clinical, and social policy issues offer new insights into the problems facing parents of adopted children, and especially the children themselves.Trade ReviewBrodzinsky and Schechter's valuable collection of papers help provide a more reliable base to our understanding of adoption, and our interventions with adoptees and their families. It is good to have this in paperback. * Brian Minty, Psychological Medicine, Vol. 27, 1997 *Table of ContentsPART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ADOPTION ADJUSTMENT: David M. Brodzinsky: A stress and coping model of adoption adjustment; Remi J. Cadoret: Biologic perspectives of adoptee adjustment; Paul M. Brinich: Adoption from the inside out: a psychoanalytic perspective; Marshall E. Schechter & Doris Bertocci: The meaning of the search; PART II: RESEARCH ON ADOPTION: Michael Bohman & Soren Sigvardsson: Outcomes in adoption: lessons from longitudinal studies; John Triseliotis & Malcolm Hill: Contrasting adoption, foster care and residential rearing; Kenneth Kaye: Acknowledgment or rejection of differences?; Janet L. Hoo pes: Adoption and identity formation; Harold D. Grotevant & Ruth G. McRoy: Adopted adolescents in residential treatment: the role of the family; Arnold R. Silverman & William Feigelman: Adjustment in interracial adoptees: an overview; Trudy Festinger: Adoption disruption: rates and correlates; PART III: CLINICAL ISSUES IN ADOPTION: Ann Hartman & Joan Laird: Family treatment after adoption: common themes; Christina Lindstrom & Judith Schaffer: Solution-focused therapy with adoptive families; Wells Goodrich, Carol S. Fullerton, Brian T. Yates, & Linda Beth Berman: The residential treatment of severely disturbed adolescent adoptees; PART IV: SOCIAL POLICY AND CASEBOOK ISSUES IN ADOPTION: Elizabeth S. Cole & Kathryn S. Donley: History, values, and placement policy issues in adoption; Anne B. Brodzinsky: Surrendering an infant for adoption: the birthmother experience; Anne Baran & Reuben Pannor: Open adoption; Andre P. Derdeyn: Foster parent adoption: the legal framework; References; Author index; Subject index.

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Book SynopsisIn spite of society''s wish to protect and insulate children from death, the experience of loss is unavoidable and there is surprisingly little guidance on how to help children cope with grief and bereavement. Never Too Young to Know: Death in Children''s Lives is the first book to bring together diverse fields of study, offering a practical as well as multifaceted theoretical approach to how children cope with death. Using stories of children''s own experiences supported by data from a large research study, Silverman explains the wide range of effects of loss upon children and the challenges they face as they grieve. Silverman presents grief as a normal part of the life cycle which results not only in pain and sadness but also in change and growth. She further explains that children can and do cope effectively with loss and the changes it brings as long as they are taught to understand that death is a part of life and that they will be included appropriately in the family drama. NeverTrade Review"It will be of great value to those who work with children ... I am very glad to add it to my bookshelf"Bereavement CareTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I: MAKING MEANING OF DEATH & GRIEF ; Introduction ; 1. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives ; 2. Bereavement: A Time of Changing Relationships and Transition ; 3. Grieving and Psychological Development ; 4. Children in the Family Context ; Concluding Thoughts to Part I ; PART II: STORIES PEOPLE TELL ; Introduction ; 5. The Death of a Parent: Dealing with Bad News, My World Is Turned Upside Down ; 6. The Death of a Parent: Making an Accommodation ; 7. My Child is Dying ; 8. After a Child's Death: Nothing is the Same ; 9. When a Sibling Dies ; 10. Invisible Mourners: The Death of a Friend ; PART III: ON HELPING ; Introduction ; 11. Help Over Time: Meeting Changing Needs ; 12. Finding Help: Services for the Bereaved ; 13. Teachable Moments: Promoting Competence ; AFTERWORD ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; APPENDIX: RESOURCES FOR THE BEREAVED

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Book SynopsisMartin Davies is Professor Emeritus at the University of East Anglia, UK, where he was the founding Director of the Graduate Programme in Social Work. He is the author of seven books and more than a hundred scholarly papers. He is editor of The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work and The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, now in its third edition. His text, The Essential Social Worker, also in its third edition, was based on the UEA course on social work in society, which he taught for twenty years. His most recent authored text, Doing a Successful Research Project, has sold over 8,500 copies since publication in 2007.Trade Review'Where social work should be going.' - Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University, UK 'A thoughtful overview both for qualifying students and those with more expertise.' - Rachel Balen, Principal Lecturer in Social Work, University of Huddersfield, UK 'With its emphasis on the current, the critical and the creative, this book takes a fresh and often fascinating look at social work with children and families.' - Rona Woodward, Lecturer in Social Work, University of Stirling, UK '...the book is an easy, accessible read and will be an invaluable introductory text for social work students, as well as newly-qualified and more experienced practitioners.' - Professional Social WorkTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: SOCIAL WORK AND THE PROVISION OF FAMILY SUPPORT Introduction; N.Frost Family Support: Policies for Practice; K.Morris The Legal Foundations of Family Support Work; L.Jordan The Theoretical Foundations of Family Support Work; N.Frost & P.Dolan What Research Findings Tell Social Workers about Family Support; A.McLeod Family Support Work in Practice; J.McCormack PART II: SOCIAL WORK AND CHILD PROTECTION Introduction; J.Smeeton Social Policy and Child Protection: Using the Heart and the Head: M.Little; D.Jodrell & S.Karakurt Legal Perspectives on Social Work in Child Protection; C.Ball The Place that Theory Plays in Child Protection Social Work; S.Hackett The Challenging Nature of Research in Child Protection; H.Sneddon Child Protection Social Work in Practice; J.Smeeton PART III: SOCIAL WORK IN THE FIELD OF ADOPTION AND FOSTERING Introduction; C.Jones Adoption: From the Preservation of the Moral Order to the Needs of the Child; J.Simmonds Legal Perspectives on Social Work in Adoption and Fostering; C.Ball Two Theoretical Fields Relevant to the Practice of Social Work in Adoption and Fostering; C.Jones Milestones in Adoption and Fostering Research; G.Clapton Adoption and Fostering in Practice; S.Holland & C.Love PART IV: RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE Introduction; A.Kendrick Residential Child Care Policy; J.Stanley Residential Child Care: The Legal Foundations and Requirements; R.Sen Theory in Residential Child Care; M.Smith What Research Tells Us about Residential Child Care Practice; A.Kendrick Residential Child Care in Practice; J.Bolger & J.Millar Index.

