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This study on cross cultural perspectives in child advocacy deals with various topics, including support for children's issues, the factors that influence reporting of suspected child abuse and child advocacy's application to education professionals. The study looks at issues from around the world.

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Author:   Ilene R. Berson ,  Michael J. Berson ,  Bárbara C. Cruz
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Information Age Publishing
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.504kg
ISBN:  

9781930608054

ISBN 10:   1930608055
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   05 September 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Introduction: Galvanizing Support for Children's Issues, Ilene R. Berson and Michael J. Berson. Social Injustice: The Irony of African Schooling Disruption, Annette Richardson. Inhibiting and Enabling Factors that Influence Educator Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect, Faye McCallum. Rights and Wrongs: Children's Participation in High-Performance Sports, Gabriela Tymowski. When the Eagle Meets the Condor: A Dialogue with Ecuador, Carol Flake. Child Advocacy and its Application to Education Professionals: International Symposium on Early Childhood Education and Care for the Twenty-first Century. Deborah Eville Lo and Tata Mbugua. Walking the Talk: Realizing a Commitment to Our Children, Donna Patterson and Rosanne Glass. Implications of Brain Research for Children from Low-Income Minority Families: The Need for an Ecological Perspective, Jyotsna Pattnaik. Involving Preservice Teachers in a Program for ROM (Gypsy) Children in Northern Greece: Lessons in Child Advocacy, Beth Blue Swadener, Evangelia Tressou, and Christodoula Mitakidou. Biographies of the Contributors.

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