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Book SynopsisIn late March 1975, as the Vietnam War raged, an Australian voluntary aid worker named Rosemary Taylor approached the Australian Embassy seeking assistance to fly 600 orphans out of Saigon to safety. Rosemary and Margaret Moses, two former nuns from Adelaide, had spent eight years in Vietnam during the war, building up a complex of nurseries to house war orphans and street waifs as the organisation that built up around them facilitated international adoptions for the children. As the North Vietnamese forces closed in on their nurseries, they needed a plan to evacuate the children, or all their work might count for little ... Based on extensive archival and historical research, and interviews of some of those directly involved in the events described, Operation Babylift details the last month of the Vietnam War from the perspective of the most vulnerable victims of that war: the orphans it created. Through the story of the attempt to save 600 children, we see h

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Book SynopsisExperiences of living with AIDSTrade Review'This brave and moving book forces us to open our eyes to the full extent of the devastation that AIDS is causing in Africa' -- Susan Sarandon'An important and timely book on a devastating crisis' -- Fergal KeaneTable of ContentsPreface to First edition Preface to New Edition Introduction Section I: Families 1. Mbuya's Story A Grandmother's Story, Lusaka, Zambia 2. Extending Families An Aunt's Story, Kampala, Uganda 3. Strangers Step In The Tale of Two Foster Parents, South Africa Section II: Projects 4. Childcare by Committee A Social Worker's Story, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 5. Hope in the Hills 'Cluster Fostering' in Rorual KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 6. Institutionalised An Orphanage in Cape Town, South Africa 7. A Hundred Dollars for a Bull A Social Worker's Story, Luweero District, Uganda Section III: International Involvement 8. Foreign Aid or Interference? United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Lusaka, Zambia Section IV: Children Alone 9. A Mother to her Brothers A Child-headed household's story, Johannesburg, South Africa 10. Falling through the Net A Street Child's Story, Lusaka, Zambia Conclusion Notes List of organisations Index

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Book SynopsisHow consumerist values are forced upon children through education and medicationTrade Review'Beder's analysis is comprehensive, steely and clinical' -- Harold Pinter'Outstanding ... This is such an important book that I would put it on every school curriculum' -- John Pilger'A chilling assessment of modern commercial culture and how it distorts childhood, corrupts civic institutions, and endangers the planet' -- Alex Molnar is Professor of Education Policy and Director of the Commercialism in Education Research Unit at Arizona State University. He is the author of Giving Kids the Business and School Commercialism: From Democratic Ideal To Market CommodityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Turning Children into Consumers 2. Turning Play into Business 3. Branding Childish Identities 4. Teaching Consumer Values 5. Turning Schools into Businesses 6. Making Schools Accountable 7. Business Campaigns 8. Made to Order 9. Dumbing Down Future Citizens 10. Teaching Corporate Values 11. Privatising Schools 12. Turning Schools into Markets 13. Privatisation Proponents 14. Controlling Wayward Children Conclusion Notes

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Book SynopsisHow consumerist values are forced upon children through education and medicationTrade Review'Beder's analysis is comprehensive, steely and clinical' -- Harold Pinter'Outstanding ... This is such an important book that I would put it on every school curriculum' -- John Pilger'A chilling assessment of modern commercial culture and how it distorts childhood, corrupts civic institutions, and endangers the planet' -- Alex Molnar is Professor of Education Policy and Director of the Commercialism in Education Research Unit at Arizona State University. He is the author of Giving Kids the Business and School Commercialism: From Democratic Ideal To Market CommodityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Turning Children into Consumers 2. Turning Play into Business 3. Branding Childish Identities 4. Teaching Consumer Values 5. Turning Schools into Businesses 6. Making Schools Accountable 7. Business Campaigns 8. Made to Order 9. Dumbing Down Future Citizens 10. Teaching Corporate Values 11. Privatising Schools 12. Turning Schools into Markets 13. Privatisation Proponents 14. Controlling Wayward Children Conclusion Notes