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Book SynopsisList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Why Social Studies of Childhood?; J.Qvortrup, W.A.Corsaro & M-S.Honig PART I: CONCEPTS OF CHILDHOOD STUDIES Childhood as Structural Form; J.Qvortrup Agency; A.James Child Development and Development of Childhood; M.Woodhead How is the Child Constituted in Childhood Studies?; M-S.Honig Method and Methodology in Childhood Research; A.Lange & J.Mierendorff PART II: HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXTS OF CHILDHOOD The Evolution of Childhood in Western Europe c. 1400-1750; H.Hendrick Transitions to Modernity; J.Gillis Institutionalization as a Secular Trend; H.Zeiher Pluralization of Family Forms; A-M.Jensen PART III: GENERATIONAL RELATIONS Generational Order; L.Alanen Generational Relations at Family Level; B.Mayall Children, Generational Relations and Intergenerational Justice; T.Olk Collective Identities; H.Hengst PART IV: CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LIVES/THE LOCAL FRAMEWORK Children's Bodies; L.Fingerson Policies in Early ChildhTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010 'a very impressive collection that covers a breathtaking amount of ground" - Social Sciences Review 'The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies is...an excellent book...an indispensable working tool for (the next generation of) childhood researchers.' - Childhood 'a rich compendium of current research a journey through the highways and alleyways of a burgeoning area It is the kind of book I want handy as a reference for both teaching and research. An attractive anthology for use in a course on childhood at the advanced undergraduate or graduate levels, it provides multiple tools for navigating theoretical, methodological, and epistemological terrains of research in 'new' childhood studies.' - Sara Dorow, Canadian Journal of Sociology 'for everyone involved in child research this is a must' - Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association 'a very impressive collection that covers a breathtaking amount of ground' - Tom Cockburn, Sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur Rundschau 'The Handbook of Childhood Studies is an excellent resource: comprehensive in scope, interdisciplinary in content, well-chosen topics, with thoughtful essays by major figures in the field. It's a treasure!' -Barrie Thorne, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, USA; co-editor of Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research 'This collection of essays covers an enormous range of topics on children and childhood and both reviews and extends the thinking within these sub-fiields.The Handbook of Childhood Studies is brimming full of insights and will help to shape theoretical and empirical agendas for researchers within the ever-broadening field of childhood studies.' - Michael Wyness, Associate Professor in Childhood Studies, University of Warwick, UK 'The Handbook of Childhood Studies orchestrates the arrival, staying power, and significance of Childhood Studies as a field. With a proliferation of creative ideas, a provocative and thoughtful organization ... the Handbook is deliciously kaleidoscopic - turn one way for rigorous yet consistently fresh views on a broad array of topics that shape the social studies of childhood, turn again and it sparks all kinds of questions and themes for future research'. - Cindi Katz, Professor of Geography, Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA 'This is a very significant book which assembles the work of many of the leading interdisciplinary figures in the field of childhood studies. The contents are well organised and the arguments both coherent and compelling. It will be difficult for any future scholar in this area of research to sidestep this major contribution to our understanding' -Professor Chris Jenks, Vice Chancellor Brunel University, UKTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Why Social Studies of Childhood?; J.Qvortrup, W.A.Corsaro & M-S.Honig PART I: CONCEPTS OF CHILDHOOD STUDIES Childhood as Structural Form; J.Qvortrup Agency; A.James Child Development and Development of Childhood; M.Woodhead How is the Child Constituted in Childhood Studies?; M-S.Honig Method and Methodology in Childhood Research; A.Lange & J.Mierendorff PART II: HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXTS OF CHILDHOOD The Evolution of Childhood in Western Europe c. 1400-1750; H.Hendrick Transitions to Modernity; J.Gillis Institutionalization as a Secular Trend; H.Zeiher Pluralization of Family Forms; A-M.Jensen PART III: GENERATIONAL RELATIONS Generational Order; L.Alanen Generational Relations at Family Level; B.Mayall Children, Generational Relations and Intergenerational Justice; T.Olk Collective Identities; H.Hengst PART IV: CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LIVES/THE LOCAL FRAMEWORK Children's Bodies; L.Fingerson Policies in Early Childhood Education and Care: Potentialities for Agency, Play and Learning; G.Dahlberg Localities: A Holistic Frame of Reference for Appraising Social Justice in Children's Lives; J.McKendrick Children as Problems, Problems of Children; K.Rosier Childhood: Leisure, Culture, and Peers; I.Frønes PART V: CHILDREN'S PRACTICE - CHILDREN AS PARTICIPANTS From Child Labour to Working Children's Movement; O.Nieuwenhuys Peer Cultures; W.A.Corsaro Play and Games; A-C.Evaldsson Leisure Time and Cultural Activities; I.Frønes Children as Consumers; D.Cook Children and Television; D.Buckingham Children and Digital Media: Online, On Site, On the Go; K.Drotner PART VI: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND PLACE IN THE WORLD Children's Rights as Human Rights: Reading the UNCRC; M.Freeman Interests in and Responsibility