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The Day I Fell Off My Island tells the story of Erna Mullings, a
teenage Jamaican girl uprooted from her island following the sudden
death of her beloved grandmother. When Erna is sent to England to
be reunited with her siblings, she dreads leaving behind her
elderly grandfather, and the only life she has ever known. A new
future unfolds, in a strange country and with a mother she barely
knows. The next decade will be a complex journey of estrangement
and arrival, new beginnings and the uncovering of long-buried
secrets. A psychologist and former social worker, Yvonne
Bailey-Smith, explains: 'As an immigrant child, I often wished that
someone had been able to take me aside and explain to me that
leaving everything I knew to go on a so-called adventure to
somewhere way beyond my imagination was going cause me an
unimaginable sense of loss and sadness. I also wish that the same
person had been there to reassure me that I would survive and even
flourish, given half a chance.' Engrossing, courageous and
psychologically insightful, this novel will speak to readers the
world over and sit alongside classic coming-of-age novels, from
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre to Alice Walker's The Colour Purple.
The first text to look in detail at the delivery and management of
therapeutic work in family centres, this much-needed book gives
practical guidance for professionals working with children and
families. The contributors show how family centres form a key
element of `joined-up' work with families in need, providing both
practical and emotional support for parents as well as children.
Based on a psychodynamic approach emphasising the central
importance of attachment in relationships, the book also applies
systemic ideas and the `therapeutic community' approach to the
overall design and management of the centres. Particular examples
of therapeutic interventions discussed include play therapy with
children, systemic work with black families, working with men, and
early intervention. The book is a comprehensive guide for family
centre workers, their managers and senior managers, and for all
social workers working with children and families. As family
centres are becoming an increasing focus for multi-agency work,
health visitors, teachers, and mental health professionals should
also find the book useful, as should policy makers at all levels.
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