Full Description
This essential new textbook meets the challenges faced by those who work with children in order to provide safe and effective practice. It identifies the ways in which social work and psychology need to work together to achieve this. Misca and Unwin reflect on the need for 'research mindedness' in social work education, and offer an invaluable critical analysis of current knowledge of child and adolescent psychology theory and research to help inform best social work practice.
Whether a student on a qualifying course or an experienced practitioner, this is essential reading for social workers and psychologists working with children and adolescents.
Contents
The relevance of child and adolescent psychology to social work
Emotional development and attachment
Cognitive development
Social development: from childhood to adolescence
Parenting
Safeguarding children and young people
Understanding child and adolescent mental health
