Health and social care
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Supporting Parents
Messages from Research
David Quinton
Supporting Parents brings together authoritative research on supporting parents and carers. Underpinning the government's developing policy for children's services, it is essential reading for practitioners, policy makers and academics working in child care. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 11.73in x 8.31in / 298mm x 211mm, 272pp, $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-210-6 -
Supporting South Asian Families with a Child with Severe Disabilities
Chris Hatton, Yasmeen Akram, Robina Shah, Janet Robertson and Eric Emerson
Social workers will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support. Combining a wide-ranging survey and in-depth interviews, the authors build a rich picture how culture and ethnicity can impact on a family's experience of disability. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.25in x 6.10in / 235mm x 155mm, 224pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-161-12003, Ebook, PDF, 224pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-222-5 -
Parenting in Poor Environments
Stress, Support and Coping
Deborah Ghate and Neal Hazel
With a unique focus on the effects of poverty on parenting in Britain, this book explores what professionals and policy makers can do to support families living in poverty. The authors examine community-level poverty and its relationship to family and individual problems such as low income, poor mental health and child behavioural difficulties. Learn More2002, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.06in / 232mm x 154mm, 320pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-069-02002, Ebook, PDF, 320pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-348-2 -
Imprisoned Fathers and their Children
Gwyneth Boswell and Peter Wedge
More than 125,000 children in the UK alone are 'sentenced' to separation from their imprisoned parents. This book draws on extensive research and experience to examine the effect this kind of separation can have on the emotional development of a child and on family relationships. They make suggestions for work with prisoners and families. Learn More2001, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.06in / 232mm x 154mm, 176pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-972-12001, Ebook, PDF, 176pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-303-1