This expanded & updated second edition of The Child's World" is the accessible & comprehensive multidisciplinary guide to assessing children in need & their families. The book not only provides an explanation of the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need & their Families but also a wealth of information on how to implement it sensitively & effectively summarizing the latest research policy & best practice. " The Child's World" covers: the assessment framework; the process of assessment; assessing the developmental needs of children; assessing parenting capacity; & assessing family & environmental factors. This book is essential reading for practitioners in children's & adult services using the Framework & will also be a valued source of knowledge & guidance for those working in legislative contexts outside of Engl&." ...

The value of play therapy in treating disturbed and/or abused children is becoming increasingly recognised. This book introduces ...

In an age where birth has often been overtaken by obstetrics Dr Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh & relevant as it was when he originally wrote this book. He unpicks every possible root cause of western woman's fear & anxiety in pregnancy childbirth & breastfeeding & does so with overwhelming heart & empathy. Essential reading for all parents-to-be childbirth educators midwives & obstetricians! ...

For single parent families as well as those with two working parents organising formal childcare can seem complicated & daunting. How are you to navigate your way through all the options available work out what you can afford & plan all this around you or your partner returning to work? In The Childcare Bible" Lucy Martin offers clear comprehensive guidance on the world of nannies nurseries childminders & much more. As an ex-solicitor working mother of three children & owner of a successful nanny-finding business Lucy is excellently placed to give you the best advice on how to negotiate the childcare minefield. Having interviewed parents across the country to ensure the widest range of concerns & issues are covered " The Childcare Bible" tells you everything you need to know including: what types of childcare are available & what they each offer; how to evaluate a childcare provider or childcare setting; what financial support you can get & how it works; how to interview nannies & the relevant employment law issues; how to decide whether returning to work is right for you; & what your rights are on returning to work. With checklists & case studies this essential guide sets out the pros & cons costs & implications of all available options. Accompanied by a regularly updated website containing the latest legal changes affecting childcare " The Childcare Bible" makes organising the right childcare for your family a painless task." ...

This book introduces the inter-disciplinary study of childhood & youth & the multi-agency practice of professionals who serve the needs of children young people & their families. Exploring key theories & central ideas research methodology policy & practice it takes a holistic contextual approach that values difference & diversity. It examines concepts such as identity representation creativity & discourse & issues such as ethnicity gender & the childhood in crisis thesis. Furthermore it challenges opinion by exploring complex & controversial modern-day issues & by engaging with a range of perspectives to highlight debates within the field. ...

This book is intended to be a guide to the burgeoning literature on the history of childhood. Harry Hendrick reviews the most important debates & the main findings of a number of historians on a range of topics including the changing social constructions of childhood child-parent relations social policy schooling leisure & the thesis that modern childhood is disappearing. The intention of this concise study is to provide readers with a reliable account of the evolution of some of the most important developments in adult-child relations during the last one hundred years. The author draws his material not only from historians but also from sociologists anthropologists psychologists & childrens rights activists. Thus he successfully shows how much of our modern understanding of childhood & of children results from both an historical & a social scientific understanding. ...

What an inspirational book! I have been a head teacher for twenty years & this is the best book on primary education that I have ever read
- Bob Garton Head Teacher London. This is the most thorough research-based analysis of primary schools I have seen in over two decades of reporting on education. It should carry the testimonial This book should change English primary schools forever
- Mike Baker formerly Senior BBC Education Correspondent. There is a simple account of the Cambridge Primary Review which is essentially about awe & wonder: it is a formidable achievement
- Andrew Pollard " British Educational Research Journal". " Children their World their Education" is the definitive text for students teachers researchers educational leaders & all who are interested in primary education. As the culmination of the Cambridge Primary Review the most comprehensive enquiry into English primary education for half a century its publication provoked instant & dramatic headlines. Widespread support from teachers & eminent public figures demonstrated that the book had identified the issues that really mattered. Ministerial unease showed that here were findings that politicians could not ignore. But Children their World their Education is much more than a report. It is an unrivalled educational compendium that systematically covers the issues that are central to the daily work of students teachers & heads. For trainee teachers on undergraduate & postgraduate courses it effectively maps the territory of primary education & provides the context information & insight which are essential to the development of classroom skill. Its vast range of carefully evaluated evidence makes it a core resource for those undertaking research & advanced study. Its direct engagement with the policy process during a period of unprecedented change makes it an indispensable tool for policy analysis. It places Englands education system in the global context & combines evidence on recent developments with a vision of how primary education should be. Part 1 sets the scene & tracks primary education policy since the 1960s. Part 2 examines childrens development & learning their needs & aspirations & their lives in a diverse society & fragile world. Part 3 explores what goes on in schools from the vital early years to educational aims & values the curriculum pedagogy & classroom practice assessment standards & school organisation. Part 4 deals with the system as a whole: educational ages & stages the work & training of primary teachers school leadership local authorities funding governance & policy. Part 5 pulls everything together with 78 conclusions & 75 recommendations for policy & practice. Companion

Volume: " The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys" is edited by Robin Alexander with Christine Doddington John Gray Linda Hargreaves & Ruth Kershner."




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An invaluable companion for all practitioners involved in private law proceedings under the Children Act 1989. It provides both a detailed widely researched analysis of substantive law & a clear guide to the relevant procedure. This new edition has been thoroughly revised throughout & takes account of all recent case-law & important procedural developments such as the introduction of the revised Private Law Programme. The extensive text is supplemented by fully updated appendices containing essential statutory & other materials. ...

This book investigates the relationship between ideas about childhood & the actual experience of being a child & assesses how it has changed over the span of five hundred years. Hugh Cunningham tells an engaging story of the development of ideas about childhood from the Renaissance to the present including Locke Rosseau Wordsworth & Freud revealing considerable differences in the way western societites have understood & valued childhood over time. His survey of parent/child relationships uncovers evidence of parental love care & in the frequent cases of child death grief throughout the period concluding that there was as much continuity as change in the actual relations of children & adults across these five centuries. For undergraduate courses in History of the Family European Social History History of Children & Gender History. ...

The s&-blasted world of Arrakis has become green watered & fertile. Old Paul Atreides who led the desert Fremen to political & religious domination of the galaxy is gone. But for the children of Dune the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms & this in turn is disastrous for the planets economy. Leto & Ghanima Paul Atreidess twin children & his heirs can see possible solutions
- but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the all-powerful Atreides empire & more than economic disaster threatens.. .
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