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Book SynopsisFamily Support introduces and explores the state of the art in preventative social work with children and young people. Drawing on contemporary thinking and research, the book aims to make a contribution to current debates about how we can best support families in need.Underpinning the book is an analysis of how family support is changing, having moved from prevention' through to contemporary debates about family support', early intervention' and early help'. The authors draw on their own practice experiences to ensure the discussion remains highly relevant to everyday realities.The book consists of three parts: Part I examines the history and context of family support; Part II outlines a number of practice approaches to family support; and Part III suggests how family support work can be further developed. The book provides think points' and case studies to support the reader in reflecting on the material presented and how this can be best applied, as weTrade Review"The authors offer a highly accessible account of the key features of family support and a very timely reminder of its importance to families and those working with them. Excellent and highly recommended."Brigid Featherstone, The Open University"For all professionals with an interest in best practice, this book delivers in terms of ‘understanding and doing’ Family Support in the real world. The reader is brought from policy contexts to direct work practices in a most informative fashion and with ease."Pat Dolan, National University of IrelandTable of ContentsIntroductionPART ONE: Understanding Family SupportChapter One. The Historical, Social and Political Context of Family SupportChapter Two. The Contemporary Policy Context of Family Support: Conceptualizing Family SupportChapter Three. Researching Family Support: Process and OutcomesPART TWO: Delivering Family SupportChapter Four. Community-Based Projects: The Universal Provision of Family SupportChapter Five. Home Visiting: A Key Process in Providing Family Support Chapter Six. Parenting Education: A Universal or Targeted Service?Chapter Seven. Targeted Approaches: The ‘Troubled Families’ InitiativeChapter Eight. Relationship-Based Family Support: An Underpinning Approach to Family SupportChapter Nine. Family Group Conferences: Involving and Empowering Families PART THREE: Overarching Issues in Developing a Sustainable Approach to Family Support Chapter Ten. Multi-Disciplinary Working: Holistic Work with Families and ChildrenChapter Eleven. Developing the Family Support WorkforceConclusion: Family Support Past, Present and Future

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Book SynopsisFamily Support introduces and explores the state of the art in preventative social work with children and young people. Drawing on contemporary thinking and research, the book aims to make a contribution to current debates about how we can best support families in need.Underpinning the book is an analysis of how family support is changing, having moved from prevention' through to contemporary debates about family support', early intervention' and early help'. The authors draw on their own practice experiences to ensure the discussion remains highly relevant to everyday realities.The book consists of three parts: Part I examines the history and context of family support; Part II outlines a number of practice approaches to family support; and Part III suggests how family support work can be further developed. The book provides think points' and case studies to support the reader in reflecting on the material presented and how this can be best applied, as weTrade Review"The authors offer a highly accessible account of the key features of family support and a very timely reminder of its importance to families and those working with them. Excellent and highly recommended."Brigid Featherstone, The Open University"For all professionals with an interest in best practice, this book delivers in terms of ‘understanding and doing’ Family Support in the real world. The reader is brought from policy contexts to direct work practices in a most informative fashion and with ease."Pat Dolan, National University of IrelandTable of ContentsIntroductionPART ONE: Understanding Family SupportChapter One. The Historical, Social and Political Context of Family SupportChapter Two. The Contemporary Policy Context of Family Support: Conceptualizing Family SupportChapter Three. Researching Family Support: Process and OutcomesPART TWO: Delivering Family SupportChapter Four. Community-Based Projects: The Universal Provision of Family SupportChapter Five. Home Visiting: A Key Process in Providing Family Support Chapter Six. Parenting Education: A Universal or Targeted Service?Chapter Seven. Targeted Approaches: The ‘Troubled Families’ InitiativeChapter Eight. Relationship-Based Family Support: An Underpinning Approach to Family SupportChapter Nine. Family Group Conferences: Involving and Empowering Families PART THREE: Overarching Issues in Developing a Sustainable Approach to Family Support Chapter Ten. Multi-Disciplinary Working: Holistic Work with Families and ChildrenChapter Eleven. Developing the Family Support WorkforceConclusion: Family Support Past, Present and Future

