Promoting children's wellbeing by Janet Collins
This attractive and accessible textbook analyses and examines the policies, services and practice skills needed for collaborative, effective and equitable work with children.
"Designed as a teaching text, this collection will amke an excellent resource for both students and practitioners" Bill Bell in Children and Young People Now
"This book is a thought-provoking and accessible exploration of children's well-being. It is genuinely enjoyable to read and should encourage any reader to examine their own understanding and practice." Sarah Lewis, Children & Society
"...a useful and relevant addition to the bookshelves...." Social Work
"We owe it to ourselves and our children to take this book, study it, debate, argue with it, but above all learn from it. This book allows us to consider the whole child and challenges us to communicate in a meaningful way so that the wellbeing of the child is secured. If you think that caring for a child is 'child's play', you may be nearer than you think to understanding and respecting the child's world." Glo Potter, foster carer
"Stimulating and informative, ably capturing the complexity and challenges facing Children's Services; valuable reading for all child related practitioners. A book that requires us to reflect, discuss, and review how we can do things better." Jane March-McDonald, SWAP, June 2008
"The child-centric nature of this text is excellent." Maddie Burton, University of Worcester.
"The book supports students' undertsanding of how safeguarding practice fits within the legal framework." Amanda Crow, University of Huddersfield.
"This book is a thought-provoking and accessible exploration of children's well-being. It is genuinely enjoyable to read and should encourage any reader to examine their own understanding and practice." Sarah Lewis, Children & Society
"...a useful and relevant addition to the bookshelves...." Social Work
"We owe it to ourselves and our children to take this book, study it, debate, argue with it, but above all learn from it. This book allows us to consider the whole child and challenges us to communicate in a meaningful way so that the wellbeing of the child is secured. If you think that caring for a child is 'child's play', you may be nearer than you think to understanding and respecting the child's world." Glo Potter, foster carer
"Stimulating and informative, ably capturing the complexity and challenges facing Children's Services; valuable reading for all child related practitioners. A book that requires us to reflect, discuss, and review how we can do things better." Jane March-McDonald, SWAP, June 2008
"The child-centric nature of this text is excellent." Maddie Burton, University of Worcester.
"The book supports students' undertsanding of how safeguarding practice fits within the legal framework." Amanda Crow, University of Huddersfield.
Janet Collins is a Senior Lecturer in the Open University's Faculty of Education and Language Studies. Her research focuses on the social, emotional and educational needs of children in primary schools.
Pam Foley is a Senior Lecturer in the Open University's Faculty of Health and Social Care. She researches and writes in the fields of children's health care policy and practice and children's emotional and social development
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847420596 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847420591 |
| Title | Promoting children's wellbeing |
| Author | Janet Collins |
| Series | Working Together For Children |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Policy Press |
| Year published | 2008-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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