A Rights-Based Preventative Approach for Psychosocial Well-being in Childhood (Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research Book 3)

"Childhood is the most important stage of human development, a fact that makes children the central target group for social work intervention. In turn, most schools of human development and social work around the world have an elective course on children, with some offering a concentration in this area. Yet while there are plenty of textbooks on intervention with children that contain useful theories and skills, many focus on remedial rather than preventative strategies, and do not adopt a child rights perspective. In turn, books on child rights fail to link the latter either with theoretical background or the preventative approach. This book, aimed at faculty members and students in social work and related programs, breaks new ground by being the first to apply the child rights perspective and the preventative approach to intervention for children's psychosocial well-being. It covers crucial ground in child psychology, even providing an ecological perspective to potential developmental problems. Relevant to situations across the world, and integrating theory, practice and teaching, its three sections introduce the rights-based perspective to preventative intervention, then move on to examine primary, secondary and tertiary prevention for children's psychosocial well-being." -- Library of Congress Children are one of the most important phase of human development and the most important target group for social work intervention. Most of the schools of human development and social work round the world have an elective course on children and some offer a concentration in this area. There are plenty of textbooks on intervention with children published by Western authors, focusing on useful theories and skills but mainly at the remedial level. They neither use the preventative approach nor the child rights perspective, which has been found useful in the developing nations. The books on child rights are generally published by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other international organisations working in the field of children such as Save the Children. These books focus on the useful child rights perspective but they neither integrate theories nor use the preventative approach. The proposed book A Rights-based Preventative Approach for Children's Psychosocial Well-Being: will be the first to apply the child rights perspective and the preventative approach to intervention for children's psychosocial well-being. It is an integration of theories with practice and teaching relevant in different parts of the world. The book is divided into the following three parts: Part 1: Introduction to a Rights-based Preventative Approach for Children's Psychosocial Well-Being.- Part 2: Primary Prevention for Children's Psychosocial Well-Being.- Part 3: Secondary and Tertiary Prevention for Children's Psychosocial Well-Being Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-2 Theories of Child Development and Vulnerability in Childhood....Pages 3-28 The Child Rights Perspective....Pages 29-46 A Conceptual Framework for Rights-Based Preventative Approach for Psychosocial Well-Being in Childhood....Pages 47-69 Front Matter....Pages 71-77 Methodology of Psycho-educational Group Work....Pages 79-99 Enrichment of Self-Awareness....Pages 101-115 Enrichment of Proactive Thinking Skills....Pages 117-136 Enrichment of Emotional Intelligence....Pages 137-154 Enrichment of Interpersonal Relationship Skills....Pages 155-170 Enrichment of Interpersonal Communication Skills....Pages 171-187 Family Life Education....Pages 189-209 Parenting Education....Pages 211-225 Front Matter....Pages 227-232 Process of Casework with Children and Their Families....Pages 233-257 Case Management with Children and Their Families....Pages 259-277 Children at Risk of Neglect and Secondary Prevention....Pages 279-293 Children in Emergency Situations and Secondary Prevention....Pages 295-308 Systems for Tertiary Prevention for Children....Pages 309-336 Abuse in Childhood and Tertiary Prevention....Pages 337-358 Commercial Exploitation in Childhood and Tertiary Prevention....Pages 359-379 Conflict with Law in Childhood and Tertiary Prevention....Pages 381-394 Back Matter....Pages 395-401