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Book SynopsisContributors contemplate the evolution of child protection policy and practice in BC, addressing political influences on structural arrangements, cultural traditions of First Nations clients, and establishing community control over services.Table of ContentsForeword / Deryck ThomsonIntroduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare / Brian Wharf1 Rethinking Child Welfare Reform in British Columbia, 1900-60 / Marilyn Callahan and Christopher Walmsley2 Trends in Child Welfare: What Do the Data Show? / Leslie T. Foster3 The Community Resource Board Experience / Brian Wharf4 Child Welfare in the 1980s: A Time of Turbulence and Change / Sandra Scarth and Richard Sullivan5 Witnessing Wild Woman: Resistance and Resilience in Aboriginal Child Welfare / Maggie Kovachs, Robina Thomas, Monty Montgomery, Jacquie Green, and Leslie Brown6 The Community Advocate Minister: Attempting Major Changes / Riley Hern and John Cossom7 Thomas Gove: A Commission of Inquiry Puts Children First and Proposes Community Governance and Integration of Services / Andrew Armitage and Elaine Murray8 Great Expectations and Unintended Consequences: Risk Assessment in Child Welfare in British Columbia / Marilyn Callahan and Karen Swift9 Back to the Future: Toward Community Governance / Leslie T. Foster10 Views from Other Provinces / Brad McKenzie, Sally Palmer, and Wanda Thomas Barnard11 The Case for a Comprehensive Vision for Child Welfare / Brian Wharf12 From Child Protection to Safeguarding: The English Context / Tony Morrison13 Final Thoughts / Brian WharfAppendix 1: Key Events in British Columbia Child Welfare, 1863 to May 2006Appendix 2: Key Government Decision Makers in British Columbia Child Welfare, 1947 to May 2006Appendix 3: Delegated Aboriginal Child and Family Service Agencies’ Status, May 2006List of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisCaring for Children interrogates Canadian public policies on the care of children, asking why the burden of care falls so heavily on women as mothers and caregivers, and what social movements are doing to try to redesign the politics of caring for children.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Movements and Policies – The Troubles of Caring for Children / Susan Prentice, Patrizia Albanese, and Rachel LangfordPart 1: The Canadian Policy Environment1 Mad Men Social Policy: Families, Social Reproduction, and Childcare in a Conservative Canada / Kate Bezanson2 The Politics of Income Splitting, Sex Equality, and Sex Role Stereotypes: Caring for Children or Keeping Women in Their Place? / Kathleen A. Lahey3 Changing Early Childhood Care and Learning for Aboriginal Children / Angela Mashford-Pringle4 Parental Leave, Class Inequalities, and “Caring With”: An Ethics of Care Approach to Canadian Parental-Leave Policy / Andrea Doucet and Lindsey McKayPart 2: Care Campaigns – Crossing Boundaries and Policy Challenges5 Taking Stock of Corporate Childcare in Alberta: Licensing Inspection Data in Not-for-Profit and Corporate Childcare Centres / Brooke Richardson6 Policy Making and Unlicensed Childcare: Lessons from Ontario / Michal Perlman, Petr Varmuza, and Linda White7 The Crisis of Social Reproduction under Global Capitalism: Working-Class Women and Children in the Struggle for Universal Childcare / Rachel Rosen, Suzanne Baustad, and Merryn Edwards8 Crossing Boundaries: In-Home Childcare and Migration in Canada / Elizabeth Adamson9 Nurturing Social Movement Intersectionality: Childcare Policy Advocacy in Canada / Tammy FindlayConclusion: Moving Forward, Lessons Learned / Patrizia Albanese, Susan Prentice, and Rachel LangfordIndex

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Book SynopsisFull--Service Schools describes the movement to create an array of integrated support services in schools. It examines the declining welfare of many American families and prescribes solutions for the problems of increased sex, drugs, violence, and stress among youth.Trade Review"Full Service Schools provides the historical perspective, vision,and parameters for developing collaborative partnerships forschool-linked services." (Norma Paulus, state superintAndent ofpublic instruction, Oregon Department of Education) "Full-service schools are the schools of the future. As Joy Dryfoosmakes clear, more services under the school roof mean bettereducation too. Putting real social services in schools means moreteachers can stop being part-time social workers and start beingfull-time teachers again.'' (Senator Edward M. Kennedy) "All of us interested in improving the health and education of ourchildren should read this book. It tells us of an importantmovement -- full-service schools -- and how we can extAnd itsgrowth." (Julius B. Richomond, M.D., John D. MacArthur Professor ofHealth Policy, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, former AssistantSecretary for Health and Surgeon General) "During the past decade there has been an urgent call for ournation to reconceive and regenerate its health policies for youthand families. Full-Service Schools provides a useful template forour response." (Lloyd J. Kolbe, director, Division of Adolescentand School Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPrevention) "Policy makers, practitioners, administrators, and parents willfind here thoughtful answers to their questions about howcommunities can help provide all of America's children with theservices and supports they need to succeed at school -- andultimately in life." (Lisbeth B. Schorr, lecturer in socialmedicine, Harvard University, and author of Within Our Reach:Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage)Table of ContentsForeword. The Full-Service Vision: Responding to Critical Needs. School-Linked Services: The Historical Precedents. Support Services and Quality Education: A Range ofPossibilities. School-Based Clinics: A Look at Pioneer Programs. Realizing the Vision: Two Full-Service Schools. Evaluating the Potential of School-Based Services. Putting the Pieces Together: Organizational and Service DeliveryIssues. Who Will Pay? Local, State, and Federal Perspectives. A Call for Action. Appendix A. Twelve States That Support School-Based Services. Appendix B. Federal Sources for Funding School-BasedServices. Appendix C. Glossary of Acronyms.