for Children and their Life Worlds; D.Bühler-Niederberger & H.Sünker Transnational Mobilities and Childhoods; A.Bailey Closing the Gap between Rights and the Realities of Children's Lives; N.H.Kaufman & I.Rizzini Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Why Social Studies of Childhood?; J.Qvortrup, W.A.Corsaro & M-S.Honig PART I: CONCEPTS OF CHILDHOOD STUDIES Childhood as Structural Form; J.Qvortrup Agency; A.James Child Development and Development of Childhood; M.Woodhead How is the Child Constituted in Childhood Studies?; M-S.Honig Method and Methodology in Childhood Research; A.Lange & J.Mierendorff PART II: HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXTS OF CHILDHOOD The Evolution of Childhood in Western Europe c. 1400-1750; H.Hendrick Transitions to Modernity; J.Gillis Institutionalization as a Secular Trend; H.Zeiher Pluralization of Family Forms; A-M.Jensen PART III: GENERATIONAL RELATIONS Generational Order; L.Alanen Generational Relations at Family Level; B.Mayall Children, Generational Relations and Intergenerational Justice; T.Olk Collective Identities; H.Hengst PART IV: CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LIVES/THE LOCAL FRAMEWORK Children's Bodies; L.Fingerson Policies in Early ChildhTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010 'a very impressive collection that covers a breathtaking amount of ground" - Social Sciences Review 'The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies is...an excellent book...an indispensable working tool for (the next generation of) childhood researchers.' - Childhood 'a rich compendium of current research a journey through the highways and alleyways of a burgeoning area It is the kind of book I want handy as a reference for both teaching and research. An attractive anthology for use in a course on childhood at the advanced undergraduate or graduate levels, it provides multiple tools for navigating theoretical, methodological, and epistemological terrains of research in 'new' childhood studies.' - Sara Dorow, Canadian Journal of Sociology 'for everyone involved in child research this is a must' - Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association 'a very impressive collection that covers a breathtaking amount of ground' - Tom Cockburn, Sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur Rundschau 'The Handbook of Childhood Studies is an excellent resource: comprehensive in scope, interdisciplinary in content, well-chosen topics, with thoughtful essays by major figures in the field. It's a treasure!' -Barrie Thorne, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, USA; co-editor of Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research 'This collection of essays covers an enormous range of topics on children and childhood and both reviews and extends the thinking within these sub-fiields.The Handbook of Childhood Studies is brimming full of insights and will help to shape theoretical and empirical agendas for researchers within the ever-broadening field of childhood studies.' - Michael Wyness, Associate Professor in Childhood Studies, University of Warwick, UK 'The Handbook of Childhood Studies orchestrates the arrival, staying power, and significance of Childhood Studies as a field. With a proliferation of creative ideas, a provocative and thoughtful organization ... the Handbook is deliciously kaleidoscopic - turn one way for rigorous yet consistently fresh views on a broad array of topics that shape the social studies of childhood, turn again and it sparks all kinds of questions and themes for future research'. - Cindi Katz, Professor of Geography, Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA 'This is a very significant book which assembles the work of many of the leading interdisciplinary figures in the field of childhood studies. The contents are well organised and the arguments both coherent and compelling. It will be difficult for any future scholar in this area of research to sidestep this major contribution to our understanding' -Professor Chris Jenks, Vice Chancellor Brunel University, UKTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Why Social Studies of Childhood?; J.Qvortrup, W.A.Corsaro & M-S.Honig PART I: CONCEPTS OF CHILDHOOD STUDIES Childhood as Structural Form; J.Qvortrup Agency; A.James Child Development and Development of Childhood; M.Woodhead How is the Child Constituted in Childhood Studies?; M-S.Honig Method and Methodology in Childhood Research; A.Lange & J.Mierendorff PART II: HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXTS OF CHILDHOOD The Evolution of Childhood in Western Europe c. 1400-1750; H.Hendrick Transitions to Modernity; J.Gillis Institutionalization as a Secular Trend; H.Zeiher Pluralization of Family Forms; A-M.Jensen PART III: GENERATIONAL RELATIONS Generational Order; L.Alanen Generational Relations at Family Level; B.Mayall Children, Generational Relations and Intergenerational Justice; T.Olk Collective Identities; H.Hengst PART IV: CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY LIVES/THE LOCAL FRAMEWORK Children's Bodies; L.Fingerson Policies in Early Childhood Education and Care: Potentialities for Agency, Play and Learning; G.Dahlberg Localities: A Holistic Frame of Reference for Appraising Social Justice in Children's Lives; J.McKendrick Children as Problems, Problems of Children; K.Rosier Childhood: Leisure, Culture, and Peers; I.Frønes PART V: CHILDREN'S PRACTICE - CHILDREN AS PARTICIPANTS From Child Labour to Working Children's Movement; O.Nieuwenhuys Peer Cultures; W.A.Corsaro Play and Games; A-C.Evaldsson Leisure Time and Cultural Activities; I.Frønes Children as Consumers; D.Cook Children and Television; D.Buckingham Children and Digital Media: Online, On Site, On the Go; K.Drotner PART