I denna tvärvetenskapliga antologi skärskådas kopplingar och dynamiker mellan barndom och utsatthet av några av Sveriges främsta forskare. - Vilka möjligheter har barn och unga i utsatthet att göra sin röst hörd och bli lyssnade på?- Vilka skyldighe…
Barnkonventionen är sedan den 1 januari 2020 svensk lag. Det har medfört ett ökat behov att förstå hur konventionen kan användas i praktiken, vilka utmaningar som finns men också vilka möjligheter den kan ge…
Tjejer utgör en tredjedel av de ungdomar som bor vid särskilda ungdomshem. Ändå står nästan alltid killarna i centrum i mediernas rapportering om allmänna, mediala, figurer såsom ”problemungdomar”, ”ungdomsbrottslighet” e…
Dagens kompetansesamfunn skaper risiko for sosial eksklusjon. En systematisk innsats for å støtte barns utvikling kan minske denne risikoen. Denne boka plasserer intervensjons- og evidensbasert tenkning i en vitenskapelig sammenheng og setter den in…
This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice is an essential guide for social work students and practitioners involved in the assessment of children and their families. Focusing on 'core'…
This new and updated edition of the best-selling book on assessing children in need and their families integrates practice, policy and theory to produce a comprehensive and multidisciplinary guide to all aspects of assessment.The Child's World not o…
When are children old enough to understand medical information? When are they mature enough to make wise decisions in their best interests? This book explores these questions through detailed qualitative research. It is based on in-depth interviews…
Vidkärrs barnhem i östra Göteborg invigdes i november 1935. Anläggningen var då landets största. Byggnaderna präglades av funktionalismens ideal och beskrevs som ”ultramoderna”. Vidkärr var ett så kallat upptagningshem där barnen vistade…
Det norske barnevernet har kommet i hardt vær internasjonalt. I flere land har det vært holdt politiske demonstrasjoner mot barnevernet, og på ulike internettfora advarer østeuropeiske innvandrere hverandre mot etaten som «stjeler» barn. Hva er det…
Sverige har liksom nästan alla länder i världen skrivit under Barnkonvetionen som antogs av FN 1989. Däremot hör Sverige inte till de länder som skrivit under FN:s tredje tilläggsprotokoll om en internationell klagomekanism som trädde i kraft 2014.…
I världen ser vi en historisk ökning av människor som lämnar sina hem på grund av väpnade konflikter, förföljelse eller fattigdom. Det ställer nya krav på bland annat Sveriges förmåga att ta emot och stödja de människor, inte minst barn och unga, so…
What image does the word orphanage conjure up in your mind? A sunny scene of carefree children at play in the grounds of a large ivy-clad house? Or a forbidding grey edifice whose cowering inmates were ruled over with a rod of iron by a stern, starc…
Placed in care at a very early age, Paolo Hewitt went to live with a foster family where he endured extreme abuse and humiliation.Following years of abuse he was sent to Burbank children's home at the age of ten where he met a gang of children. Like…
Transportation and Children's Well-Being applies an ecological approach, examining the social, psychological and physical impacts transport has on children at the individual and community level. Drawing on the latest multidisciplinary research in tr…
The diverse challenges that clinicians and children's workers tasked with safeguarding babies and young children face are complex, and this unique book looks at effective, practice-based and evidence-informed approaches to working across a wide rang…
Before the 1940s, children in the United States with severe emotional difficulties would have had few options for care. The first option was usually a child guidance clinic within the community, but they might also have been placed in a state mental…
This new edition of this bestselling textbook examines the key themes involved in the study of young children and childhood from a variety of disciplines and international perspectives, making essential links between theory and practice to help you…
Lever Sverige upp till Barnkonventionens krav i fråga om barns rätt till skydd mot brott och utsatthet i sina hemmiljöer? Har socialtjänsten som ytterst ansvarig barnskyddsmyndighet de rättsliga förutsättningarna att skydda barn? Hur förhåller sig f…
The long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, ECERS-3, focuses on the full range of needs of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. This widely used, comprehensive assessment tool me…
Avsikten med handboken är att sänka tröskeln för tidig intervention hos anställda som arbetar med barn och ungdomar. Den anställda kan oroa sig för hur det kommer att gå för ett barn eller en ung person om hjälpinsatserna förblir de samma. Han eller…
Child Welfare Removals by the State addresses a most important (but little-researched) legal proceeding: when the State intervenes in the private family sphere to remove children at risk to a place of safety, adoption, or in other forms of out-of-ho…
Kohli offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about the resettlement of young asylum-seekers, answering social work practitioners' need for a fuller understanding. After reviewing existing approaches, research evidence and current practice,…
'NEW NAME .NEW FAMILY.SHINY.NEW.ME.'Annie's mother is a serial killer.The only way she can make her stop is to hand her in to the police.But out of sight is not out of mind.As her mother's trial looms, the secrets of her past won't let Annie sleep,…
