Working with Parents of Young People: Research, Policy and Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

Meeting the support needs of young people is a key social and political issue, and an area that needs researched, informed guidance. This book draws on the findings from years of applied research projects carried out by the Trust for the Study of Adolescence (TSA) and provides accessible guidance for professionals working with parents and families, answering questions such as ?How can parents facilitate their child's transition to secondary school?? and ?How can families best communicate about alcohol?? Each chapter focuses on a particular area of parenting young people, from monitoring and supervision to support for foster families, and each highlights the implications of research results for policy and practice. A range of approaches for working with parents and families are presented, and the advantages and drawbacks of common techniques such as residential weekends for group-based parenting programs and parent mentoring are discussed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781843104209
• ISBN-10: 1843104202
• Artikelnr.: 22165158

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. Part 1: Introduction. 1. Working with parents of
young people: setting the scene. John Coleman and Debi Roker. Part 2: New
Research and Implications for Practice. 2. How monitoring and supervision
work in families: a study of 50 young people and their parents. Debi Roker
and Stephanie Stace. 3. `Team Parenting' of young people in foster care.
Stephanie Stace and Kevin Lowe. 4. Family communication about alcohol.
Louise Cox, Nigel Sherriff, Lester Coleman and Debi Roker. 5. Children's
move to secondary school: what do parents need at this time? Debi Roker,
Kerry Devitt and Amanda Holt. 6. Supporting children and parents during the
transition to secondary school: a UK-wide review. Debi Roker and Julie
Shepherd. Part 3: New Ways of Working with Parents. 7. Working with schools
to support parents: lessons from two evaluations. Debi Roker and Helen
Richardson Foster. 8. Using newsletters to support the parents of young
people: learning from two studies. Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd. 9.
Getting information and support from websites. Debi Roker. 10. Involving
young people in parenting programmes. Cris Hoskin and Sarah Lindfield. 11.
Using parent-to-parent mentors to get information and support to the
parents of young people. Debi Roker. Part 4: Conclusions. 12. Parenting
young people: research, policy and practice. Debi Roker and John Coleman.
Subject Index. Author Index.