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Book SynopsisChildhood is ideally a time of safety, marked by freedom from the economic, sexual, and political demands that later become part of adult life. For many children, however, particularly those who live in our inner cities, childhood is increasingly a time of danger. In the urban war zones of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., children grow up with firsthand knowledge of terror and violence. This book examines the threat to childhood development posed by living amid chronic community violence. Most importantly, it shows caregiving adults such as teachers, psychologists, social workers, and counselors how they can work together to help children while they are still children--before they become angry, aggressive adults.Trade Review"Children in Danger is a triumph of compassionate scholarship, alucid application of state-of-the-art trauma research to thechallenges faced by children growing up in our urban battlefields." --San Francisco Chronicle "A stunning, must-read book for anyone interested in how communityviolence affects children's and teacher's development. Even better,it's a road map for school administrators and teachers on what theycan do to help these children deal with the chronic violence intheir lives." --Bill Harris, founder, KidsPac, a political actioncommittee for children "This valuable book offers insight and guidance to the professionalwho must help children cope with the cruel challenge of violenceand death in their daily lives." --Edward Zigler, SterlingProfessor of Psychology, Yale University "[Children in Danger] is such a compelling account of the ways inwhich children are affected by living in communities where dangerand violence are a way of life, that one hopes it will be read bypolicymakers at all levels of government who are concerned aboutthe fate of an ever-growing number of children in our society."--Contemporary PsychologyTable of ContentsThe Meaning of Danger in the Lives of Children. Children in War Zones: From Mozambique to Chicago. The Developmental Toll of Inner-City Life. Clinical Outcomes: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Resilience and Coping in Children at Risk. School as a Refuge: The Importance of Early Intervention. Ramon and His School: A Case Study. Developing Supportive Settings for Children at Risk. Helping Teachers Help Children. The Healing Role of Play and Art. Giving the Most to Those Who Need It.

