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This book explores childrearing approach as one of the prime sites of the reproduction of social inequality. During the latter half of the 2000s, UK and Scottish government policy placed increasing emphasis on the importance of parenting and the early years as factors likely to have an impact on health, education and employment outcomes. Between 2005 and 2008 - the timeframe considered by this study - a number of policy initiatives emerged which were intended to support ""better parenting"". Th

Successful techniques for careful mainstreaming of accoustically handicapped teenagers are presented. Many of the factors can be useful in mainstreaming learning disability, mentally retarded, and emotionally disturbed students. The following questions are discussed: (a) What team effort is required? (b) How are future mainstreamed students and their teachers prepared? (c) In what ways are teenagers evaluated to forecast success? (d) How does mainstreaming affect students' social, educational, and/or work life?

It is argued that the focus on teenage violence has resulted in an understanding that teenagers are losing their values when, in reality, it is societal values that are changing. The insights on cultural disorder offered by anthropologists Margaret Mead (1955) & J. Meyrowitz (eg, 1992) are discussed. Mead views teenagers as representatives of an emerging culture that both breaks with, & is linked to, patterns of parental behavior. She emphasizes the need to study the ethnosocial significance of the transformation. Meyrowitz posits that adults traditionally created their own intellectual & communicative spaces; however, the separation of worlds dissolved in the latter 20th century, largely because of TV, which permits children to view the adult world. He argues that TV does not of itself change society but, rather, catalyzes preexisting movements & corrupts parental control & the hierarchical learning process. The manipulation of the generational rupture by the market & the implications of the paradigm shift are discussed. J. Lindroth

Cover -- Half title -- Titlepage -- Copyright page -- Brief contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I The Knowledge Base -- Introduction: an overview of childhood in the UK today -- An ecological framework -- Families in the UK: a story of change and continuity -- The impact of parental problems -- Legislation and social policies affecting children and families -- The impact of poverty and inequality -- Geographical variations in disadvantage and child well-being -- 1 Child development: the foundation years -- Introduction -- The child's contribution -- The parents' contribution -- Wider family and environmental contributions -- Additional resources -- 2 Child development: middle childhood -- Introduction -- The child's contribution -- The parents' contribution -- Wider family and environmental contributions -- Additional resources -- 3 Child development: adolescence -- Introduction -- The child's contribution -- The parents' contribution -- Wider family and environmental contributions -- Additional resources -- Part II Professional Practice -- Introduction: social work as a professional activity -- The professional identity of social work -- Professional integrity -- Professional expertise -- Professional relationships -- Professional decision-making -- 4 Working with children in need -- Introduction -- Children in need across the UK -- Families living in poverty -- Assessment and planning processes -- Family group conferences -- Prevention and early intervention -- Family and children's centres -- Home visiting services -- Parenting programmes -- Additional resources -- 5 Working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children -- Introduction -- The extent of child abuse and neglect -- Official responses to child abuse and neglect -- The causes and effects of child abuse and neglect -- Assessment and interventions.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWL EDGMENTS -- Introduction: On Narrating Practice with Children and Adolescents / Diaz, Mery F. / Shepard, Benjamin Heim -- PART I: Ethnographies, Narrative Inquiries, and Life Stories -- Chapter One. From Disempowerment to Self- Belief: A Center of Hope for Vulnerable Youth in Cape Town / Johnson, Sharon -- Chapter Two. Aging Out and on My Own: Stories of Youth Transitions Out of Foster Care / Gonzalez, Sabrina -- Chapter Three. Dreaming Despite Status: Immigrant Youth in Contingent Migration Contexts / Ruszczyk, Stephen -- Chapter Four. "Hear Me": Collaborating with Youth to Address Sexual Exploitation / Jackson, Margot K. / Caine, Vera / Huber, Janice / Vastani, Muneerah Amin -- Chapter Five. In Between Worlds: Narrating Ecological Heritage Practices for Teenage Wellness / Baines, Kristina -- Chapter Six. Neighborhood Surveillance and the Prison Assembly Line / Milton, Trevor B. -- Chapter Seven. Considering Inequalities: Experiences in Part- Time Youth Work / Besen-Cassino, Yasemin -- PART II: Autoethnography and Storytelling -- Chapter Eight. Finding Justice: Transforming Schools with the Children We Serve / Diaz, Mery F. -- Chapter Nine. Fitting In, Letting Go, and Other Common Concerns for Children with Disabilities / Rings, Sherri L. -- Chapter Ten. Between Life Stories and the Strug gle for Homeless Youth / Shepard, Benjamin Heim -- Chapter Eleven. Childhood and the Politics of Care / Palley, Elizabeth -- Chapter Twelve. Living on the Frontline: Reality- Based Drug Education in the Era of Black Lives Matter / Otero, Jerry -- Chapter Thirteen. Poor Mothers, Poor Children: The Feminization of Poverty in Rural India / Fernandes, Gretta M. -- PART III: Practice Reflections and Case Narratives -- Chapter Fourteen. Understand the Brain, Understand Our Children / Courtney, Deborah -- Chapter Fifteen. Beyond Deficits: Shifting Perspectives in Child and Youth Mental Health / Jackson, Margot K. -- Chapter Sixteen. Shifting Identities, Shifting Meanings: Adolescent Siblings and Grief / Hyatt, Erica Goldblatt -- Chapter Seventeen. Creating Spaces for Sam: A Story of Healing Trauma Through Narrative Means and Art Therapy / McDonald, Susan / Wise, Stephanie -- Chapter Eighteen. Stories of Youth and Family Navigating a New Frontier of Social Media / Judd, Rebecca G. / May, Benjamin T. -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX

Cover -- Social Work with Children -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART ONE The Context of Social Work with Children -- 1 Child Care Policy, Children's Rights and The Children Act -- 2 Age and Understanding: The Developmental Framework -- PART Two Working with Children in Practice -- 3 The Voice of the Child in Practice -- 4 Working with Children in Need and in Need of Protection -- 5 Children who are the Subject of Care and Adoption Proceedings in the Courts -- 6 Children Looked After by the Local Authority -- 7 Children and Youth Justice -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Includes: Approach to social case treatment; Social case work with the physically or mentally handicapped; Social case work with the socially handicapped.