Working with Children and Young People

LINDSAY O'DELL is a Lecturer in Children and Young People and Director of Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK. Her research interests focus on children who are in some way 'different', including sexually abused children, children with a visible difference and children with autism.STEPHEN LEVERETT is a Lecturer in Children and Young People in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK. His practice background is in social care and social work in both the statutory and voluntary sector. His publications include Connecting with Children: Developing Working Relationships (2008, co-edited with Pam Foley).

• Introduction; L.O'Dell & S.LeverettPART 1: CONSTRUCTING AND DECONSTRUCTING PRACTICEWell-being and the Ecology of Children's Lives; A.RixonConstructions of Normative Families  Implications for Practice; L.O'DellThe Surveillance of Children, Young People and Families; L.AraiPublic Policy, Children and Young People; P.FoleyPART 2: CO-CONSTRUCTING PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIESDisabled Children, their Parents and their Experiences with Professionals; D.Goodley & K.Runswick-ColeCounselling Children: Values and Practice; A.DaviesYoung People and Mental Health: Resilience and Models for Practice; W.HamiltonDomestic Abuse and Safeguarding Children; L.AraiSons and Daughters of Foster Carers  Invisible, Vulnerable or Valued?; G.Jackson & P.UnwinThe Social Construction of Home and School Learning in Multicultural Communities; S.CrafterChildren's Welfare and Children's Rights; G.LansdownBetween the Rocks and Hard Places: Young People Negotiating Fear and Criminalisation; P.SquiresConstructing Practice within the Parenting Agenda: the Case of Sure Start and Parenting Orders; A.HoltForest Schools; T.Kelly-Freer.