VI: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND PLACE IN THE WORLD Children's Rights as Human Rights: Reading the UNCRC; M.Freeman Interests in and Responsibility for Children and their Life Worlds; D.Bühler-Niederberger & H.Sünker Transnational Mobilities and Childhoods; A.Bailey Closing the Gap between Rights and the Realities of Children's Lives; N.H.Kaufman & I.Rizzini Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisJennifer Kozek is a therapist who practices in Connecticut, and is also the mother of a son with Autism Spectrum disorders. After treating Evan bio-medically, along with other healing practices, Jennifer witnessed the kind of improvements that every parent of a similarly diagnosed child dreams of: Evan no longer grunts and screams, throws toys, hits others, or has mood swings. He no longer throws himself into fits of uncontrollable rage, listens to his teachers and responds appropriately. He copes better with changes in routine & makes eye contact more often. He no longer enters into a trance-like state and the list goes on. Evan is now a happy, well-adjusted, 7-year-old. It is the author's mission to reach the millions of parents who struggle to find healthier and more natural ways to treat their children's nuanced disorders. Healing without Hurting, includes a full menu of natural treatment options, including: A real world success story. Specific points highlighted in boxes. Tips

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Book SynopsisThis collection offers first-hand accounts, research studies and in-depth theoretical explorations of disabled children's childhoods. The accounts oppose the global imposition of problematic views of disability and childhood and instead, offer an open discussion of responsive and ethical research approaches.Trade Review"This powerful book should be essential reading not just for students and researchers ... For professionals who work with disabled children and their families, reading Disabled Children's Childhood Studies may illustrate how a shift in their understandings of, and attitude towards, childhood and disability brings huge changes in children's lives." - Disability & Society "The book is a welcome contribution to disabled children's childhood studies because it is well written and provides insightful views, authentic voices and critical analyses of current theories." - Childhood 'This innovative and challenging book aims to reconstruct the central narrative of disabled children's childhoods. It moves thinking outside of the developmental paradigm and away from a focus on health or service-related models, presenting challenges to the ableist hegemony. In doing so, Disabled Children's Childhood Studies reinstates disabled children as children first.' -Child Care in Practice "The book contains chapters written by a diverse range of authors with varied experiences. Authors include disabled children and their families, educators, and researchers from countries in both the global North and South. Having such a diverse group of authors encourages knowledge sharing and dialogue on more equitable terms, as the book is not dominated by one voice from a particular demographic, be that related to geography, age, or ability. The diversity of voices also makes for an engaging read, and the personal accounts help to concretely contextualize the ideas presented theoretically." - The Canadian Journal of Occupational TherapyTable of ContentsPART I: VOICES FOR CREATIVE THEORY, POLICY AND PRACTICE 1. My Story; Stevie, Cath, Colin and Billie Tyrie 2. My Sister Stevie; Billie Tyrie 3. Simply Children; Frejya Haraldsdóttir 4. Thinking Outside Y/our Problem Box: Transitions?; Jo Skitteral 5. Mug or a Teacup and Saucer?; Linda Derbyshire PART II: CONTEMPORARY INQUIRIES 6. Doing Real World Research with Disabled Children: Issues and Challenges; David Abbott 7. Remembering School in Different Historical Worlds: Changing Patterns of Education in the Lives of Disabled Children and Young People; Sonali Shah 8. Disability and Childhood in Spaces of Poverty: Critical Perspectives on Guatemala; Shaun Grech 9. 'Wearing it all with a smile': Psycho-emotional Disablism in the Lives of Parents of Disabled Children; Katherine Runswick-Cole PART III: CONTEMPORARY THEORIES 10. Disabled Children's Childhood Studies: Alternative Relations and Forms of Authority; Tillie Curran 11. 'The Spectre of the Norm': Historicising the Notion of the 'Normal Child'; Harriet Cooper 12. Considerations for an African Childhood Disability Studies; Tsitsi Chataika and Judy Mckenzie 13. The Disavowal of Uncanny Disabled Children: Why Non-Disabled People are so Messed Up Around Childhood Disability; Dan Goodley and Rebecca Lawthom 14. Researching Youth in Neoliberal Times: the Importance of Including Disability; Jenny Slater 15. Concluding thoughts; Katherine Runswick-Cole and Tillie Curran

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Book SynopsisCaroline Ball, Barrister, taught child law and criminal justice at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her books include Law for Social Workers and Young Offenders: Law Policy and Practice.Trade Review'This user-friendly book provides a clear and comprehensive overview which will be of assistance to students and to practitioners alike.'- HHJ Sally Dowding, Wolverhampton Combined Court Centre, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Overview of Legislation, Guidance and Key Research 2. Accommodation Under Section 20 3. Other Routes to 'Looked After' Status 4. Local Authorities' Responsibilities Towards Looked After Children 5. The Voice of the Looked After Child and the Role of the Family 6. The Acommodation of Looked After Children 7. Reviews 8. Looked After Children's Transition to Adulthood Useful Website Glossary Bibliography Index.

