Communicating with children and young people - Making a difference (Hardcover, New)

A key principle of this book is that communication with children and young people is generally more effective if it takes place within an engaged direct work relationship. This means that each task is carried out in a child-centered manner through working collaboratively with a child or young person - seeking their views, providing them with information and explanations, and attending to their feelings and indirect communications, as well as what is said in more straightforward ways. The book works through a vignette of a family, presenting varied possible situations of communication with children and young people in children's services settings. The research findings and theoretical perspectives on communication skills are presented in an interactive way to ensure that learning is achieved through engaged 'doing' rather than passively receiving information. Utilizing a problem-based learning approach, it includes exercises which enable students and practitioners to learn through refle

General

Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Work in Practice Series
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Michelle Lefevre
Dimensions:	240 x 172 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-84742-283-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General
LSN:	1-84742-283-7
Barcode:	9781847422835

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