Neglect is now recognized as leading to significantly poor outcomes for children in the short and long term. It is a matter of concern for all professionals who work with children. Children who are neglected are not likely to seek help in their own right and are highly dependent on professionals such as health visitors and schoolteachers identifying and responding to their needs for support and protection. In order to carry out the key tasks of prevention, recognition and response to neglect, practitioners require up-to-date evidence-based information about the aetiology and signs of neglect...

Explores the dynamic connections between the affective body and Djuna Barnes's textual corpus. Julie Taylor uses the writings of the American novelist, poet, dramatist, artist and journalist Djuna Barnes to form the basis of a series of disruptive questions about modernist aesthetics and the politics of reading.

This book investigates the efficacy of coping strategies commonly used in the workplace to alleviate stress. It presents findings from a research study; a study that sought to build upon and synthesise the plethora of workplace stress research available. The primary goal is to discuss the study and the implications it has for managers and employers in terms of organisational stress management initiatives. The book is presented to the reader in the form of a research paper so that the reader can follow the research process from inception to praxis. The research implications, suggest that...