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Understanding Families : Supportive Approaches to Diversity, Disability, and Risk, Second Edition.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newburyport : Brookes Publishing, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781598575224
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding FamiliesDDC classification:
  • 362.82
LOC classification:
  • HV697 .H35 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Book Title -- Contents -- About the Authors -- About the Contributor -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Families in the 21st Century -- Chapter 2: Cultural, Ethnic, and Linguistic Diversity -- Chapter 3: Families in Context: Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding and Supporting Families -- Chapter 4: Traditional and Evolving Family Roles and Functions -- Chapter 5: Families with Children with Disabilities -- Chapter 6: Families Living in Poverty -- Chapter 7: Family Life at Risk: Pressure from Outside and Turmoil Within -- Chapter 8: Infant/Family and Early Childhood Mental Health -- Chapter 9: Creating Family-Professional Alliances -- Chapter 10: Communicating and Collaborating with Families -- Chapter 11: Strategies for Supporting Families -- Appendix 11A: Getting to Know Each Family -- Conclusion: The Family as Possibility -- Index.
Summary: Meet the needs of today's diverse American families with the second edition of this cornerstone textbook for early childhood professionals. With timely NEW information on demographic changes, cultural and linguistic diversity, effects of the recession, and infant mental health.
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Cover -- Book Title -- Contents -- About the Authors -- About the Contributor -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Families in the 21st Century -- Chapter 2: Cultural, Ethnic, and Linguistic Diversity -- Chapter 3: Families in Context: Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding and Supporting Families -- Chapter 4: Traditional and Evolving Family Roles and Functions -- Chapter 5: Families with Children with Disabilities -- Chapter 6: Families Living in Poverty -- Chapter 7: Family Life at Risk: Pressure from Outside and Turmoil Within -- Chapter 8: Infant/Family and Early Childhood Mental Health -- Chapter 9: Creating Family-Professional Alliances -- Chapter 10: Communicating and Collaborating with Families -- Chapter 11: Strategies for Supporting Families -- Appendix 11A: Getting to Know Each Family -- Conclusion: The Family as Possibility -- Index.

Meet the needs of today's diverse American families with the second edition of this cornerstone textbook for early childhood professionals. With timely NEW information on demographic changes, cultural and linguistic diversity, effects of the recession, and infant mental health.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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