In the thirty-five years since China instituted its One-Child Policy, 120,000 children-mostly girls-have left China through international adoption, including 85,000 to the United States. It's generally assumed that this diaspora is the result of Chi…
This volume provides a wide spectrum description analysis of the contemporary and well established child protection systems in a range of countries, such as Australia, Canada, Netherlands and Spain. It presents a brief orientation about the public a…
Built around the four pillars of marketing - metrics, market, message, and media - this comprehensive resource is filled with guidance and advice from an experienced child care business coach and marketing consultant. If you are a centre director or…
Do you know a child who hates the feel of certain items of clothing? This is a child's perspective on a largely unrecognized condition called tactile defensiveness, a physical condition that causes hypersensitivity to certain touch sensations.Intend…
Featuring a spectrum of families from diverse backgrounds, this book reveals the joys and challenges of adoptive and foster parenting. The authors outline how the experience of adopting and fostering has changed for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transg…
This acclaimed work describes a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss. Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preschoolers through adolescents cope with different forms of be…
Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it. While the roots of childhood poverty are fiercely debated and contested, they are all too often misr…
"...explores some very timely and critical issues in the current development of Childhood Studies...It will be especially valuable for students because it integrates concrete empirical studies with reflection on underlying theoretical assumptions."…
Drawing on original research, this book provides a major critique of contemporary child protection research, policy and practice. In particular, it challenges current attempts to reorder priorities and reconstruct the balance between family support…
So far, research on the welfare state has usually neglected children and childhood. In the rare attempts to include childhood in welfare state analysis, too much emphasis was placed on children as future adults. However, only a full recognition of c…
Today's child welfare services operate under a limited supply of resources which are being stretched by economic cuts and an increasing number of referrals to children's social care. This book provides a comprehensive costing approach which examines…
The transition to adulthood is a longer and more complex process than it was just a few decades ago, and a growing number of youth and young adults experience significant challenges in the establishment of an autonomous and independent lifestyle whe…
This valuable textbook for advanced students and practitioners helps readers cultivate a deeper knowledge and critical understanding of the contexts in which practice with children and young people takes place, and to develop as critical reflective…
Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support. Featuring contributions from distinguished inter…
Forfatterne presenterer kunnskap om hva som fremmer og hemmer god utvikling, og tar for seg vurderinger knyttet til barns omsorgsbehov og foreldres omsorgskapasitet. Boken gir en stemme til de barna som er så små at de selv ikke kan fortelle hvordan…
A great deal has been learned about serious child and adolescent conduct problems, but their causes are still not well understood. This book brings together an international group of leading authorities to advance specific, testable hypotheses about…
A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the author's own mother. 'Page-turning and profoundly moving' VIRGINIA NICHOLSON Growing up in a wealthy enclave outside…
A comprehensive guide to empirically supported approaches for child protection cases The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Child Maltreatment offers clinicians, psychologists, psychiatrists and other professionals an evidence-based approach to best pr…
Thousands of organisations around the world are doing all they can to protect children, but many more are putting them at risk-and there is no single international legal framework or justice system to hold them to account. Up to 1 billion children l…
Youth and Family Services (YFS) are part of residential and group homes, schools, social service organizations, hospitals, and family court systems. YFS include prevention, education, positive youth development, foster care, child welfare, and treat…
First published in 1975, this book looks at the place of children with handicaps in society, at that time. It argues that in the thirty years previous, a great deal of progress was made in the field of rehabilitation but that the separation between…
Human development is about the growth of agency, which is developed in interaction with their parents and families but if parental agency is insufficient, agency in the form of child welfare will be required to fill the gaps.This book provides an ho…
An indispensable guide for any parent worried about a child or young person who is showing signs of anxiety or worry, in whatever form.
Canada has among the highest rate of children in foster care in the developed world-a national tragedy that has its roots in poverty, residential schooling, and other forms of colonialism. Tackling the "wicked" and intransigent problems of child abu…
