This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the areas of leadership management & supervision for line managers supervisors & senior practitioners Taking a problem-solving approach the book explores different aspects of leadership & management including personal effectiveness managing & leading supervision managing training & development managing resources & leading & developing a team. A precise review of each project area is linked to a set of audit tools that a manager can mobilise in order to review team & personal effectiveness & develop practice. ...

This title comes with downloadable electronic resources. Offering practical advice & guidance on how to establish & maintain effective multi-agency partnership working in your setting this book will tell you how to meet the Every Child Matters outcomes for children & young people. It clarifies the skills & knowledge required in order to form productive partnerships & shows you how to set up & maintain good collaborative practice. The following are provided: useful checklists; examples of best practice in multi-agency working; a range of activities to support team building; reflective questions to facilitate training & improvement; practical tools for evaluating the impact of multi-agency working; & photocopiable materials to use with each chapter of the book. It is an invaluable resource for leaders & managers in any early years setting Childrens Centre primary secondary or special school or Pupil Referral Unit & will support anyone responsible for coordinating & managing multi-agency partnership working. Lecturers in higher education responsible for training members of the childrens workforce will value this book as well as Local Authority officers & Workforce Remodelling Advisers. ...

Effective Negotiation is a task-oriented & practical resource that provides the skills needed to reach a good agreement. It examines how negotiations work & covers key issues such as trust power & information exchange. Ray Fells draws on his extensive teaching & research experience to present useful applicable strategies & advice on managing workplace & business negotiations. Fully revised & updated this comprehensive second edition boasts new features including chapter summaries fundamental skills tips & a complete Negotiators Toolkit. It incorporates up-to-date case studies new material on mediation & on multiparty negotiations & a new concluding chapter on being an effective negotiator. The companion website at www.cambridge.edu.au/academic/effective

Includes:: A superbly comprehensive set of lecturer resources including Power Point summaries negotiation role plays & expanded case material. Effective Negotiation remains an essential resource for students & professionals in the fields of business & management law human resource management & employment relations.

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The revised Early Years Foundation Stage (a statutory framework for all those working with children from birth to the end of their first year in school) is due to implemented from September 2012. The revised EYFS brings significant changes & therefore all practitioners need to understand the changes meet the new requirements & ensure they provide the best education & care provision for the children. Students & colleges too will need as much support & guidance as possible explaining the requirements the link between these & how children learn & what effective practice looks like. This is a succinct & easy-to-read pocket guide for students & practitioners making links between how children learn & what adults need to do to support their learning & development within the framework of the EYFS. It focuses on the new Learning & Development Requirements & provides examples of effective practice. It addresses three key themes which are emerging as areas for further development in the early years: understanding how children learn parents as partners & assessment. It also covers the new statutory assessments for this age group including a new mandatory assessment at age two & a new format for the statutory assessment at the end of the EYFS in the reception year. This is the first time that any government has required an assessment on two year olds therefore the proposed book will provide invaluable guidance & support on how best to carry this out. Key features of the book include: * Outlining the EYFS areas of learning & development both prime & specific * Considering the meaning of the three characteristics of learning an important feature of the revised EYFS about which there is little advice & support * Addressing partnership with parents in their childrens learning & development which was a major feature of the recent reviews relating to early intervention & early years * Providing guidance on how to carry out the Progress Check at Age Two. This is the statutory assessment which practitioners are required to provide for all parents of children attending a setting when the child is two years old. There is only minimal official guidance for practitioners on how to do this. ...

Providing a comprehensive & up-to-date review of research & the implications for practice the second edition of Effective Practice in Youth Justice considers core areas of youth justice practice such as how to engage young people effectively within the context of recent changes to the youth justice system brought about by the introduction of the scaled approach & the Youth Rehabilitation Order. It also provides an overview of the available research in specific areas of practice including assessment; planning interventions & supervision; mental health; substance misuse; restorative justice; education training & employment; & custody & resettlement. The content has been specifically developed to meet the needs of students taking Youth Justice Board (YJB) sponsored courses with the Open University & is required reading for many of these. The book is also an essential resource for professionals working within the youth justice system those training to work in youth justice & students taking courses in youth justice or related subjects. ...

