"This new edition of a core text targets working with children and their families in the context of their daily lives -- in their homes, families, and communities. The authors use a problem-solving approach to provide helping strategies for a variety of problems and problem behaviors that occur in families."--Cover.
This book provides historical perspective on working children and adolescents in America and explores the framework of child labor laws that govern that work.
Updated and new, this practice text has both US and UK authors of distinction. It targets working with children and their families in the context of their daily lives - in their homes, families, and communities.
This text bridges that divide by integrating perspectives from both fields to help practitioners understand and address the special needs of maltreated children and adolescents and their families.
`I recommend this book to anyone who lives or works with families, children or teenagers′ - Nurturing Potential `This is a valuable book, worth attention in every child and family service.
An informative mix of data and discussion, this book presents conclusions and recommendations for policies that can respond to the new conditions shaping America's working families.
What Works with Children and Adolescents? complements The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (Carr, 2006), and will be valuable to professionals in training.
After the child or teen has begun to attain some distance from the trauma, and to put it clearly in the past, ... Therefore, the opportunity to play or engage in creative activities such as art facilitates the symbolic expression of ...
... Edition: A Handbook for Practitioners Nancy Boyd Webb, Editor Social Work in Schools: Principles and Practice Linda Openshaw Working with Traumatized ... Working with ADOLESCENTS A GUIDE FOR PRACTITIONERS SECOND EDITION Julie Series Page.
This book encourages readers to think strategically about how agencies, communities and systems can identify and implement actions that lead to positive change and how to work more collaboratively to improve the lives of children and ...
In this comprehensive resource, Liana Lowenstein has compiled an impressive collection of techniques from experienced practitioners. Interventions are outlined for engaging, assessing, and treating children of all ages and their families.