Working with Children and Young People Co-constructing Practice

by O'Dell, Lindsay; Leverett, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780230280083
• ISBN10: 0230280080
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

A timely reader of interest to a wide academic discipline base, providing a critical account and new theoretical perspectives on practical issues arising in working with children of all ages and their families. Uniquely, it brings together discussion of early years with later childhood, including adolescence and transitions into adulthood.

Author Biography

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).

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