This book is essential reading for any Early Years or Early Childhood Studies student. Bringing you up-to-date with latest developments and key issues, this book helps you to understand the child in relation to society. The book is divided into three parts which focus on the influence on childhood, children’s experiences and children’s mind, with topics including: · the Digital Child · Childhood and Crime · The refugee crisis · Working therapeutically with Children Taking a fresh approach, this book introduces the reader to interdisciplinary approaches to child development and extends thinking outside the traditional topics.

Essential Nursing Care for Children and Young People is the definitive guide for all nursing and healthcare students and professionals caring for children and young people. Designed to meet the 2010 NMC competency standards for pre-registration nurses, the textbook supports you through the process of caring for children and young people with varied needs and conditions across all healthcare settings. A practical, patient-centred approach is taken throughout, with the ‘voices’ of children, their families and their carers used to tie theoretical knowledge to the real experience of providing care. The inclusion of the latest research and health and social care policies ensures that you are fully in line with the latest clinical practice, whilst the book’s activities and exercises allow you to regularly check your understanding and develop confidence during your journey from student to nursing professional. Main features: Course-Focused Approach – pedagogy and content designed specifically for all three years of the child nursing degree programme. Contemporary Content – research note features and policy integrated throughout to give you instant access to the latest evidence-based practice. Illustrated Throughout – this highly accessible text regularly uses pictures and diagrams to highlight key issues. Voices – include authentic experiences of children, young people, parents, carers and professionals to help develop a patient-focused attitude to care. Pertinent A&P – includes coverage of all relevant anatomy and physiology for child and young person nursing courses. Practice Guidelines – provide practical guidance on everyday procedures for your quick reference. Activities and Answers – allow you to check your knowledge and build confidence. Specialist Authors – each chapter is written by leading experts in each area. Essential Nursing Care for Children and Young People is the ideal main textbook for all undergraduate child and young person nursing students, as well as professionals wanting to ensure they are using the latest practice. This text is also relevant to any student or professional involved in the health and social care of children and young adults.

This edited volume addresses one of the central issues of family studies - parenting. Terry Arendell uses the social constructionist and the feminist lens to examine current controversies and issues of interest to family professionals and students. This important new volume deals with the history and demography of parenthood, parenting styles and structures, and issues of parenting within the broader community and policy context.

This book is devoted to the problems of family violence, child abuse, and child maltreatment, including the legal, social, psychological, and community issues. Articles contained in this volume are as follows: (1) "Child Maltreatment Research and Social Policy: The Neglected Nexus" (D. Cicchetti and S. Toth); (2) "Defining Child Maltreatment: The Interface between Policy and Research" (D. Barnett and others); (3) "Developmental Research and Legal Policy: Toward a Two-Way Street" (R. Thompson); (4) "The Suggestibility of Children's Recollections" (S. Ceci and others); (5) "Optimizing Children's Testimony: Research and Social Policy Issues Concerning Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse" (G. Goodman and others); (6) "Children in Dangerous Environments: Child Maltreatment in the Context of Community Violence" (J. Garbarino and others); (7) "Child Maltreatment: Implications for Policy from Cross-Cultural Research" (K. Sternberg); (8) "Child Maltreatment in the African-American Community" (M. Wilson and E. Saft); (9) "A Family/Relational Perspective on Maltreating Families: Parallel Processes across Systems and Social Policy Implications" (P. Howes and D. Cicchetti); (10) "Child Maltreatment and School Adaption: Problems and Promises" (D. Cicchetti and others); (11) "Child Maltreatment Research: Implications for Program Design" (D. Daro); (12) "Child Abuse Intervention Research: Implications for Policy" (D. Wolfe); and (13) "Child Maltreatment: Where Do We Go from Here in Our Treatment of Victims?" (S. Toth and D. Cicchetti). Each article includes references. (AP).

Shows students how to synthesize literature using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. All major steps are profusely illustrated with examples. Your students will learn both the art and science of writing effective literature reviews. New to this edition: In order to place more emphasis on the process of writing, the material relevant to preparing the first draft has been expanded into five new chapters: Chapter 7 (Preparing a Topic Outline for the First Draft), Chapter 8 (Writing the First Draft: Basic Principles), Chapter 9 (Writing the First Draft: Optional Techniques), Chapter 10 (Writing the First Draft: Statistical Issues in Qualitative Reviews), and Chapter 11 (Building Tables to Summarize Literature). Also new: New examples have been incorporated throughout the book in order to keep it up-to-date.