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Book SynopsisChild Health Services Research offers a practical introduction to the foundations, primary methods, and applications of children''s health services research. This valuable resource describes various approaches to children''s health services research, shows how these approaches differ from methods used in relation to adult health, and demonstrates the value that can be added by outcomes research. In doing so, Child Health Services Research also examines various aspects of child health in the context of the household, hospital, health system, community, and policy arenas.Table of ContentsForeword (James Perrin). Preface (Elisa J. Sobo & Paul S. Kurtin). Note to the Reader (Blair L. Sadler). The Editors. The Contributors. Part I: Child Health Services: Setting an Accountability Agenda. 1) An Introduction to Applied Child Health Services Research: Connecting Knowledge and Action (Paul S. Kurtin). 2) Laying the Foundation: Identifying Major Issues in Applied Child Health Services Research (Pradeep Gidwani, Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Seid, and Paul S. Kurtin). Part II: Child Health in Context: Home, Neighborhood, Community, Culture. 3) Prevention and healing in the Household: The Importance of Socio-Cultural Context (Elisa J. Sobo). 4) Documenting Child Health: The Community Indicators Movement (Diana Simmes, Lillian Lim, and Kim Dennis). 5) Partnering with the Community: Implementation, Evaluation, and Impact (Kim Dennis and Diana Simmes). Part III: Child Health in Conventional Healthcare Settings: Improving Organizational Performance. 6) Health Related Quality of Life (Tara Knight, Tasha Burwinkle, and James Varni). 7) Conceptual Models of Quality of Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) for Vulnerable Children (Michael Seid, Elisa J. Sobo, Mirjana Zivkovic, Maryam Davodi-Far, and Melissa Nelson). 8) Standardized Approaches to Clinical Care: Pathways and Disease Management (Pat Richardson, Elisa J. Sobo, and Erin Stuckey). Part IV: Child Health Outcomes: Broadening Applied Research's Reach. 9) Translating Research into Practice: Planning Research to Inform Policy and Program Development (Kim Dennis). 10) Looking to the Future: The Need for Applied Child Health Services Research (Paul S. Kurtin and Blair L. Sadler). Glossary. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive look at inner-city youth programs. Urban Sanctuaries analyzes the strategies of community leaders and organizations. The author describes how these leaders create and sustain youth programs in spite of enormous challenges.Trade Review"This book is a beam of light in the dark world of inner-city youth, and as beams of light often do, it shows the way." --from the foreword by John W. Gardner, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and founder of Common Cause "Urban Sanctuaries is a well-written, absorbing account of an endangered species, our inner-city youth, and of the adults who work hard to save them. This book is must reading for anyone who professes to care about the future of today's youth." --Mary Rose Main, national executive director, Girl Scouts of the United States of America "Urban Sanctuaries builds a compelling and moving case for the effectiveness of community-based programs for inner-city adolescents." --Paul Simon, U.S. Senator "In contrast to policy reports that detail statistics on youth problems and big system responses, this book immerses us in the rich reality of young people's hopes and challenges and shows us the power of seemingly modest programs to support the youth they believe in." --Karen Johnson Pittman, director, AED Center for Youth Development and Policy ResearchTable of Contents1. Neighborhood Organizations: Places of Hope in the Inner City. 2. The Hopefuls: Six Teens with a Bright Future. 3. The Wizards: Three Homegrown Community Leaders. 4. More Wizards: Three Outsiders Who Have Earned Respect. 5. What Matters Most? Common Traits of Wizards and Their Organizations. 6. Making Vision a Reality: The People Who Make it Work. 7. Building the Program's Family. 8. Volunteers: A Mixed Blessing. 9. Finding Resources: The Struggle to Fund Neighborhood Programs. 10. Sustaining Places of Hope: How Three Programs Negotiate Support in One City. 11. Keeping Hope Alive: An Appeal for Action.

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Book SynopsisMental health specialists and researchers contend that the development of resilience in youth is facilitated at several levels. Relational, cultural, individual, and governmental factors all have a strong influence over the mental well being of young people. Resilience in Action looks at youth interventions with a view to fostering resilience in those living in adverse situations and conditions.In order to provide a practical approach to the issue, the essays in this volume explore the components of successful interventions, encouraging the transmission of effective practices from one community to another across borders. It is organized into four sections, each dealing with a different aspect of work with at-risk youth. The first section focuses on individual health and the ways in which intervention and therapy strengthen personal resources. The second section explores the dynamics of interventions in relation to specific contexts and localized relationships, emphas

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Book SynopsisUsing the case study of a Seattle school, this text describes a working model for the education of homeless children in America's public schools.

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Book SynopsisThe long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, ECERS-3, focuses on the full range of needs of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. This widely used, comprehensive assessment tool measures both environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions that affect the broad developmental needs of young children, including: Cognitive Social-Emotional Physical Health and safety ECERS-3 also includes additional Items assessing developmentally appropriate literacy and math activities.Designed for preschool, kindergarten, and child care classrooms serving children 3 through 5 years of age, ECERS-3: Provides a smooth transition for those already using ECERS-R. Emphasizes the role of the teacher in creating an environment conducive to developmental gains. Is designed to predict child outcomes more accurately and with greater precision. Provides a stronger method of distinguishing between good and truly excellent programs. Offers a complete training program with ongoing support available at the Environment Rating Scales Institute (ERSI) website (www.ersi.info). ECERS-3 is appropriate for state and district-wide QRIS and continuous improvement; program evaluation by directors and supervisors; teacher self-evaluation; monitoring by agency staff; and teacher education. The established reliability and long term evidence of validity of the ERS family of instruments make this new version of ECERS particularly useful for RTTT-ELC accountability and research.Suitable for use in inclusive and culturally diverse programs, ECERS-3 subscales evaluate: Space and Furnishings Personal Care Routines Language and Literacy Learning Activities Interaction Program Structure Trade ReviewWhen EC assessment dollars are tight, a comprehensive tool that identifies a broad range of program strengths and captures critical interactions is the perfect solution. Thanks to the authors for ECERS-3!" - Janice Carter, Arkansas State University, Childhood Services"The ECERS-3 builds upon the solid foundation of best practice established in the ECERS-R, incorporating the importance of providing a high quality environment with new items and indicators that emphasize the importance of teacher/child interactions within the environment. The ECERS-3 provides a reliable instrument for teachers, technical assistants, and quality monitors to use to assure that children have experiences and relationships that support total child development." - Michele Bossers, retired associate director and ERS project manager of PA KeyEndorsement of the ERS Scales:"The Environment Rating Scales have proven to be an invaluable resource for assessing the quality of child care classrooms. These comprehensive tools truly allow providers to see classrooms through the eyes of the children they care for and the results obtained offer clear feedback that helps teachers improve and grow." - Angela Keyes, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Tulane University Director, Quality Start Assessment Team of Louisiana"ECERS-3 encouraged thoughtful steps towards consistent meaningful interactions. We were empowered to prioritise children's use of the space and, as is often the case in EYFS, we found that it was the interactions that mattered the most." -Polly Crowther, English lead in Kent and co-founder of Early Insights.

