Children and families
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Born to Fail?
The National Children's Bureau reports on striking differences in the lives of British
Peter Wedge and Hilary Prosser
Based on the National Child Development Study, this ebook is about children and about Britain. Learn More1973, Ebook, PDF, $9.95ISBN: 9781905818587 -
Who Says?
Choice and control in care
Ruth Gardner
This ebook is for all who are concerned about the quality of care and its improvement. Learn More1987, Ebook, PDF, 106pp, $9.95ISBN: 9781907969058 -
Closing Children's Homes
An End to Residential Child care?
David Cliffe with David Berridge
This ebook reports on the unprecedented and radical step taken by Warwickshire Social Services Department when, in 1986, it closed the last of its children's homes. Learn More1991, Ebook, PDF, 245pp, $9.95ISBN: 9781905818990 -
30 Years of Change for Children
Edited by Gillian Pugh
The authors reflect on the main changes in legislation, on key messages from research and on whether developments in practice have reflected these research findings. Learn More1993, Ebook, PDF, 279pp, $9.95ISBN: 9781905818969 -
Growing Up with a Chronic Disease
The Impact on Children and Their Families
Christine Eiser
This book, drawing on theoretical and practical sources, acknowledges the potential for distress involved in caring for a sick child but also emphasizes the coping resources and skills that can be, and frequently are, adopted by families. Learn More1993, Paperback / softback, 0.04in x 0.04in / 1mm x 1mm, 240pp, $39.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-168-8 -
How and Why Children Hate
A Study of Conscious and Unconscious Sources
Edited by Ved Varma
We all hate from time to time, but children hate more than adults. The contributors to this book discuss how to recognise and handle hatred in a practical way. Their different perspectives enable the reader to obtain a comprehensive picture of available models and management approaches to children's primitive hatred. Learn More1993, 224pp -
Good Practice in Child Protection
A Manual for Professionals
Edited by Hilary Owen and Jacki Pritchard
Good Practice in Child Protection is a practical handbook for use by all professionals who work with child abuse cases as they get to grips with the new legislation on child protection. The book is soundly based on theory, but its main emphasis is on practice, and it includes exercises to improve practice in specific areas of child protection work. Learn More1993, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.22in / 234mm x 158mm, 240pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-205-0 -
Caring for People in the Community
The New Welfare
Edited by Michael Titterton
This book critically examines the new agenda of welfare and assesses the implications for change for policy makers, formal and informal carers and consumers including examinations of key topics such as care planning and case management. Learn More1994, 160pp -
Children and Residential Care in Europe
Nicola Madge
Originally published in 1994, this ebook looks broadly at children and child care services, especially residential child care, in 13 European Union countries, to give an overview of national similarities and differences and identify key areas of change, development and concern. Learn More1994, Ebook, PDF, 176pp, $9.95ISBN: 9781905818594 -
The Future Shape of Children's Services
Adrianne Jones and Keith Billon
This report concentrates on those children who require services beyond those which are generally on offer from mainstream health and education services and who also need a more appropriate response from mainstream services. Learn More1994, Ebook, PDF, 59pp, $9.95ISBN: 9781907969041
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