Child and Family Social Work

Promoting Positive Parenting of Teenagers..

Discussing key contemporary issues in residential and foster care for children, this theoretically and empirically rich volume draws on new research from across Europe and Canada. It engages in comparative international perspectives of problems of enduring relevance...

Resilient Therapy..

Resilient Therapy..

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Reviewing current literature on sibling relationships as well as proposing alternative theoretical perspectives, this book discusses who constitutes a sibling and explores how children understand their sibling relationships...

This important text promotes understanding of the complexities and diversities of African family life. It stimulates creative thinking about how social care professionals can develop meaningful relationships and engage confidently and effectively with African families they encounter within work cont..

There is an increasing emphasis on post-qualifying training for social workers, especially in the complex and demanding area of working with children and families. This essential textbook is especially designed for practitioners studying at this level...

There is an increasing emphasis on post-qualifying training for social workers, especially in the complex and demanding area of working with children and families. This essential textbook is especially designed for practitioners studying at this level...

This title was first published in 2002: Key researchers and social workers with first-hand knowledge of Hong Kong investigate why rates of suicidal behaviour are so high among Chinese adolescents. Exploring the likely contributing factors in school, community, family and interpersonal relationships,..

Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is often used to stand for a host of social ills, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core controversies surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting, this book resolves misperceptions using findings from large-scale and longitudinal ..

Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is often used to stand for a host of social ills, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core controversies surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting, this book resolves misperceptions using findings from large-scale and longitudinal ..