Parenting
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Theraplay® – Theory, Applications and Implementation
Edited by Sandra Lindaman and Rana Hong. Foreword by Phyllis Booth.
Officially supported and endorsed by the Theraplay Institute, this handbook provides concrete, practical assistance from international experts on deepening Theraplay knowledge and skills in a variety of areas of practice. It is essential reading for any Theraplay practitioner wanting to ensure their approach is carefully tailored to every setting. Learn More2020, Paperback / softback, 8.90in x 5.98in / 226mm x 152mm, 288pp, CA$51.95ISBN: 97817877507082020, Ebook, ePUB, CA$51.95ISBN: 9781787750715 -
Supporting Vulnerable Children in the Early Years
Practical Guidance and Strategies for Working with Children at Risk
Edited by Pat Beckley. Foreword by Professor Chris Atkin
This book provides early years practitioners with clear strategies for supporting vulnerable children. Tackling topics such as inequality, poverty and the attainment gap, experienced practitioners from the field set out practical advice for ensuring all children are given a positive foundation for their future lives. Learn More2019, 272pp -
Attachment-Based Milieus for Healing Child and Adolescent Developmental Trauma
A Relational Approach for Use in Settings from Inpatient Psychiatry to Special Education Classrooms
John Stewart. Foreword by Dan Hughes.
2017, Hardback, 9.33in x 6.57in / 237mm x 167mm, 216pp, CA$162.00ISBN: 97817859278982017, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 6.69in / 229mm x 170mm, 216pp, CA$61.00ISBN: 9781785927904 -
Justice for Laughing Boy
Connor Sparrowhawk - A Death by Indifference
Sara Ryan. Foreword by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
A personal account from the mother of Connor Sparrowhawk, a teenager with autism and epilepsy, who died due to neglect while in a specialist NHS unit. After Connor's death, Dr Sara Ryan started the #JusticeforLB campaign, which uncovered a wider failure by the NHS to appropriately care for people with learning difficulties. Learn More2017, Paperback / softback, 8.66in x 6.65in / 220mm x 169mm, 272pp, CA$27.95ISBN: 97817859234872017, Ebook, ePUB, 272pp, CA$27.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-683-4 -
Attachment and Emotional Development in the Classroom
Theory and Practice
Edited by David Colley and Paul Cooper. Foreword by Barry Carpenter
As part of preparation for the classroom, it's key for trainee teachers to understand the emotional needs of students. This book provides a clear introduction to emotional development and attachment, offering advice and guidance from a diverse range of professional perspectives including psychology, health and education.
Learn More2017, Paperback / softback, 9.09in x 6.14in / 231mm x 156mm, 336pp, CA$45.95ISBN: 97817859213462017, Ebook, ePUB, 336pp, CA$45.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-399-4 -
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth
Developing Evidence-Based International Practice
Edited by James K. Whittaker, Jorge F. del Valle and Lisa Holmes
Definitive and wide-ranging, this international review of therapeutic residential child care covers the latest research on how it works, how much it costs compared with the outcomes it delivers and how to deliver this effective form of care for the most troubled children in public care. Learn More2014, Ebook, ePUB, 392pp, CA$55.98ISBN: 978-0-85700-833-6 -
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth
Developing Evidence-Based International Practice
Edited by James K. Whittaker, Jorge F. del Valle and Lisa Holmes
Definitive and wide-ranging, this international review of therapeutic residential child care covers the latest research on how it works, how much it costs compared with the outcomes it delivers and how to deliver this effective form of care for the most troubled children in public care. Learn More2014, Hardback, 9.29in x 6.26in / 236mm x 159mm, 392pp, CA$203.00ISBN: 978-1-84905-963-32014, Paperback / softback, 8.94in x 6.02in / 227mm x 153mm, 392pp, CA$61.00ISBN: 978-1-84905-792-9 -
Caring for Abused and Neglected Children
Making the Right Decisions for Reunification or Long-Term Care
Jim Wade, Nina Biehal, Nicola Farrelly and Ian Sinclair
This book compares the experiences and progress of children who remained in care or returned to their birth families up to four years after the decision was taken. It covers how the decision is made, the factors taken into account when making it and provides important suggestions for effective decision-making. Learn More2011, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 6.14in / 228mm x 156mm, 224pp, CA$59.00ISBN: 978-1-84905-207-82011, Ebook, ePUB, 224pp, CA$59.00ISBN: 978-0-85700-441-3 -
Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-Term Foster Care
Gillian Schofield and Emma Ward
For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements. Understanding the experiences of parents is therefore essential for social workers. This book set out a model of good practice, based on the experiences of these parents and social workers. Learn More2010, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 6.06in / 229mm x 154mm, 224pp, CA$50.00ISBN: 978-1-84905-026-52011, Ebook, ePUB, 224pp, CA$50.00ISBN: 978-0-85700-489-5 -
Children in Secure Accommodation
A Gendered Exploration of Locked Institutional Care for Children in Trouble
Teresa O'Neill
The author explores the circumstances and experiences of children in secure accommodation through an examination of their own stories and through the accounts of their social workers and the staff working at the secure units. From these narratives she draws conclusions on the meaning of being in a secure unit. Learn More2001, 320pp