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Author:   Lindsay O'Dell ,  Stephen Leverett
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.338kg
ISBN:  

9780230280083

ISBN 10:   0230280080
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   03 November 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; L.O'Dell & S.Leverett PART 1: CONSTRUCTING AND DECONSTRUCTING PRACTICE Well-being and the Ecology of Children's Lives; A.Rixon Constructions of Normative Families  Implications for Practice; L.O'Dell The Surveillance of Children, Young People and Families; L.Arai Public Policy, Children and Young People; P.Foley PART 2: CO-CONSTRUCTING PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES Disabled Children, their Parents and their Experiences with Professionals; D.Goodley & K.Runswick-Cole Counselling Children: Values and Practice; A.Davies Young People and Mental Health: Resilience and Models for Practice; W.Hamilton Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding Children; L.Arai Sons and Daughters of Foster Carers  Invisible, Vulnerable or Valued?; G.Jackson & P.Unwin The Social Construction of Home and School Learning in Multicultural Communities; S.Crafter Children's Welfare and Children's Rights; G.Lansdown Between the Rocks and Hard Places: Young People Negotiating Fear and Criminalisation; P.Squires Constructing Practice within the Parenting Agenda: the Case of Sure Start and Parenting Orders; A.Holt Forest Schools; T.Kelly-Freer.

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LINDSAY O'DELL is a Lecturer in Children and Young People and Director of Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK. Her research interests focus on children who are in some way 'different', including sexually abused children, children with a visible difference and children with autism. STEPHEN LEVERETT is a Lecturer in Children and Young People in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK. His practice background is in social care and social work in both the statutory and voluntary sector. His publications include Connecting with Children: Developing Working Relationships (2008, co-edited with Pam Foley).

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