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Book SynopsisPresents best practices for coaches to use in their work with teachers and administrators to help them improve classrooms and teaching practices. The author includes guidance and activities for facilitating group meetings, professional learning communities, and staff workshops. Appropriate for use with ECERS-3 and ECERS-R.

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Book SynopsisIn this revised and expanded, 21 educators call attention to racial disparities in the child welfare system by demonstrating how practices that are successful for white children are often not similarly successful for African American children.Trade ReviewAnyone who is interested in understanding and improving the plight of African American children in the child welfare system should read this book. . . . The authors skillfully explain important details about African American culture and suggest ways in which child welfare services can incorporate this information. -- Evelyn K. Moore * executive director, National Black Child Development Institute *This eclectic collection inevitably will become the definitive source for understanding the Africentric perspective and its application to child welfare. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Introduction Part One Societal and Cultural Context Part Two Understanding African American Families and Children Part Three Using an Africentric Perspective for Practice and Service Delivery Conclusions: Still Within Our Power contributers index

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Book SynopsisThese letters from the Albany Orphan Asylum in New York demonstrate how institutions in the late 19th century provided a social service. The volume comprises letters from parents to their children and to the asylum superintendents, as well as letters from children placed out to indenture.

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Book SynopsisEarly childhood intervention programs are one of the most effective ways to build human capital and break the cycle of poverty. Yet the amount spent on early childhood care and education varies considerably. Countries have to identify cost effective and adaptable interventions that meet the needs of their communities.

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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 SynopsisVulnerability is not a fixed state; people and families can move in and out of experiencing vulnerability throughout their lives. All families are at risk of experiencing vulnerability at some point, which means that social workers and other professionals must be equipped with the skills to effectively provide them with support. Working with Families Experiencing Vulnerability: A Partnership Approach provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to family-centred practice for the social work, human services, health and education professions. This edition has been comprehensively revised and features new chapters on working with families affected by natural disasters, families experiencing poverty, MÄori families, LGBTQIA+ families and families where a parent has an intellectual disability. Emphasis is placed on promoting a rights-based, relational approach to working with children and young people, who are most at risk of experiencing vulnerability. Each chapter includes case studies,Table of Contents1. The context for practice with children, young people, and their families Menka Tsantefski and Susan Heward-Belle; 2. Person-centred, relationship-based practice Susan Heward-Belle, Brigid Lang-Norris, Pam O'Connor, Lauren Redmile and Susan Brown; 3. Working within and between organisational boundaries Dorothy Scott; 4. Poverty and its impacts on children and families Peter Matthewson, Paul Harris and Menka Tsantefski; 5. Attachment theory Amy Conley Wright and Peiling Kong; 6. Engaging with fathers for the care and safety of families Susan Heward-Belle and Patrick O'Leary; 7. Parenting in a new land Asukulu Bulimwengu and Pooja Sawrikar; 8. Working with parents with problematic substance use and mental health issues Sharon Dawe, Paul Harnett and Elizabeth Eggins; 9. Children in the midst of family violence Larissa Fogden, Cathy Humphreys and Menka Tsantefski; 10. Supporting children and families affected by disasters Elizabeth A. Newnham, Enrique Mergelsberg, Lauren Kosta, Katitza Marinkovic Chavez, Jonathan Bullen, Jane Nursey and Lisa Gibbs; 11. Working with families in pregnancy Jo Spangaro; 12. Working with children: a rights-based, relational approach to practice Menka Tsantefski and Mary Jo Mc Veigh; 13. Understanding young people Jioji Ravulo; 14. Parenting with intellectual disability Susan Collings and Margaret Spencer; 15. Family-led decision-making approaches with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families Lynette Riley, Sarah Ciftci and Irene Wardle; 16. Working with Māori whānau (families) Sharyn Roberts; 17. Supporting people of diverse genders and sexualities Peter Matthewson and Ives Rose; 18. Working with kinship care families Ann MacRae and Dave Vicary.