This is a book for all teachers on their central professional task of understanding & deploying skillfully a range of teaching modes & strategies in order to promote successful learning. It provides a balanced exploration of practical teaching strategies & offers clear ideas that are supported by practical experience research evidence & theory. Examples are given of teaching in a range of educational settings & of issues teachers face in modern teaching roles. This book is comprehensive balanced open-minded & up-to-date & informed by an awareness of international developments in the profession. Effective Teaching & Learning in Practice" is a book for all students in initial teacher education. Its insights ideas & practical advice should also prove valuable to serving teachers & especially those undertaking further professional development. It is intended for anyone who takes seriously the understanding of modern ideas research & developments in teaching & learning & who is committed to becoming professionally skilled in the range of roles now required of teachers. It enables teachers to develop professional judgement based on good theoretical understanding awareness of research findings & considered reflections on practice." ...

Effective Teaching in Schools is the ideal introduction to what defines good teaching in the UK. Recognizing the shift of teacher-training towards more classroom practice the book combines depth & authoritative coverage in its treatment of the teaching experience. Strongly practical the book helps to develop the essential skills of reflective practice. It is the ideal bridge between the theory students need to put their experience in context & the practice which allows them to build on theoretical work where it matters in the classroom. This third edition covers new UK developments such as: personalized learning new developments in information & communication technology interactive teaching inclusion assessment for learning the UK's Every Child Matters evidence-based classroom practice. The book also contains updated terminology & references plus suggestions for further research. ...

Parents who neglect children present considerable challenges to child welfare professionals & are often resistant to change. There is little evidence available on what works. This book addresses an urgent need to ensure that social care interventions provide better long term outcomes for neglected children across services. Based on a substantial research study into social care provision for children it provides a rare insight into the experiences of neglected children over a period of five years examining the responsiveness of parents & children to social care support & their progress. Close-focus study of the decisions made on either side of services
- by the children the parents the caregivers & related social & healthcare professionals
- shows what works & what doesnt in the long term. This important study highlights gaps in provision for neglected children after the initial referral stage the risks & potential for professional interventions & how well the child protection system & the courts protect children. The study suggests ways that local authorities & other professionals can meet the complex needs of the children most likely to fall through the safety net the factors related to good outcomes for them & how to improve safeguarding strategies within & beyond childrens services. Providing a critical account of policy systems & practice this book is essential reading for anyone who needs the latest evidence about safeguarding children including policymakers social workers & professionals in health care & the family justice system. Safeguarding children from abuse is of paramount importance. This series communicates messages for practice from an extensive Government-funded research programme designed to improve early recognition of child abuse & neglect as well as service responses & interventions. The series addresses a range of forms of abuse including emotional & physical abuse & neglect & outlines strategies for effective interagency collaboration successful intervention & best practice. Titles in the series will be essential reading for practitioners with responsibility for safeguarding children.

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This concise text is written specifically to help students & practitioners hone their techniques & develop their skills when it comes to writing in a clear accessible & above all rigorous manner. There are sections on good essay writing & how to construct an argument referencing & plagiarism & reflective & critical writing. More than just another study skills book Effective Writing Skills for Social Work is focused on real day-to-day practice issues & the complex academic demands faced by social work students. ...

About 50 species of shorebirds breed in the Arctic where they constitute the most characteristic component of the tundra avifauna. Here we review the impact of weather & climate on the breeding cycle of shorebirds based on extensive studies conducted across the Arctic. Conditions for breeding shorebirds are highly variable among species sites & regions both within & between continents. Weather effects on breeding are most moderate in the Low Arctic of northern Europe & most extreme in the Siberian High Arctic. The decision of whether or not to breed upon arrival on the breeding grounds the timing of egg-laying & the chick-growth period are most affected by annual variation in weather. In large parts of the Arctic clutch initiation dates are highly correlated with snowmelt dates & in regions & years where extensive snowmelt occurs before or soon after the arrival of shorebirds the decision to breed & on the breeding ecology of clutch initiation dates appear to be a function of food availability for laying females. Once incubation is initiated adult shorebirds appear fairly resilient to variations in temperature with nest abandonment primarily occurring in case of severe weather with new snow covering the ground. Feeding conditions for chicks a factor highly influenced by weather affects juvenile production in most regions. Predation has a very strong impact on breeding productivity throughout the Arctic & subarctic with lemming Dicrostonyx spp. & Lemmus spp. fluctuations strongly influencing predation rates particularly in the Siberian Arctic. The fate of Arctic shorebirds under projected future climate scenarios is uncertain but High Arctic species & populations appear particularly at risk. Climatic amelioration may benefit Arctic shorebirds in the short term by increasing both survival & productivity whereas in the long term habitat changes both on the breeding grounds & on the temperate & tropical non-breeding areas may put them under considerable pressure & may bring some of them near to extinction. Their relatively low genetic diversity which is thought to be a consequence of survival through past climatically-driven population bottlenecks may also put them more at risk to anthropogenic-induced climate variation than other avian taxa. ...