Culture and Child Protection Melinda Edwards Child Development for Child Care

Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice

and photocopiable task sheets for distribution and discussion

OECD and UNICEF

the manual is also designed for easy implementation in schools and in therapeutic settings

and contains activities which are suitable for all ages and abilities

Culture and Child Protection Melinda Edwards Child Development for Child CareProviding services that are culturally relevant is an ongoing challenge for practitioners, managers, and policy makers within the social services. Culture and Child Protection is a concise exploration of the close links between social service practices and cultural values which offers a culturally sensitive model of child protection practice. The authors demonstrate the ways in which a combination of personal, professional and societal attitudes often