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Book SynopsisWhy have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making? This book provides in-depth answers to these features drawing on a wide range of sources from sociology, history, anthropology and psychology, covering developments in both Europe and North America.Trade Review“This book gives an account of western parenting culture in the 21st century and its historical development. … The authors aim to highlight parental determinism as a key issue of modern parenting culture which has provided a catalyst for transforming the everyday mundanities of parenting into issues of concern for the structures and institutions of western society. In these endeavours the authors, undoubtedly, succeed and, in doing so, provide an accessible yet scholarly read.” (Victoria Earley, Sociology, Vol. 50 (3), June, 2016)“This text would be useful for those new to parenting studies as it provides a clear and accessible overview of the field. The bullet pointed chapter summaries at the end of each chapter and the beginning of each essay makes the book a useful educational resource … . the detailed analysis and stimulating arguments in relation to specific areas of contemporary parenting culture makes the text worthwhile reading for those already knowledgeable of the existing literature.” (Michelle Webster, The Sociological Review, Vol. 63 (1), May, 2015)Table of ContentsIntroduction; Ellie Lee PART I: PARENTING CULTURE 1. Intensive Parenting and the Expansion of Parenting; Charlotte Faircloth 2. Experts and Parenting Culture; Ellie Lee 3. The Politics of Parenting; Jan Macvarish 4. Who Cares for Children? The Problem of Intergenerational Contact; Jennie Bristow PART II: ESSAYS ON PARENTAL DETERMINISM 1. Policing Pregnancy: The Pregnant Woman who Drinks; Ellie Lee 2. The Problem of 'Attachment': The 'Detached' Parent; Charlotte Faircloth 3. Babies' Brains and Parenting Policy: The 'Insensitive' Mother; Jan Macvarish 4. Intensive Fatherhood? The (Un)involved Dad; Charlotte Faircloth 5. The Double Bind of Parenting Culture: Helicopter Parents and Cotton Wool Kids; Jennie Bristow Conclusion; Ellie Lee

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Book SynopsisPacked full of images, case studies, reflection points, this accessibly written textbook is designed to introduce undergraduate students on social science courses to the science behind the brain.Trade Review“Developmental neuroscience is an exciting area of research that is increasing in importance. This text is a good, accessible, introduction to this field including what neuroscience can add to our understanding of key development throughout childhood.” Dawn Watling, Royal Holloway, University of London"The editors stress some deficits in information and common misconceptions about the brain...helpful aspects of the volume include the use of boldface for terminology, a good glossary, and section summaries." Choice“A highly accessible introduction to developmental neuroscience. Abbott and Burkitt explain complex issues with clarity and elegance, and their engaging text is a pleasure to read. An exemplary book.” Martyn Barrett, University of SurreyTable of ContentsIntroduction; Beginnings and Basics; Developing Visual Perception; The Development of Thinking; Emotional Development; Language Development; The Learning Brain; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; The Future.

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Book SynopsisThe 1990s has witnessed a resurgence of interest and concern in the issue of domestic violence. While women are predominantly targets of this violence, there is now a recognition that children are also significantly affected by violence towards their mothers. This report explores the problems and opportunities presented for child protection workers responding to child abuse that occurred in the context of violence towards the child(ren)'s mother. This particular aspect of domestic violence intervention is frequently overlooked as issues such as policing, child contact, interagency working and offender programmes have gained precedence in the development of intervention strategies. The responses of social services departments to child abuse arising in the context of domestic violence remain some of the most contentious and controversial in this area. This report: gives a detailed account of social work practice in the area of domestic violence, using many case examples which illustrate the barriers to effective intervention; looks in particular at the needs of Asian families in the context of domestic violence and child abuse; recognises the difficulties of developing sensitive child welfare practice in an area where there has been a traditional separation of services for women and services for children; provides good practice examples for overcoming the traditional difficulties in this area. This report is important reading for practitioners, policy makers and managers in social services, and their equivalents in a range of other agencies involved in child protection. It is also valuable reading for social work academics and students interested in the area of domestic violence.Trade Review"Great interest to anyone working in the child protection field, especially child and family social workers and other child protection specialists." Julia Pearmain, Adoption & Fostering"This report is of major importance in what it can tell us about the detail of child protection practice as it relates to domestic violence. Practitioners and policy makers will find crucial lessons here, from both good and bad practice, about challenging men to take responsibility for their own abusive behaviour and about addressing safety issues for women and children." Audrey MullenderTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Setting the context: domestic violence and child abuse; Issues of physical health: the domination of 'the atrocity story'; Falling off the agenda: minimisation and avoidance of domestic violence; Adult mental health issues: shifting or ignoring the problem; Alcohol abuse: a brewing problem in domestic violence; Focusing on offending: 'challenging the invisible man'; Key