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Book SynopsisIn this poignant book, Lisa Cherry brings together a collection of candid and personal reflections on the care system in the UK, offering alternative ways of thinking about the care experience, supporting better ways of working, and providing justification for a trauma-informed lens to be applied to all forms of work with those in care.Through personal insights and reflections, the book brings often-unheard stories vividly to life, beginning with the author's own. These are stories about love and pain; hurt and isolation; the depth of lived experience that makes up a life; how we live our lives through our relationships with others and where we feel we fit in. In this thoughtfully compiled third edition, original contributors look back on their own reflections from the lives that they live now, new stories bring new perspectives, and discussion points provide the opportunity to consider the realities of the care experience as well as life beyond.Whilst each story is unTrade ReviewLisa Cherry is not only a great thinker and writer, she’s a deeply wise, insightful, courageous, loving and humane presence, with a truly remarkable capacity to communicate how she transformed her childhood of neglect, pain and trauma, including being in care from the age of 13, into a life of personal growth, healing and helping the vulnerable. The other immensely impressive care experienced adults she brings together to tell their stories in this wonderful book do the same. The result [This] is a truly inspirational book that provides the vital ingredient of hope that is usually missing from such analyses, along with countless insights into how vulnerable children, adults and families can be helped. Professor Harry Ferguson, Department of Social Work and Social Care, University of Birmingham This new edition of the ‘The Brightness of Stars’ powerfully captures the lives of adults who have experienced care. It is an enlightening book which includes their current reflections on their original stories told in 2013, as well as additional contributions. There is much to learn in these stories about how care casts a long shadow on their adult lives, as well the development of resilience in adulthood through love, education, human agency, support and self-fulfilment.This book is essential reading for all those who work with care experienced young people and adults, as well as those who care about how society does or does not care for its most vulnerable children.Professor Mike Stein, University of York, author of ‘Care Less Lives: The Story of the Rights Movement of Young People in Care’Profound and deeply moving, these personal accounts of care experienced individuals speak of their courage, strength and resilience in the face of adversity. Skilfully and sensitively curated by Lisa Cherry, who also shares her own story, this is a masterclass for those of us seeking to learn by walking in the shoes of those with lived experience. Please do read this book. It has given me new insight into myself and into the work that has been my life’s passion.Charlotte Ramsden, Strategic Director for People, Salford City CouncilThe contributors to this collection (all, but one, raised in care as children) are of various ages and cross the generations. Their chapters are like a Christmas bran tub, full of gifts of different shapes and sizes. That the stories also run the gamut of care experiences, from the positive to the traumatic, reflects the kaleidoscopic reality of that experience. It is a particularly welcome feature of the book, since it challenges the tendency to stereotype both the care experience and those who go through it. For me, having read through the chapters was like sitting there as a child, on Christmas morning, surrounded by wrapping paper and delighted by the variety of presents I’d uncovered. Dr Jim Goddard, Chair of The Care Leavers AssociationIn providing this third edition of The Brightness of Stars Lisa Cherry gives another opportunity for 10 adults (herself included) to reflect on how their lives, before during and after being ‘in care’ have shaped who they are now. It also provides the chance for some to ‘up-date’ and add further reflection. They each had a different journey through childhood and beyond, not least because entry to care came for some (welcome or as a profound shock) after time with their first families, and for others before they had known their families. Even acknowledging that there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ in-care experience, these are far from ‘familiar’ stories as these are ten of the, thankfully growing number, of ‘bright stars’, those who in their own estimations and those whose lives they have touched, are making a success of their lives. The stories told are personal, and more about their internal responses to what life in care did to rather than did for these individuals. They tell us little about the detail of being in foster or residential care. But they remind us that ‘care’ is a necessary public service, and provide messages about how it can do better. Despite some upsetting statistics and shocking stories, most who need to come into care do ‘well enough’, and most do better than if they had remained at home without the services their families would have needed. But as Lisa Cherry reminds us children who need to come into care are– each in their own way- special – they all need love and parenting but ‘Good Enough parenting for these children is not good enough – they all need the Very Best Parenting, Parenting Extraordinaire’. June Thoburn, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, The University of East AngliaTable of ContentsForeword, Preface, References, Acknowledgements, Contributors, Care Home Flickerings, Introduction, 1970-1980, 1980-1983, 1983, 1984-1985, 1986, 1987-1989, 1990, 2021, Tim - Education, Jane - Recovery, Noel - Identity, Dianne - Connection, Carrie - Strength, Pav - Integrity, Siani - Visibility, Rosie - Literature, Isabelle - Love, Sean - Care Activism, Jamie - Growth, Shaunna - Relationships, Conclusion, Mentors, Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents The Circle of Safety and Reconnection, a compassionate reflection model for working with vulnerable and traumatised children and young people in a nurturing way, providing hope for post-traumatic healing and growth.The circle is a holistic and comprehensive framework for professionals working to create safety for children against violence and abuse. It takes into consideration a child's individual, intergenerational, and collective trauma also assessing their risk and protection factors and using different tools to regulate the nervous system and promote healing. A step-by-step guide, populated with practice examples and exercises to walk the reader through using and adapting the model in practice, the book discusses the nature, signs, and ways of trauma, the reasons for it, and the different ways of healing these wounds outside the therapeutic context. Additionally, as this field is high risk for secondary traumatisation, stress, burnout, and compassion fa

