Kindergarten kissing games ... four-year-olds playing doctor ... a teacher holding a crying child on his lap as he comforts her. Interactions like these - spontaneous and pleasurable - are no longer encouraged in American early childhood classrooms, and in some cases they are fo…
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New directions in child abuse and neglect research
by Petersen, Anne C., Joseph, Joshua, Feit, Monica N., National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Decade: Phase II, National Research Council (U.S.)., Panel on Research on Child Abuse and Neglect
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Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human and fiscal consequences of child abuse and neglect are not relegated to the victims themselves -- they also impact the…
In this book the author dispels the silence and shame that surround the subject of suicide and provides a better understanding of the suicidal mind and a chance to recognize the person at risk. She brings to book not only wide scientific knowledge and clinical experience but als…
"Presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the United States on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective social policies the two nations have designed to boost human capital development."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Political socialization
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The author proposes not only that children be freed from arbitrary limitations, but that parents be freed from the guilt of total responsibility for the behavior and lifestyle of their children.
Encyclopedia of school health
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Encyclopedia of school health
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Schools can have a major effect on children's health by providing a healthy physical environment, serving meals and snacks built around sound nutritional guidelines, and teaching about health, as well as modeling and promoting healthy behaviours. School nurses, teachers, adminis…
"Students interested in pursuing professional careers in one of the school health-related fields will find the breadth and depth of topics to be useful in learning more about the various professions and how they work together in school settings."--Introduction, xxiv.