A playworker's guide to understanding children's behaviour : working with the 8-12 age group / Andrea Clifford-Poston ; foreword by Liz Roberts

Author: Clifford-Poston, Andrea
Additional Titles: Playworker's guide to understanding children's behavior
Published: London : Karnac, 2008.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
Additional Creators: Roberts, Liz

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Contents

Part one: Playworkers, children and behaviour -- Part two: Stress and worry -- Part three: Just attention seeking? -- Part four: Worrying behaviour -- Part five: Special needs? -- Part six: The family and the outside world.

Summary

How do I manage an aggressive child positively when I have twenty other children who need my attention? How can I develop a good relationship with a child I seem to dislike? How do I maintain a positive working relationship with the parents of a disturbed and disturbing child? Written in a jargon-free, readable style, with many real life examples, this book is a must-have resource for playworkers seeking to enhance their skills as a whole. It highlights how the way we think about children's behaviour colours the way we react to it. It offers playworkers a different way of understanding many or.

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ISBN

9781849406178 (electronic bk.)
1849406170 (electronic bk.)
9781855754942
1855754940
9780429910432 ebook
0429910436

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index.

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