A guide for professionals in health, education, and welfare to learning and incorporating the views of children in the services and institutions concerned. Primarily addresses the main obstacles to implementing the approach: traditional attitudes about children's abilities and place in society, the fear of losing professional power and institutional control, and the new skills and conceptual frameworks required. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Part nership with Children: The Advancing Trend,
Ron Davie; Part 1 Professional Perspectives;
Chapter 2 The Law in Relation to
the Wishes and Feelings of the Child, Michael Sherwin;
Chapter 3 Listening to
Children in Educational Contexts, Irvine S. Gersch, Shirley Moyse, Anna
Nolan, Graham Pratt;
Chapter 4 A Social Work Perspective, Peter M. Smith;
Chapter 5 Eliciting Childrens Views: the Contribution of Psychologists, Neil
Hall;
Chapter 6 The Voice of the Child in Mental Health Practice, Danya
Glaser;
Chapter 7 Learning to Listen to Children, Euan M. Ross; Part 2
Generic Issues;
Chapter 8 Listening to Children with Disabilities and Special
Educational Needs, Philippa Russell;
Chapter 9 Listening To and Communicating
With Young Children, Gillian Pugh, Dorothy Rouse Selleck;
Chapter 10 Gender
Issues, Gill Gorell Barnes;
Chapter 11 Race and the Childs Perspective,
Kedar N. Dwivedi;
Ron Davie, Graham Upton, Ved Varma
