Welfare and benefit systems

Significant shifts in community violence have created a need for greater awareness of character development and violence prevention in schools.

Die Studie untersucht Aufenthaltssicherungspraktiken von unbegleiteten minderjährigen Geflüchteten.

Der Ausschluss von EU-Bürger/innen von Leistungen der Grundsicherung zieht vielfältige Problemlagen mit sich, die die Kommunen bewältigen müssen.

In diesem Buch werden Herausforderungen durch digitale Medien für das Aufwachsen von Kindern und Jugendlichen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten für die Soziale Arbeit dargestellt: Wie kann eine altersgerechte Mediennutzung gewährleistet werden?

This book introduces the use of facilitation to support children's agency in the classroom as authors of knowledge.

Durch das Kinder- und Jugendstärkungsgesetz (KJSG) wurde der Weg in eine inklusive Leistungserbringung für alle jungen Menschen geebnet.

PART 3 OF 3After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.

This book introduces the use of facilitation to support children's agency in the classroom as authors of knowledge.

Cet ouvrage documente des situations où l'intervention sociale semble impossible.

The United States is engaged in a critically important and contentious debate on how to overhaul the way it delivers and pays for long-term care.

Is it possible to overcome the enduring problem of child maltreatment?

Today's teens are faced with all sorts of decisions, dilemmas and difficulties, from exam worries to friendship and relationship problems.

The Neglected Childprovides everything educators and caregivers need to know to identify and intervene in neglectful situations, while also creating a safe, nurturing, and protective environment for young children.

Ellen G.

Now fully revised and updated, See You in Court is an accessible guide for social workers on being a witness in care proceedings.

Recent reports predict that, barring any changes, the Social Security program will become insolvent--no longer able to pay promised benefits in full--around the year 2030, well within the retirement years of the baby boom generation.

Each chapter provides in-depth discussions and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for Developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students.

Children Learn by Observing and Contributing to Family and Community Endeavors, the latest in the Advances in Child Development and Behavior Series provides a major step forward in highlighting patterns and variability in the normative development of the everyday lives of children, expanding beyond the usual research populations that have extensive Western schooling in common.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 52, includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the field of developmental psychology.

Social service agencies are facing the same expectations in quality management and outcomes as private companies, compelling staff members and researchers to provide and interpret valid and useful research to stakeholders at all levels in the field.

The impact of sibling relationships on how people develop has been dramatically under-emphasised in the literature on child development.

American cities are constantly being built and rebuilt, resulting in ever-changing skylines and neighborhoods.

In this book, David E.

Despite being commonplace in American households a generation ago, corporal punishment of children has been subjected to criticism and shifting attitudes in recent years.

How our reliance on Child Protective Services makes motherhood precarious for those already marginalizedIt's the knock on the door that many mothers fear: a visit from Child Protective Services (CPS), the state agency with the power to take their children away.

There is continuing emphasis on delivering services for children through 'joined up' thinking and integrated working.

Clinical psychologist Daniel J.

System Kids considers the daily lives of adolescent mothers as they negotiate the child welfare system to meet the needs of their children and themselves.

Restore Your Relationship, Enhance Your MarriageNew York Times Bestseller#1 Bestseller in Marriage & Family, Family Relationships, and DivorceCultivate effective communication and a lasting relationship.

Bringing together the latest research and theory about a child's inner world and the impact of the world around them, this is a guide to understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatised children.

This fun and engaging activity book helps to teach teens to manage emotions and develop relationships by tracking their progress using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) techniques.

Sharon Shoesmith was Director of Children's Services for Haringey in 2007 at the time of the death of Peter Connelly, also known as 'Baby P'.

Effective clinical practice requires a thorough understanding of how turning points surface in the play therapy process.

The scale of the Rotherham child protection scandal has led professionals responsible for safeguarding children in other regions to recognise the extent of child abuse in their area and consider how to respond efficiently.

Helping vulnerable children and young people to build protective behaviours is the key to keeping them safe.

Combining contemporary research with practice findings, this book shows how we can improve the mental health of children in care.

Demonstrating how the law and statutory guidance applies in practice, this book is a critical account of current family justice policy and practice.

Written by experienced clinicians, this book provides an exploration of how educators can easily use Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP) to help vulnerable pupils to thrive.

The first book offering support for parents and carers of children and young people with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), this guidebook explains the condition as well as the impact that it may have in education settings, family life and socialisation.

This book considers the responses of states to migrant girls who are separated from family and enter state care systems as unaccompanied or trafficked young people.

In this book, Professor Ole Jacob Madsen analyses the implications of Scandinavia's current concern for the mental health problems of adolescents, said to be struggling in the face of increasing demands for achievement and success.

This book analyses the accessibility and success of vocational training programmes for unemployed and disadvantaged youth in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This book explores the educational experiences of young male Somali students in British schools.

This book analyzes children's agency as interactional achievement in formal and informal contexts of education and illuminates how agency can be encouraged and supported in these educational contexts.

This book delves deep into the hidden population of former gang members who share their positive and negative experiences of being gang members.

Das Lehrbuch informiert über das gesamte Spektrum psychischer Störungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen – mit Orientierung sowohl an ICD-10 als auch an ICD-11.