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Book SynopsisThis guidebook is an essential companion to the Pilgrim's Bumpy Flight story and is designed to be read by professionals to ensure the effective and safe use of the storybook. Pilgrims Bumpy Flight has been created to help young children aged 57 experiencing domestic abuse, to explore the concepts of physical and emotional safety. Safety planning with a child offers a way to help them vocalise their feelings and understand what to do when something does not feel right. The professional guide will help supporting adults facilitate safety planning that is experienced as emphatically curious, safe and where the child's opinion matters. It provides up-to-date information on domestic abuse, childhood trauma, practice tips and how to complete a safety plan with a young child using the storybook as the key vessel of communication and exploration. Key features include: Accessible information about domestic abuse and coercive control based on the latest reTable of Contents1 Before you read this book2 Leaving3 Cast of Characters4 Page by Page Helpers Notes5 Toxic Stress6 Childhood Trauma7 A Childs Place within the Family8 Direct work and Safety Planning with Children9 Safety Planning Tips for Adults10 Relationship Rights for Adults11 Appendix Outline12 Appendices 1-913 Websites and HelplinesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisFor effective and safe use, this book should be purchased alongside the professional guidebook. Both books can be purchased together as a set, Domestic Abuse Safety Planning with Young Children: A ''Pilgrim's Bumpy Flight'' Storybook and Professional Guide [9781032357997]Pilgrim is a little plane who loves flying through the sky and zooming through big hoops with their friends. At home, however, Pilgrim experiences frightening behaviour from Jumbo, who represents the perpetrating parent, that makes them feel scared and sad. Pilgrim is comforted and guided by Jet, who represents the victim/survivor parent, to think about safety and what to do when frightening things are happening.The trauma a young child may experience from domestic abuse can impact their entire developing system, making them feel worried, frightened, and unsafe. Safety planning is an essential component of direct work with children, offering aTable of ContentsDedication, Pilgrim's Bumpy Flight

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Book SynopsisResilience and Wellbeing in Young Children, Their Families and Communities unpicks the theme of resilience and wellbeing through diverse contexts, circumstances, populations and life stories in order to explore its complexity globally.Current societal events have brought forward a need for understanding how to best support and create environments with conditions that promote children's holistic wellbeing. Violence in all its facets, poverty, political conflict and the recent pandemic are among the major realities threatening children, and this demands attention to how resilience can be supported to effectively safeguard children's lived experiences. This book explores resilience from a range of perspectives, research projects and practical support mechanisms for young children, families, educators and communities. It starts with theoretical conceptualizations and goes on to present specific research projects and applied initiatives and how these can be used in applica

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