forums: child protection conferences and core reviews; Raising the stakes: violence against workers; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisGalardonado con el símbolo de excelencia de la revista Exceptional Parent magazine para padres excepcionalesSeleccionado como uno de los 10 mejores libros de la revista sobre crianza de niños con discapacidades "Brain Child" Seleccionado como uno de los 19 libros que los bibliotecarios dicen que cambió sus vidas.Destacado en la revista "Oprah" como uno de los libros que marcó la diferencia con Rachel GriffithsLa edición revisada del innovador libro de 1998 que introdujo el Trastorno del procesamiento sensorial (SPD) a padres, maestros y otros no especialistas. SPD es un problema común y frecuentemente diagnosticado erróneamente en el cual el sistema nervioso central malinterpreta los mensajes de los sentidos. Esta nueva edición presenta información adicional sobre déficits visuales y auditivos, dificultades de habilidades motoras, TDAH, autismo, síndrome de Asperger y otros trastornos relacionados. This is the Spanish edition of the innovative and bestselling book, The Out-of-Synch Child, that introduced the Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) to parents, Teachers and other non-specialists. SPD is a common and frequently misdiagnosed problem in which the central nervous system misinterprets the messages of the senses. This new edition presents additional information on visual and auditory deficits, motor skills difficulties, ADHD, autism, Asperger syndrome and other related disorders.Table of Contents El Nino Desincronizado LIrefacio LIrólogo Reconocimientos Introducción Cómo Utilizar Este Libro LIARTE I: RECONOCIENDO EL TRASTORNO DELIROCESAMIENTO SENSORIAL 1: ¿Tiene Su Niño un Trastorno de LIrocesamiento Sensorial? Cuatro Niños Desincronizados en Casa y en la Escuela Trastorno del LIrocesamiento Sensorial una: Breve Definición Cómo el LIrocesamiento Sensorial Ineficiente Lleva a Alirender Ineficientemente Síntomas Comunes del TLIS Lo Que No Es TLIS: Síntomas "LIarecidos" LIroblemas Asociados LIosibles Causas Del TLIS ¿Quién Tiene Trastorno De LIrocesamiento Sensorial Acaso ¿No Todos LIresentamos Algunos LIroblemas De LIrocesamiento Sensorial? Ejemlilo Del Cuestionario De Historial Sensorio-Motriz La Eslieranza Está A La Mano 2: Entendiendo el LIrocesamiento Sensorial—y Lo Que LIuede Salir Mal Los Sentidos ¿Qué Es el LIrocesamiento Sensorial? El Tíliico Desarrollo Del LIrocesamiento Sensorial De Los Bebés Y Los Niños Entonces, ¿Qué Es El Trastorno De LIrocesamiento Sensorial? Seis Advertencias Imliortantes 3: Cómo Saber Si Su Niño Tiene LIroblemas con el Sentido del Tacto Tres Alumnos del Jardín De Niños El Buen Funcionamiento del Sentido del Tacto El Sentido del Tacto Desincronizado Cómo El Sentido Táctil Afecta Las Destrezas Cotidianas Características De La Disfunción Táctil 4: Cómo Saber Si Su Niño Tiene un LIroblema con el Sentido Vestibular Dos Alumnos De LIrimer Año En El LIarque De Diversiones El Buen Funcionamiento del Sentido Vestibular El Sentido Vestibular Desincronizado Cómo El Sentido Vestibular Afecta Las Destrezas Cotidianas Características De La Disfunción Vestibular 5: Cómo Saber Si Su Niño Tiene un LIroblema con el Sentido LIroliiocelitivo Un Niño De Nueve Años En La LIicina El Buen Funcionamiento Del Sentido LIroliiocelitivo El Sentido LIroliiocelitivo Desincronizado Cómo Afecta El Sentido LIroliiocelitivo Las Destrezas Cotidianas Características De Disfunción LIroliiocelitiva 6: Cómo Saber Si Su Niño Tiene un LIroblema con el Sentido Visual Dos Niños De Sélitimo Año En La Escuela El Buen Funcionamiento Del Sentido Visual Sentido Visual Desincronizado Características De La Disfunción Visual 7: Cómo Saber Si Su Niño Tiene un LIroblema con el Sentido Auditivo Un Niño De Tercer Año En Las Clase De Música El Buen Funcionamiento Del Sentido Auditivo El Sentido Auditivo Desincronizado Características Del Trastorno Auditivo LIARTE II: LIDIANDO CON EL TRASTORNODELIROCESAMIENTO SENSORIAL 8: Diagnóstico Y Tratamiento La Búsqueda De Reliuestas De Los LIadres Reconociendo Cuando Su Niño Necesita Ayuda LIrofesional Documentando La Conducta De Su Niño Diagnosticando el LIroblema Diferentes Teraliias, Diferentes Enfoques Reuniendo Al Teralieuta Y Al Niño Manteniendo El Récord 9: Su Niño En Casa La Revelación De Un LIadre Un Estilo De Vida Sensorial LIromoviendo El LIrocesamiento Sensorial Saludable En Casa 10: Su Niño En La Escuela ¡Qué Gran Diferencia Hace La Comunicación! Si Tan Sólo La Escuela Fuera Como Casa Decidir A Quién Decirle Una Buena Escuela Comliatible Con El Niño Fomentando El Éxito De Su Niño En La Escuela 11: Lidiando Con Las Emociones De Su Niño Una Mañana Tíliicamente Esliantosa Consejos De Otros Exliertos Qué Hacer Y No Hacer LIara Hacerle Frente A LasSituaciones 12: Viendo A Su Niño Desde Una Nueva LIersliectiva Eliifanía De Un LIadres Emliezando A Comlirender Las LIalabras De Aliento De Un LIadre Aliéndice A: La Máquina De LIrocesamiento Sensorial El Sistema Nervioso Sincronizado Tres Comlionentes Del Sistema Nervioso Central Cuatro LIartes Del Cerebro Que Se Usan En El LIrocesamiento Sensorial Se El LIrocesamiento de la Máquina Sensorial: Resumen Aliéndice B: Los Cuatros Niveles De Integración Sensorial De La Dra. Ayres Nivel Uno (Los Sistema Sensoriales LIrimarios) Nivel Dos (Destrezas Sensoriomotriz) Nivel Tres (Habilidades LIercelituales-Motrices) Nivel Cuatro (LIreliaración Académica) Glosario Recursos Seleccionados Bibliografía Selecta Indice Acerca Del Autor Sensorial The Synchronized Child LIreface Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction How to Use This Book LIART I: RECOGNIZING THE DISORDER OFSENSORY LIROCESSING 1: Does your child have a sensory lirocessing disorder? Four children out of sync at home and at school Sensory LIrocessing Disorder One: Brief Definition How Inefficient Sensory LIrocessing Leads to Learn Inefficiently Common Symlitoms of TLIS What is not TLIS: "Similar" Symlitoms Associated LIroblems LIossible Causes of TLIS Who Has Sensory LIrocessing Disorder Do not we all liresent some liroblems of Sensory LIrocessing? Examlile of the Sensory-Motor History Questionnaire Holie is at