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The Rights of the Child in Wales

secure The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales

Edited By Jane Williams; University of Wales Press; ISBN: 978-0708325629; £34.99; 240 pages

A Short Introduction to Understanding and Supporting Children and Young People who Self-Harm

secure A Short Introduction to Understanding and Supporting Children and Young People Who Self-Harm

By Carol Fitzpatrick; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN: 978-1-84905-281-8; £12.99; 112pp

Therapeutic Storytelling

secure Review: Therapeutic Storytelling

By Susan Perrow; Hawthorn Press; ISBN: 978-1-907359-15-6; £20; 256 pages

Sandtray Play and Storymaking

secure Review: Sandtray Play and Storymaking: A Hands-On Approach to Build Academic, Social, and Emotional Skills in Mainstream and Special Education

By Sheila Dorothy Smith; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN: 978-1-84905-205-4; £15.99; 176pp

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secure Review: Can I tell you about Epilepsy? – A guide for friends, family and professionals

Kate Lambert; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; 978-1-84905-309-9; £7.99; 48pp

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secure Review: Reoffending

Reoffending: A practitioner’s guide to working with offenders and offending behaviour in the Criminal Justice System

Safer Caring

secure Safer Caring: A New Approach

Jacky Slade The Fostering Network ISBN 1 897869 01 0 £15 members/£30 non-members 152 pages

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secure What Children Need to be Happy, Confident and Successful

Jeni Hooper; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-239-9; £15.99; 176 pages

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secure Children’s Social And Emotional Wellbeing In Schools: A Critical Perspective

Debbie Watson, Carl Emery, Phillip Bayliss, Margaret Boushel, Karen McInnes; Policy Press; ISBN 9781847425133; £24.99; 288 pages

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secure Empathic Care for Children with Disorganized Attachments

Chris Taylor; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-182-8; £18.99; 208 pages

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secure For Youth Workers And Youth Work – Speaking Out For A Better Future

For Youth Workers And Youth Work: Speaking Out For A Better Future; Doug Nicholls; Policy Press; ISBN 9781847428707; £11.99; 288 pages

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secure Little Volcanoes: Helping Young Children and Their Parents to Deal with Anger

Warwick Pudney and Éliane Whitehouse; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN: 9781849052177; £15.99; 224 pages

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secure Autism and Understanding: The Waldon Approach to Child Development

By Walter Solomon, with Chris Holland and Mary Jo Middleton; Sage Publications Ltd; ISBN: 9781446209240; £23.99; 240 pages

Cyberbullying

secure Cyberbullying and E-safety

Adrienne Katz; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-276-4; £18.99; 256pp

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secure Young People, Death and the Unfairness of Everything

Nick Luxmoore; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-320-4; £13.99; 160 pages

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Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children

secure Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Model for Practice

Richard Rose; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 9781849052726; £18.99; 192 pages

Communicating with Children When a Parent is at the End of Life

secure Communicating with Children When a Parent is at the End of Life

Rachel Fearnley; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 9781849052344; £19.99; 192 pages

Afruca Manual on Child Protection for African Parents in the UK

secure Manual on Child Protection for African Parents in the UK

Afruca (Africans Unite Against Child Abuse); www.afruca.org; £4.99

Vulnerable Children and the Law

secure Vulnerable Children and the Law

Edited by Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-868-1; £60; 368 pages

Safeguarding Children From Abroad

secure Safeguarding Children from Abroad

Edited by Emma Kelly and Farhat Bokhari; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 9781849051576; £19.99; 176 pages

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secure Safeguarding and Child Protection in the Early Years

Catherine Rushforth; Practical Pre-School Books; MA Education; ISBN 9781907241277 £18.99; 90 pages

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secure Connecting with Kids Through Stories: Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children (second edition)

Denise B. Lacher, Todd Nichols, Melissa Nichols and Joanne C. May; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978 1 84905 869 8; £15.99; 240 pages

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secure Effective Safeguarding for Children and Young People: What next after Munro?

Edited by Maggie Blyth and Enver Solomon; Policy Press; ISBN 9781447304906; £16.99; 176 pages

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secure A Guide to Youth Mentoring

By Pat Dolan and Bernadine Brady; Jessica Kingsley Publishers; ISBN 978-1-84905-148-4; £17.99; 144 pages

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secure The Well-Being of Children in the UK (Third Edition)

Edited by Jonathan Bradshaw; Policy Press; ISBN 9781847428363; £24.99; 336 pages

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secure Working with Diversity in Youth and Community Work

Sangeeta Soni; Learning Matters; ISBN 9781844452989; £16.99;112 pages

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secure Understanding Edward: Inspiring and Motivating Children – A Guide for Parents and Teachers

Justin Collinge; Pearson Publishing; ISBN 978-1446645093; £9.79; 156 pages

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secure Protecting Children and Young People: Children and Organised Sport

Kate Alexander & Anne Stafford; Dunedin Academic Press; ISBN 9781906716240; 16.50; 102 pages

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secure Children's Perspectives on Integrated Services: Every Child Matters in Policy and Practice

Mary Kellett; Palgrave Macmillan; ISBN 9780230230392; 20.99; 248 pages

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secure Hackney Child

Hope Daniels and Morag Livingstone; Livingstone's Photos; ISBN 978-0957093102; 7.99; 280 pages

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