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  • The Developing World of the Child

    by Anna Gupta, Gillian Schofield, David Quinton, Hedy Cleaver, Brigid Daniel, Janet Seden ...
    This important text shows how child development theory applies to professionals' working practice. Considering theories of development throughout the lifespan from the early years through to adolescence, and transitions to adulthood, this resource is essential reading for a range of professionals including social workers, teachers, and health and mental health professionals. The authors build up ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-Term Foster Care

    by Gillian Schofield, 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 in order to develop effective social work practice with parents that can also ensure the best possible outcomes for children.Drawing on detailed and often moving interviews with parents, the book ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

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    The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

    by Cathy Glass ...
    The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass…As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.One ... Read more

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  • Toddler Adoption

    The Weaver's Craft

    by Mary Hopkins-Best ...
    Toddler Adoption looks at the unique joys and challenges of adopting and parenting a toddler. When a child aged is adopted between the ages of 12 to 36 months, they often show signs of cognitive and emotional immaturity, which can cause behavioral and relational issues. This book offers support and practical tools to help parents prepare for and support the toddler's transition between the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Growing Apart

    Regional Prosperity in New Zealand

    by Shamubeel Eaqub ...
    Series series BWB Texts
    ‘If we rank our regions internationally, Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury are comparable to France, Finland and Saudi Arabia respectively. But the smaller regions look like Timor-Leste (Northland), Greece (Manawatu-Whanganui and Gisborne) or other emerging economies such as Cyprus and the Seychelles.’The gaps between New Zealand’s regions are increasing. Many local economies are stagnating, ... Read more

    $3.02 USD

  • Fostering Nation?

    Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage

    by Veronica Strong-Boag ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
    Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage explores the missteps and the promise of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments. It is the first volume to offer a comprehensive history of what life has meant for North America’s most disadvantaged Aboriginal and newcomer girls and boys.Gender, class, race, and (dis)ability are ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Young People

    An Attachment and Trauma-Informed Model for Practice

    by Patrick Tomlinson, Rudy Gonzalez, Susan Barton ...
    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, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Lucky Ones

    Our Stories of Adopting Children from China

    Edited by Ann Rauhala ...
    From the early stages of the adoption process to bringing the child back home, this collection of personal stories reveals why parents who have adopted children from China feel - despite the challenges they've endured - truly lucky. In one account, a woman contemplates her daughter's lost heritage during a visit to a Chinese fertility temple; in another, a mother of Chinese descent reflects on the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Practical Guide to Caring for Children and Teenagers with Attachment Difficulties

    by Chris Taylor ...
    This book guides childcare professionals through attachment theory and provides techniques for caring for children with attachment difficulties.It explains what attachment is, what different patterns of attachment look like in children and young people, how early attachment experiences affect their lives, and how this understanding can help childcare workers to develop therapeutic ways of caring. ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Foster Parent Handbook

    by Mary R. Rapshaw ...
    BECOME A FOSTER PARENT A mom, dad, house and dog do not make a home. Everyday, there are children who experience this sad fact when they are removed from their home due to neglect or abuse. Not every foster child has a foster family. In some regions, foster children must wait for long periods of time in shelter care. More than one-half million children in the United States rely on foster families ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Father Hunger

    Explorations with Adults and Children

    by James Herzog ...
    James M. Herzog's Father Hunger: Explorations with Adults and Children will quickly take its place both as a landmark contribution to developmental psychology and as an enduring classic in the clinical literature of psychoanalysis. We live in an era when a great many children grow up without a father, or, worse still, with fathers who traumatically abuse them. Yet, society continues to ignore the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children

    A Model for Practice

    by Richard Rose ...
    Life Story Therapy is an approach designed to enable children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future through strengthening attachment with their carers and providing the opportunity to develop a healthy sense of self and a feeling of wellbeing.This comprehensive overview lays out the theory underlying life story therapy, including an ... Read more

    $31.99 USD