Parenting
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Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children
A Model for Practice
Richard Rose
A comprehensive overview for professionals working with traumatized children, which outlines the theory and practice of life story therapy, a method which helps children and cares to question and resolve issues and events within a child's life. Learn More2012, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 6.42in / 229mm x 163mm, 192pp, $32.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-272-62012, Ebook, ePUB, 192pp, $32.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-574-8 -
A Child's Journey Through Placement
Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D.
The classic child welfare text on understanding the experience of children in an out of home placement and how to help them. It explains relevant psychological theory and provides practical guidance on how to provide the best care. Case studies and exercises feature throughout. Learn More2012, Paperback / softback, 9.84in x 6.93in / 250mm x 176mm, 432pp, $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-898-82012, Ebook, ePUB, 432pp, $24.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-631-8 -
Nurturing Adoptions
Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma
Deborah D. Gray
This is a comprehensive guide to nurturing adoptions, explaining the theory behind the impact of neglect and trauma on children's development, and what attachment means. It provides professionals with the knowledge and advice they need to help adoptive families build positive relationships and help children heal. Learn More2012, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.98in / 228mm x 152mm, 512pp, $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-891-92012, Ebook, ePUB, 512pp, $24.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-607-3 -
Communication Skills for Working with Children and Young People
Introducing Social Pedagogy
Pat Petrie
This practical guide identifies the child and their relationship with the adult as the basis upon which real communication can be made. Topics covered include non-verbal communication, attentive listening, empathy, the part played by questions, working constructively with conflict and criticism, and communicating in groups. Learn More2011, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.98in / 228mm x 152mm, 176pp, $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-137-82011, Ebook, ePUB, 176pp, $24.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-331-7 -
The Child's Own Story
Life Story Work with Traumatized Children
Richard Rose and Terry Philpot
The authors explain the concepts of attachment, separation, loss and identity, using these contexts to describe how to use techniques such as family trees, wallpaper work, and eco- and geno-scaling. They offer guidance on interviewing relatives and carers, and how to gain access to key documentation, including social workers' case files. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.06in / 232mm x 154mm, 160pp, $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-287-82004, Ebook, ePUB, 160pp, $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-056-6 -
Developing Adoption Support and Therapy
New Approaches for Practice
Angie Hart and Barry Luckock
This book explores the challenges of adoption and how best to support families coping with these demands. Angie Hart and Barry Luckock draw together adoptive parents' experiences, professional practice and empirical research to provide an integrative account of adoption support services. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.26in / 233mm x 159mm, 224pp, $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-146-82004, Ebook, PDF, 196pp, $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-021-4 -
What Works in Adoption and Foster Care?
Clive Sellick, June Thoburn and Terry Philpot
This book reviews changes in policy and practice and will assist managers and practitioners in family and childcare social work to make decisions based on sound evidence about where to place children and what sort of practice is likely to bring about the desired outcomes for children, birth relatives, foster carers and the adoptive family. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.65in x 7.40in / 245mm x 188mm, 140pp, $34.95ISBN: 9781904659006 -
Third Party Assisted Conception Across Cultures
Social, Legal and Ethical Perspectives
Edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau
This is a comprehensive guide to the place of third party assisted conception within health care provision, drawing on ethical and religious standpoints as well as political and economic factors. Blyth and Landau have brought together contributors to consider the social, legal and ethical aspects of assisted conception in thirteen countries. Learn More2003, Hardback, 9.49in x 6.30in / 241mm x 160mm, 288pp, $99.00ISBN: 978-1-84310-085-02003, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.22in / 232mm x 158mm, 288pp, $38.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-084-32003, Ebook, PDF, 288pp, $38.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-434-2 -
Birth of an Adoptive, Foster or Stepmother
Beyond Biological Mothering Attachments
Barbara Waterman
Adoptive, foster and stepmothers, like biological mothers, find their lives completely changed by motherhood although they are not always granted the rights and privileges accorded to those who give birth. Barbara Waterman explores the common experiences that are shared by all those who enter the motherhood portal. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.26in / 234mm x 159mm, 272pp, $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-724-82003, Ebook, PDF, 272pp, $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-425-0 -
Trauma, Attachment and Family Permanence
Fear Can Stop You Loving
Edited by Caroline Archer and Alan Burnell
Fostered and adopted children can present major challenges resulting from unresolved attachment issues and early traumatic experiences. This book provides a variety of complementary perspectives on the needs of these children and their families, focusing on ways of integrating attachment theory and developmental psychology into effective practice. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 336pp, $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-021-82003, Ebook, ePUB, 336pp, $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-387-1
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