CYP Now - Resources: Review - An attempt to link theory with practice

This is a worthy book. Above all it's an optimistic one, as the editors conclude: "With timely and appropriate help from family, friends and professionals, children can adapt to new circumstances."

Frankly, so it should be. The Developing World of the Child is part of apack of resources commissioned by the Department for Education andSkills to provide information on child development for professionalsworking with children, young people and their families across a range ofsettings.

Unfortunately, I don't think this quite works. This book comes out of acollaboration between the Open University, NSPCC, Royal Holloway Collegeand the DfES. It feels like something put together by a committee andparts would have benefited from more rigorous editing. It's relentlesslyacademic and it doesn't flow.

Nor is all of it really good. The crucial and lengthy review of theplace of attachment in children's development makes no reference at allto the body of work linking children's brain development to experiencesof attachment. Moreover, the important discussion on identity isundermined by impenetrable jargon.

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