Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers

2nd edition

Brigid Daniel, Sally Wassell and Robbie Gilligan
Foreword by Professor David Howe

Paperback: £19.99 / $34.95

2010, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 288pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-068-5, BIC 2: JKSN MQCL3 JMC JKSB1

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Praise for the first edition:

'Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers offers a good solid account of child development rooted in attachment theory - the current hot topic in childcare social work.'

- Times Higher Education Supplement

'What a refreshing change to read a text on child development which is child-focused and embedded in an appropriate theoretical background... The bibliography is extensive and appropriate, and throughout there are suggested activities for the students to investigate. I found the activities to be thought-provoking, challenging and an excellent guide to a fully focused assessment of children. The child-focused nature of the text shines throughout... It is to be hoped that this text is used widely, and that the next generation of child protection workers has the understanding and the knowledge to enable well-informed, child-focused decision making in child protection.'

- Child Abuse Review

For the second edition:

'The continuing strength of this text is that it synthesises knowledge of child development with the daily realities for child care practitioners. It is most definitely a book that is meant not just to be read but to be applied and can, in my opinion, help to reinvigorate the "drained" practitioner.'

- Wiley Online Library

'... it really would be a shame to miss this book's contents... To pluck one notable example of the useful material on offer, I would draw your attention to page 106 in the Protective Factors and Adversity chapter as somewhere to go if you really need to consider ''what constitutes risk and harm?'' This section helps the reader to really consider interpreting, assessing and managing those two concepts, and, very importantly, managing them in some very sensitive family situations. This chapter explains succinctly what to look at and why. I can't say more - it's a definite must have - my copy is going nowhere.'

- PSW- Professional Social Work, Carlyn Taylore-Score, Family Court Advisor, CAFCASS Bolton

'[The authors] have fashioned a book that is informed and informative, theoretically wise and practically useful…Readers will value Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers for the wisdom that it brings and the guidance that it offers. And armed with the knowledge so neatly wrapped up in the pages of this very sensible book, the reflective practitioner will be well placed to make young lives that much better.'

- From the Foreword by Professor David Howe, Professor of Social Work, University of East Anglia, UK

'The second edition of this highly regarded book is most welcome. The chapters, written by experts in the field, will assist those working with children and young people to understand key developmental processes. The practical approach used throughout this book will also ensure practitioners are well equipped to undertake child-centred assessments and identify appropriate interventions.'

- Professor Jan Horwath, Professor of Child Welfare, University of Sheffield, UK

By the same authors

Author information

• Brigid Daniel
• Sally Wassell
• Robbie Gilligan

Subject areas

• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• addiction,
• adolescence,
• adoption,
• attachment,
• bereavement,
• carers,
• challenging behaviour,
• child development,
• child protection,
• child psychiatry,
• child psychology,
• children,
• children's rights,
• counselling,
• disability,
• divorce,
• domestic abuse,
• drugs,
• early intervention,
• Early Years Foundation Stage,
• families,
• fostering,
• grief,
• joint working,
• looked after children,
• mental health,
• mental illness,
• nursing,
• parenting,
• psychology,
• race,
• relationships,
• resilience,
• risk assessment,
• safeguarding children,
• self esteem,
• self harm,
• sexuality,
• social care,
• social work,
• teenagers,
• transitions,
• trauma,
• violence,
• youthwork

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