hand 2: Understanding Sensory LIrocessing — and What Can Go Wrong The Senses What is Sensory LIrocessing? The Tyliical Develoliment of Sensory LIrocessing of the Babies And Children So, What is LIrocessing Disorder Sensory? Six Imliortant Warnings 3: How to Know If Your Child Has LIroblems with the Sense of Touch Three LIuliils of the Kindergarten The Good Function of the Touch Sense The Sense of Synchronized Touch How Touch Sense Affects Daily Skills Characteristics of Tactile Dysfunction 4: How to Know If Your Child Has a LIroblem with the Sense Vestibular Two Freshmen At The Amusement LIark The Good LIerformance of the Vestibular Sense The Synchronized Vestibular Sense How Vestibular Sense Affects Daily Skills Characteristics of Vestibular Dysfunction 5: How to Know If Your Child Has a LIroblem with the Sense LIroliriocelitive A Nine Year Old Boy At La LIicina The Good Functioning of the LIroliriocelitive Sense The Synchronized LIroliriocelitive Sense How LIroliriocelitive Sense Affects Skills Everyday Characteristics of LIroliriocelitive Dysfunction 6: How to Know If Your Child Has a LIroblem with the Sense Visual Two Seventh-year-old Children At School The Good LIerformance of the Visual Sense Synchronized Visual Sense Characteristics of Visual Dysfunction 7: How to Know If Your Child Has a LIroblem with the Sense Auditory A Third Year Child In Music Classes The Good LIerformance of the Hearing Sense The Synchronized Auditory Sense Characteristics of the Hearing Disorder LIART II: DEALING WITH THE DISORDERSENSORY DELIROCESSING 8: Diagnosis And Treatment The Search for LIarental Reslionses Recognizing When Your Child Needs LIrofessional Helli Documenting Your Child's Behavior Diagnosing the LIroblem Different Theraliies, Different Aliliroaches Gathering Theraliist And The Child Keeliing The Record 9: Your Child At Home A Father's Revelation A Sensory Lifestyle LIromoting Healthy Sensory LIrocessing At Home 10: Your Child In School What a Big Difference Communication Makes! If Only The School Was Like Home Decide Who to Tell A Good School Comliatible With The Child LIromoting Your Child's Success At School 11: Coliing With Your Child's Emotions A Tyliically Frightening Morning Tilis From Other Exlierts What to do and not do to deal withSituations 12: Seeing Your Child From A New LIersliective Eliilihany Of A LIarents Beginning to Understand A Father's Words of Encouragement Aliliendix A: The Sensory LIrocessing Machine The Synchronized Nervous System Three Comlionents of the Central Nervous System Four LIarts of the Brain That Are Used In The Sensory LIrocessing Be The LIrocessing of the Sensory Machine: Summary Aliliendix B: The Four Levels of Sensory Integration of Dr. Ayres Level One (The LIrimary Sensory Systems) Level Two (Sensorimotor Skills) Level Three (LIercelitual-Motor Skills) Level Four (Academic LIreliaration) Glossary Selected Resources Selected Bibliogralihy Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisPreparing Kids for the Real World and Their Best SelvesThe greatest gifts we can give a child are those that help them grow into their best self. Parents and professionals alike strive to guide youngsters in developing a sense of self-worth and functioning in line with their highest capabilities. No matter what specific challenges a child may face, success is reaching the level of independence and engagement in the world they are realistically capable of achieving.Since the 1st edition of our book, the prevalence rate of children diagnosed as autistic has continued to rise. Greater numbers of kids are transitioning into adulthood with a spectrum label than ever before. Researchers around the world churn out studies, many aimed at learning more about the factors that help autistic children learn and gain skills. Community awareness of autism has risen, and companies and colleges are taking notice.Table of Contents FOREWORD INTRODUCTION A NOTE ABOUT TERMINOLOGY Part I: THE PATH TO SUCCESS STARTS HERE: RESTORING HOPE Chapter 1: Real Stories, Real Successes: 8 Inspiring Profiles Chapter 2 The Three Necessary Components of Your Child’s Success Chapter 3: How to Break Your Child’s Bad Habits - A Necessary Step So Your Child Keeps Moving Forward Part II: STRETCHING YOUR CHILD Chapter 4: Stretching Your Child Just Outside Their Comfort Zone Chapter 5: What to Do When Your Kid Doesn't Seem to Care or Is Chronically Anxious Chapter 6: DANGER AHEAD: Compulsive Gaming and Media Recluses PART III: PREPARING YOUR CHILD FOR ADULTHOOD Chapter 7: Teaching Vital Life Skills Needed for Success FINAL THOUGHTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides an overview of the ever-growing phenomenon of children in shared physical custody thereby providing legal, psychological, family sociological and demographical insights. It describes how, despite the long evolution of broken families, only the last decade has seen a radical shift in custody arrangements for children in divorced families and the gender revolution in parenting which is taking place. The chapters have a national or cross-national perspective and address topics like prevalence and types of shared physical custody, legal frames regulating custody arrangements, stability and changes in arrangements across the life course of children, socio‐economic, psychological, social well-being of various family members involved in different custody arrangements. With the book being an interdisciplinary collaboration, it is interesting read for social scientists in demography, sociology, psychology, law and policy makers with an interest family studies and custody arrangements.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Advances in research on Shared Physical Custodyby interdisciplinary approaches.- Part I: Interdisciplinary overviews.- Chapter 2. Alternating homes – a new family form - The family sociology perspective.- Chapter 3. Psychological Perspectives on Joint Physical Custody.- Chapter 4. A European Model for Harmonizing the Law on Parental Responsibilities.- PART II: Parents and JPC.- Chapter 5. Are “Part-Time Parents” Healthier Parents? Correlates of Shared Physical Custody in Switzerland.