Human Growth and Development in Children and Young People: Theoretical and Practice Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781447337423 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 360 str.

Jonathan Parker; Sara Ashencaen Crabtree

Opis

Covering key concepts, theories, themes and issues, this textbook uses a range of multi-disciplinary insights to show how children and young people negotiate crucial challenges and transitions in their lives. Covering different practice dimensions, it provides fresh insights on key topics and includes a range of learning support features.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introducing the theory; Traditional approaches to human growth and development – Jonathan Parker; Psychoanalytic approaches – Stephen Briggs; Cognitive theories and cognitive development – Margarete Parrish; Social construction and emotional development – Jo Finch; Critical perspectives – Jonathan Parker; Moral, spiritual and existential development – Wilfred McSherry, Alison Rodriguez and Joanna Smith; Part 2: Specific developmental issues; An introduction to the principles of attachment theory – Gabrielle Schaeffer; Young people’s transition to adulthood – Nick Frost and Melanie Watts; Developmental and life course criminology – Richard Heslop and Jonathan Parker; Loss and bereavement in childhood – Sue Taplin; Culture and coming of age: the example of Muslims in Britain – Sara Ashencaen Crabtree; Part 3: Professional practice; Impacts of child maltreatment: critical considerations – Lisa Bunting; Substitute care: moving into a new family – Christine Cocker; Working with disabled children and young people – Louise Oliver and Sally Lee; Mental health and children – Elisabeth Willumsen, Siv E.N. Sæbjørnsen and Atle Ødegård; Working with unaccompanied migrant children and young people seeking asylum – Deborah Hadwin, Gurnam Singh and Stephen Cowden.