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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christine Davis (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.521kg ISBN: 9781611321234ISBN 10: 1611321239 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 30 April 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Rigging and Launching Chapter 2: S.S. Titanic Chapter 3: Abandon All Hope Chapter 4: Appearances are Deceiving Chapter 5: Union Gives Strength Chapter 6: All Things are Possible Chapter 7: Team Voice Chapter 8: Blended Voices Chapter 9: Children’s Mental Health Practice ConsiderationsReviewsWritten with compassion and insight, Cris Davis s latest book introduces readers to a phenomenon that is truly on the margins of our social consciousness despite its prevalence the experiences of families and their children with severe emotional disturbance. As a diligent and rigorous ethnographic study, Communicating Hope illustrates the power of social construction as both a metatheoretical concept and a powerful tool that helps the system of care to resist dominant medical models that disempower families and children. I highly recommend this text for scholars and teachers of health, education, or communication and for professionals working closely with distressed children and families. Elissa Foster, Associate Professor, DePaul University, and author of Communicating at the End of Life: Finding Magic in the Mundane (Erlbaum, 2007) Written with compassion and insight, Cris Davis's latest book introduces readers to a phenomenon that is truly on the margins of our social consciousness despite its prevalence-the experiences of families and their children with severe emotional disturbance. As a diligent and rigorous ethnographic study, Communicating Hope illustrates the power of social construction as both a metatheoretical concept and a powerful tool that helps the 'system of care' to resist dominant medical models that disempower families and children. I highly recommend this text for scholars and teachers of health, education, or communication and for professionals working closely with distressed children and families. - Elissa Foster, Associate Professor, DePaul University, and author of Communicating at the End of Life: Finding Magic in the Mundane (Erlbaum, 2007) Christine Davis offers a reflexive, raw, and achingly vulnerable account of the possibilities and challenges of a strengths-based and interdisciplinary approach to mental healthcare for children and adolescents. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, Davis invites you into the lives of care providers and the families they serve. Few communication scholars do ethnography as well as Davis-her research is original, engaging, and useful. Indeed, she communicates hope in the midst of vulnerability. - Lynn M. Harter, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University Written with compassion and insight, Cris Davis's latest book introduces readers to a phenomenon that is truly on the margins of our social consciousness despite its prevalence-the experiences of families and their children with severe emotional disturbance. As a diligent and rigorous ethnographic study, Communicating Hope illustrates the power of social construction as both a metatheoretical concept and a powerful tool that helps the 'system of care' to resist dominant medical models that disempower families and children. I highly recommend this text for scholars and teachers of health, education, or communication and for professionals working closely with distressed children and families. - Elissa Foster, Associate Professor, DePaul University, and author of Communicating at the End of Life: Finding Magic in the Mundane (Erlbaum, 2007) Christine Davis offers a reflexive, raw, and achingly vulnerable account of the possibilities and challenges of a strengths-based and interdisciplinary approach to mental healthcare for children and adolescents. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, Davis invites you into the lives of care providers and the families they serve. Few communication scholars do ethnography as well as Davis-her research is original, engaging, and useful. Indeed, she communicates hope in the midst of vulnerability. - Lynn M. Harter, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University """Written with compassion and insight, Cris Davis’s latest book introduces readers to a phenomenon that is truly on the margins of our social consciousness despite its prevalence—the experiences of families and their children with severe emotional disturbance. As a diligent and rigorous ethnographic study, Communicating Hope illustrates the power of social construction as both a metatheoretical concept and a powerful tool that helps the 'system of care' to resist dominant medical models that disempower families and children. I highly recommend this text for scholars and teachers of health, education, or communication and for professionals working closely with distressed children and families."" - Elissa Foster, Associate Professor, DePaul University, and author of Communicating at the End of Life: Finding Magic in the Mundane (Erlbaum, 2007) ""Christine Davis offers a reflexive, raw, and achingly vulnerable account of the possibilities and challenges of a strengths-based and interdisciplinary approach to mental healthcare for children and adolescents. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, Davis invites you into the lives of care providers and the families they serve. Few communication scholars do ethnography as well as Davis―her research is original, engaging, and useful. Indeed, she communicates hope in the midst of vulnerability."" - Lynn M. Harter, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University" Author InformationChristine S. Davis is Professor in the Communication Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a critical narrative ethnographer and autoethnographer who experiments with method and form, and publishes regularly on topics such as qualitative research methods, children’s mental health, end-of-life communication, and family disability. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |