Children and Young People Looked After?

Children and Young People Looked After?
Author: Louise Roberts
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2019-02-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1786833565

1. The book sets a context for the background of the care population in Wales, and charts research that explores educational experiences, outcomes, and the interventions put in place that seek to alleviate the educational disadvantages experienced by children and young people in care. 2. The book draws on empirical research to explore the lived experiences of care experienced children and young people, in a range of contexts and sites, including the home, the school, alternative educational institutions, contact centres, and the natural environment. 3. The book documents the ‘doing’ of research and methodological approaches that work directly with participants, involving participatory, qualitative, reflexive and collaborative techniques and innovative research methodologies.

Social Work with Looked After Children

Social Work with Looked After Children
Author: Christine Cocker
Publisher: Learning Matters
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2012-12-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0857259210

This revised edition details organisational systems and structures that are part of the assessment and planning process for looked after children. This is closely interwoven with discussions about their emotional development, educational, health and cultural needs and how these needs can be met through social work and a range of other services. The views of looked after children are highlighted through case studies and summaries of research findings, and the range of skills and knowledge necessary to support looked after children through the key events they experience, including loss, change and the development of new relationships, are explained and illustrated.

Children and Young People Looked After?

Children and Young People Looked After?
Author: Dawn Mannay
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2019-02-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1786833573

1. The book sets a context for the background of the care population in Wales, and charts research that explores educational experiences, outcomes, and the interventions put in place that seek to alleviate the educational disadvantages experienced by children and young people in care. 2. The book draws on empirical research to explore the lived experiences of care experienced children and young people, in a range of contexts and sites, including the home, the school, alternative educational institutions, contact centres, and the natural environment. 3. The book documents the ‘doing’ of research and methodological approaches that work directly with participants, involving participatory, qualitative, reflexive and collaborative techniques and innovative research methodologies.

Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Young People

Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Young People
Author: Patrick Tomlinson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011-09-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0857005383

Children and young people in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and developmental needs. This book provides a model of care for traumatized children and young people, based on theory and practice experience pioneered at the Lighthouse Foundation, Australia. The authors explain the impact of trauma on child development, drawing on psychodynamic, attachment and neurobiological trauma theories. The practical aspects of undertaking therapeutic care are then outlined, covering everything from forming therapeutic relationships to the importance of the home environment and daily routines. The book considers the totality of the child's experience at the individual, group, organization and community levels and argues that attention to all of these is essential if the child is to achieve wellness. Case material from both children and carers are used throughout to illustrate both the impact of trauma and how children have been helped to recovery through therapeutic care. This book will provide anyone caring for traumatized children and young people in a residential setting with both the understanding and the practical knowledge to help children recover. It will be essential reading for managers and decision-makers responsible for looked after children, child care workers such as residential and foster carers, youth workers, social workers, mental health workers and child welfare academics.

Children and Young Persons Bill (Lords)

Children and Young Persons Bill (Lords)
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Children, Schools and Families Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2008-03-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780215514240

Children and Young Persons Bill (Lords) : First report of session 2007-08, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written Evidence

Parenting a Child with Toileting Issues

Parenting a Child with Toileting Issues
Author: KATHRYN. FENTON
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2019-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781910039809

This book provides authoritative, clinical guidance for carers and adopters on why toileting issues can occur and what can be done about it. In straightforward language, it explains how children's difficult early experiences can affect their behaviour, the various physical, emotional and psychological causes, how to engage with social work and health professionals to explore this difficulty, and what solutions may be offered. In the second half of the book, a range of case studies describe what it is like to parent an affected child, how families have managed the situation, and how solutions were found for the children's problems.

Thinking Psychologically About Children Who Are Looked After and Adopted

Thinking Psychologically About Children Who Are Looked After and Adopted
Author: Kim S. Golding
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2006-02-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0470092025

Assessment, intervention and living with children who are looked after or adopted all require an understanding of psychology and its application. This innovative collection makes thinking psychologically about looked after and adopted children accessible and, in doing so, provides an insight into the world of these children. Informed by research, practice and psychological theory, this volume provides an overview of the area and considers the context for helping children change and develop. It goes on to describe in detail the techniques and approaches used by clinicians, and explains how interventions can be developed and adapted for children and young people living in residential, foster and adoptive care. Careful consideration is also given to carers and families living with these children. With its multi-disciplinary approach, Thinking Psychologically About Children Who Are Looked After and Adopted will appeal to all professionals involved in the care and education of placed children. It will also be of interest to policy makers and lecturers and students of social work.

Home for Good

Home for Good
Author: Krish Kandiah
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1444745328

Tying in to a nationwide joint campaign by the Evangelical Alliance and Care for the Family, Krish Kandiah wants us all to take seriously Jesus's call to 'suffer the little children' by engaging with the needs of the many thousands of children up and down the country who are in care and whom the church could and should be helping. Krish and his wife Miriam have adopted and fostered children themselves and their experience - and that of the many others in this book - is very different from the popular myth which suggests social services seek to prevent Christians from getting involved. Krish argues that whatever the state's stance may be, it is a part of our calling as God's church to get involved where it's hardest, and to help these children out of the tough realities they find themselves in. Filled with stories from people who have adopted or were adopted themselves, alongside practical advice on how it all works and the challenges that will come, this book makes a compelling case that the church can and must make a difference in these children's lives, and asks us all to consider our response.

The Integrated Children's System

The Integrated Children's System
Author: Hedy Cleaver
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2008-06-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1846428211

The Integrated Children's System (ICS) was developed to support effective practice with children and families and improve decision making and planning for children in need. This book outlines what the ICS is and how it works, and assesses the effectiveness of a number of pilot studies, offering guidance for others using and implementing the system, which is being rolled out nationally. Part of the Government's long term programme to improve outcomes and life chances for children, the system provides a more structured and systematic approach by integrating the processes of working with children in need from the point of first contact through to the final review. The Integrated Children's System is vital reading for policymakers, social care managers, social care practitioners and those responsible for implementing the system.

Social Communication Development and Disorders

Social Communication Development and Disorders
Author: Deborah A. Hwa-Froelich
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2022-11-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000774864

Social Communication Development and Disorders examines the integrated development of social, linguistic, and cognitive functions. It provides evidence-based clinical information on effective assessment and intervention for individuals with social communication disorders. The second edition of this standout text is fully updated to reflect up-to-date research evidence and the application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (Children and Youth version), and places a strong focus on cultural differences in social communication and extended developmental information from birth to adulthood. Part 1 explores topics including theoretical perspectives on social communication, neuroscience of social communication and social cognitive, social emotional, and social communication development. Part 2 covers social pragmatic communication disorder and associated disorders such as language impairment, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit disorder and disruptive behavior disorder. Chapters feature case studies, incidence/prevalence estimates, DSM-5 definitions, referral guidelines, recommended assessment and intervention practices, as well as a list of clinical and instructional resources. This comprehensive and practical text is essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students of communication sciences, speech and language disorders, as well as speech-language pathology. It is also an excellent reference for professionals working with individuals with social competence or social communication problems, including speech-language pathologists, teachers, psychologists, social workers, counsellors, school nurses, behavioral therapists, and occupational therapists.