Brigid Daniel, Sally Wassell, Robbie Gilligan

Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers

Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice. The book covers key issues such as resilience and vulnerability and the impact of protective or adverse environments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 174mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050685
• ISBN-10: 1849050686
• Artikelnr.: 29595293

Autorenporträt

Brigid Daniel is Professor of Social Work at the University of Stirling. She is the co-author of numerous books on child care and protection including The Early Years, The School Years, and Adolescence, co-authored with Sally Wassell; Engaging with Fathers, co-authored with Julie Taylor; and Child Neglect, co-edited with Julie Taylor, all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Sally Wassell is an independent consultant and trainer in child care and an associate lecturer at Dundee University. Robbie Gilligan is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin and associate director of the Children's Research Centre. He has written extensively on child care and foster care.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword. David Howe, University of East Anglia, UK. 1.
Framework for understanding child development. 2. Developing relationships.
3. Parenting and care-giving. 4. Resilience and vulnerability. 5.
Protective factors and adversity. 6. Early years. 7. School years. 8.
Adolescence. 9. Stress and support in the lives of children facing
adversity. References. Index.