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Author:

NIJNATTEN Carolus van;

Title:

Children's agency, children's welfare: a dialogical approach to child development, policy and practice

Publisher:

Bristol: Policy Press, 2010. 168p.

Abstract:

Human development is about the growth of agency, the ability of an individual to engage with the social structure, which is developed in interaction with parents and families. However if parental agency is insufficient, agency in the form of child welfare will be required to fill the gaps. The author provides an holistic view of how children develop agency, combining social, psychological and child development aspects, and goes on to examine child welfare structures and the roles of social workers. The text is aimed at academics and researchers in social work, childhood studies, children's policy and social policy. Topics covered include: child, welfare, agency; the development of individual agency; social interaction and interactive agency; social agency and social context; diagnosis and dialogue; change and co-construction; dialogical management; and dialogical child welfare.

Format:

book;

Topics:

child development; childrens services; life skills; parenting; socialisation;

Audience:

care professionals;

Record ID:

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