Attending to Children

Direct Work in Social and Health Care
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-44926-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in 1990, Attending to Children was written for all those working with children in a variety of social work and health care settings. Drawing on the experience of many different social and health care workers, and from a range of literature including textbooks and magazines as well as adult and children’s fiction, the author concentrates on the dilemmas, needs, activities and practice of working with and caring for children.

Part 1 introduces some of the agencies engaged in working with children; Part 2 focuses on the beginning and end stages of such work; Part 3 discusses such aspects of communication as fear, trust, truth, love, meaning and awareness; and Part 4 examines non-verbal and everyminute communication.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crompton, Margaret

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.How to Love a Child 2. Look Up From Despair 3. Beginning with Ending 4. Begin at the Beginning 5. From Fear to Trust 6. Speak the Truth in Love 7. I Know What You Mean 8. Be Here Now 9. Talking Without Words 10. Everyminute Communication. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Crompton’s degree in English Literature (Leeds University) and post-graduate qualifications (Bristol University, London School of Economics, Home Office Letter of Recognition in Child Care) have equipped her for a lifetime of varied opportunities and experience. In social work, she was assistant warden of a Settlement in London’s East End, then childcare officer and senior in Leeds Children’s Department, and the first childcare advisor in the new Social Services Department; later, in Lincolnshire, guardian ad litem, and specialist developing life-story work.

As a lecturer in Social Work in two universities, (Bradford 1972–4; Newcastle upon Tyne 1974–9), she initiated courses on direct work with children. Respecting Children developed from realising that while her husband, John, was training education students to teach pupils, the nearby hospital was treating patients, and her students were concerned with children in trouble or in care – clients. Three roles: one child. Respecting Children focuses on communication, rather than settings, symptoms or issues.

A government commission to prepare training materials for social workers led to a new focus, her book Children, Spirituality, Religion and Social Work.  As an independent consultant, other commissions enabled her to pioneer ideas and practice about children’s spiritual well-being within social work and care, health/medical services, and education.