Working with children [electronic resource] : assessment, representation and intervention / Tom Billington.

ISBN:

9781847878151

9781281244604

9781446212394

Title:

Working with children [electronic resource] : assessment, representation and intervention / Tom Billington.

Author:

Billington, Tom, 1952-

Personal Author:

Billington, Tom, 1952-

Publication Information:

London : SAGE, 2006.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 182 pages)

Contents:

Introduction. Social justice and the voice of the child -- Social interactionist models of professional practice -- The boundaries of language and knowledge -- A chapter guide -- Overall principles. Thinking about young people and childhood. Creating distance The nineteenth century -- childhood in its infancy -- Sharpening the focus -- The child and the parent -- Locating interventions -- Care and regulation. Young people and the children's workforce. Lesley -- Stigma -- Confinement -- Technologies -- Testing children -- Psychopathologies and social exclusion -- A matrix for the tasks of children's services. Assessing young children and young people in social contexts. Professional practice -- Contexts -- Common assessment -- Can professionals (afford to) be human? -- Assessments and relationships -- Psychodynamic accounts -- Future work -- Representing children and young people in assessments. Of history, memory and the making of knowledge -- Political critique or social scientific theory? -- Theoretical preferences -- Language and the social -- Professional practice as relationships -- Five question-themes -- Luke. Children feeling, thinking and learning. A history of thinking and feeling -- The mind in the machine -- Theories in practice -- Feeling, thinking and learning -- Notes for the future. Voices of children and young people in assessment. Public and private law -- Legislative contexts of assessment -- Contexts for assessment in Children Act proceedings -- Principles of assessment. Working with autistic children. Professional voices -- James -- Symbols and friends -- Professional practices -- Final thoughts. Narrative science. Narratives in practice -- Principles of narrative practice -- Narrative assessments -- Making a choice: when parents and young people disagree. Ethics, Commitment and the limits of advocacy: public and private lives. Opposing the voice of the child -- Identity and commitment -- Ethical resources -- Five question-themes.

public and private lives.

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Subject Term:

Child psychology.

Social work with children.

Children -- Counseling of.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2006

Publication Information:

London : SAGE, 2006.

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′Here is a much neede, academically reasoned and contextualised statement of ideology for professional practice. For professionals who strive to understand, represent and respond to the ′voice of the child′ with pragma and respect, this is an important text′ - Debate

`This is a book that poses questions, asks the reader to contain the experience of anxiety and ambivalence, and purports a healthy criticality with respect to the ways we represent children and adolescents. Chock full of compassionately portrayed case material, Working With Children left me wondering...what the various systems of child mental health would actually look like if all the professionals who work with youths put the ideas in this book into action′ - Michael Axelman, American Psychological Association

`[Tom Billington] makes clear his commitment to finding solutions for troubled children other than excluding them from school...[He] certainly succeeds in achieving his aims and has written a book which deserves to be read by the practitioners and students of the children′s workforce it is designed for′ - British Journal of Social Work

`The voice of the child is championed throughout and made all the more relevant by an honest and refreshing examination of the author′s part in the process of selection and editorial control...The text is a glowing example of the use of criticality in relation to both theoretical paradigms and personal and professional experience′ - Pastoral Care

′[Tom Billington′s] expertise and his commitment to working with excluded and marginalised children shines through this thoroughly engaging book... The vignettes of children from his own professional caseload are insightful, moving and thought-provoking, and I believe anyone working with children would gain much from these alone, never mind the rest of the book′ - Therapy Today

′The chapter on "Working with autistic children" shows, thoughtfully and precisely, how continuing reflection on the experience of autistic children, and our response as professionals, to them, provides as opportunity not only to think about the child in question, but also about ourselves as experimental beings... Billington′s book serves as an excellent guide for students pursuing professional training, as well as operating as a resource for more experienced child health specialists′ - YoungMinds Magazine

Written for professionals working with children and young people who require support, assessment or intervention at home or in school, this interdisciplinary book explores everything from the legislative background and foundations of ideas in the social sciences, to dealing with children′s distress, fear or special needs in professional practice.

The book is an excellent resource for those who either work with children in CAMHS settings, social work, youth work, counselling, psychology, general education and special educational needs or who are undertaking professional training in any of the above fields.

Introduction

Thinking About Young People And Childhood

Young People And The Children's Workforce

Assessing Children And Young People In Social Contexts

Representing Children And Young People In Assessments

Children Feeling, Thinking And Learning

Voices Of Children And Young People In Assessment

Working With Autistic Children

Narrative Science

Ethics, Commitment And The Limits of Advocacy: Public And Private Lives

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