1st Edition
Self-worth in children and young people Critical and practical considerations
Introduction: Why now?:
Chapter 1: The state of childhood today
Chapter 2: Mental health and wellbeing
Chapter 3: Current approaches to mental health support for children and young people
Chapter 4: A new way of thinking
Chapter 5: Learning from children and young people
Chapter 6: Young children speak out
Chapter 7: It takes more than a mantra
Conclusion: The long and winding road
Biography
Rachel Burr is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sussex where she was instrumental in establishing postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in Childhood and Youth Studies. Until recently she was course lead on the BA in Childhood and Youth. Rachel also teaches on qualifying programmes in social work. An anthropologist and social worker with an international background in child protection, her overarching focus is on developing practitioner-orientated techniques for working with and enhancing emotional strength among children and young people who are living in challenging and difficult circumstances.
This theoretically and experientially engaging and grounded book powerfully promotes the rightful status that children and young people must be afforded in contemporary society. Written by Dr Rachel Burr, whose professional values and behaviours demonstrably model the book's message - children and childhood matter -, it is a 'must read' for all concerned with the social and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
Gillian RuchProfessor of Social Work, University of Sussex“It is very rare for a child rights specialist to engage with therapeutic issues in working with children and young people; still more unusual to offer practical, accessible advice on groupwork with children and young people of all ages in a manner that is sensitive to institutional and systemic power dynamics…The detailed examples are especially useful, as well as the critical reflections…Rachel Burr brings together her unique skills and experience as a social worker, child therapist, and also international child rights researcher and anthropologist to provide a culturally and generationally-sensitive and practical guide for innovative support and developmental work with children and young people in a range of settings.”
Erica BurmaProfessor of Education, author of 'Deconstructing Developmental Psychology' and UKCP registered Group Analyst
