Critical Practice with Children and Young People

Martin Robb is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University. Heather Montgomery is a Reader in the Anthropology of Childhood at The Open University. Rachel Thomson is a Professor of Childhood and Youth Studies at the University of Sussex.

Introduction ~ Martin Robb and Heather Montgomery;
Part One: Conceptual contexts;
Critical practice in work with children and young people: perspectives from research ~ Phil Jones, Christos Charitou, Daniel Mercieca and Ximena Poblete;
Meeting the needs of pregnant and parenting teenagers using research: pointers for practice ~ Lisa Arai;
‘New experts’ in the history of child protection ~ Jennifer Crane;
‘I blame the parents’: families, experts and the state ~ Heather Montgomery and Victoria Cooper;
Working effectively with African Caribbean young women: an intersectional approach ~ Jenny Douglas;
Devolution and children’s rights in the United Kingdom ~ Osian Rees;
Part Two: Professional contexts;
Children’s perspectives informing professional welfare practice: a comparative view ~ Maria Eriksson and Keith Pringle;
Beyond talk: learning from children and young people experiencing a family health crisis ~ Victoria Cooper, Jane Payler and Stephanie Bennett;
Childcare social work: perspectives on the professional ~ Andy Rixon;
Multiagency practice and professional identity ~ Anna Souhami;
Materialising professionalism in the nursery: exploring the intimate connection between critique and creation ~ Jayne Osgood;
Wanted men? Gendered discourses in work with children and young people ~ Martin Robb;
Part Three: Personal contexts;
The making of a good teacher: past, present and future perspectives ~ Jane Martin;
The personal, professional and maternal in children’s services ~ Sue Higham;
Working with children experiencing disenfranchised grief: the use of supervision and reflection ~ Andy Taylor;
“Well you would say that…” Tales of parental/professional/personal experience ~ Jonathan Rix.