- Chapter 6. Linkages Between Children's Living Arrangements After Divorce and the Quality of the Father-Child Relationship; Father involvement as important underlying mechanism.- Chapter 7. Who cares? An event history analysis of co-parenthood dynamics in Belgium.- PART III: Children and JPC.- Chapter 8. The SOHI: Operationalizing a new model for studying teenagers’ sense of home in post-divorce families.- Chapter 9. The Socioeconomic Gradient of Shared Physical Custody in two Welfare States: comparison between Spain and Sweden.- Chapter 10. Shared parenting after divorce and child outcomes.- PART IV: Dynamic view on JPC.- Chapter 11. The Different Ways of Implementing Shared Physical Custody in the French Context.- Chapter 12. Coparenting interventions and shared physical custody: Insights and challenges.- PATR V: Legal frameworks of Child Support.- Chapter 13. Shared Physical Custody After Parental Separation: Evidence from Germany.- Chapter 14. Shared physical custody and child maintenance arrange-ments: A comparative analysis of 13 countries using a model family approach.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book presents a discussion on human rights-based attributes for each article pertinent to the substantive rights of children, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It provides the reader with a unique and clear overview of the scope and core content of the articles, together with an analysis of the latest jurisprudence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. For each article of the UNCRC, the authors explore the nature and scope of corresponding State obligations, and identify the main features that need to be taken into consideration when assessing a State’s progressive implementation of the UNCRC. This analysis considers which aspects of a given right are most important to track, in order to monitor States' implementation of any given right, and whether there is any resultant change in the lives of children. This approach transforms the narrative of legal international standards concerning a given right into a set of characteristics that ensure no aspect of said right is overlooked. The book develops a clear and comprehensive understanding of the UNCRC that can be used as an introduction to the rights and principles it contains, and to identify directions for future policy and strategy development in compliance with the UNCRC. As such, it offers an invaluable reference guide for researchers and students in the field of childhood and children’s rights studies, as well as a wide range of professionals and organisations concerned with the subject.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Part I: General Principles Chapter 2: Article 2 - The right to non-discriminationChapter 3: Article 3 - The best interest of the childChapter 4: Article 6 - The rights to life, survival, and developmentChapter 5: Article 12 - The right to be heardPart 2: Civil and Political RightsChapter 6: Article 7 - The right to a name, nationality, and to know and be cared for by parentsChapter 7: Article 8 - The right to preservation of identityChapter 8: Article 13 - The right to freedom of expressionChapter 9: Article 14 - The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religionChapter 10: Article 15 - The right to freedom of association and assemblyChapter 11: Article 16 - The right to protection of privacyChapter 12: Article 17 - The right to access to diverse sources of informationPart 3: Family Environment and Alternative Care RightsChapter 13: Article 5 - The right to parental guidance consistent with the evolving capacity of the childChapter 14: Article 9 - The right not to be separated from parentsChapter 15: Article 10 - The right to family reunificationChapter 16: Article 11 - The right to protection from illicit transfer and non-return of children abroadChapter 17: Article 18 - Rights concerning parental responsibilityChapter 18: Article 20 - Rights concerning children deprived of their family environmentChapter 19: Article 21 - AdoptionChapter 20: Article 25 - The right to periodic review of treatment and all other circumstances of placementPart 4: Disability, Health, and Welfare RightsChapter 21: Article 23 - The rights of children with disabilitiesChapter 22: Article 24 - The right to healthChapter 23: Article 26 - The right to benefit from social securityChapter 24: Article 27 - The right to a standard of living adequate for physical, mental, spiritual, moral, and social developmentChapter 25: Article 33 - The right to protection from illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substancesPart 5: Education, Leisure, and Cultural Activities RightsChapter 26: Article 28 - The right to educationChapter 27: Article 29 - The aims of educationChapter 28: Article 30 - Cultural, religious, and linguistic rights of minority or indigenous childrenChapter 29: Article 31 - The rights to rest, play, recreation, and cultural and artistic activitiesPart 6: Protection Measures from ViolenceChapter 30: Article 19 - The right to protection from all forms of violenceChapter 31: Article 37 - Prohibition of torture, capital punishment, and arbitrary deprivation of libertyChapter 32: Article 39 - The right to physical and psychological recovery of child victimsPart 7: Protection Measures from ExploitationChapter 33: Article 32 - The right to protection from economic exploitation and hazardous activitiesChapter 34: Article 34 - The right to protection from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuseChapter 35: Article 36 - The right to protection from other forms of exploitationPart 8: Protection Measures for Children in Vulnerable SituationsChapter 36: Article 22 - The right to protection for refugee and asylum-seeking childrenChapter 37: Article 35 - Prevention of abduction, sale, and traffickingChapter 38: Article 38 - The right to protection from armed conflictChapter 39: Article 40 - The rights in the juvenile justice settingPart 9: General Measures of ImplementationChapter 40: Article 1 - Definition of a child Chapter 41: Article 4 - States Parties’ obligationsChapter 42: Articles 42 and 44(6) - Making the Convention and States Parties’ compliance widely known

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