The best-selling text in this area, "Child, Family, School, Community" deftly explores all the contexts in which children develop socially with sensitivity, professional insight, and current research. Berns text describes and analyzes how a child's reciprocal interactions with family, school, peer groups, media and community influences his or her developmental outcomes. Further, it takes a comprehensive look at the effects of family, child care, school, peer group, media, community, and societal factors (including culture, political ideology, economics, technology) on the socialization of the child. Truly ideal for undergraduate students and anyone who works with children, ?Child, Family, School, Community? underscores the immeasurable value in preparing the child with the ability to adapt to a changing world.
Quality Improvement and Evaluation in Child Welfare Agencies: Managing Into the Next Century by Peter J. Pecora, ISBN 0878686061
Based on the work of the National Council on Research in Child Welfare (NCRCW), this handbook is designed to help agency executives cope with changing times for child welfare agencies, strengthen traditional services to meet today's needs, and analyze and plan for the future. Quality Improvement and Evaluation in Child and Family Services demystifies quality improvement theory and shows, through practical, hands-on tools and exercises, how the process can be used to clarify and improve existing programs and services right now.
Quality Improvement and Evaluation in Child Welfare Agencies: Managing Into the Next Century by Peter J. Pecora, ISBN 0878686061
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Children's Furniture Projects: With Step-By-Step Instructions and Complete Plans by Jeff Miller, ISBN 1561585041
Both traditional and contemporary designs provide tasteful projects for a childhood's worth of furniture that will be treasured and passed on to future generations. This book includes step-by-step instructions, over 100 detailed technical illustrations, more than 100 color photographs, and numerous tricks of the trade, making it accessible to woodworkers at all skill levels.
Children's Furniture Projects: With Step-By-Step Instructions and Complete Plans by Jeff Miller, ISBN 1561585041
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Furniture Makers Exploring Digital Technologies
Reporting on the myriad ways that contemporary furniture artists are exploring cutting-edge digital technology, this study investigates the modern collaborative process between furniture makers and their clients. Insightful interviews with 100 of the field's leading artists are presented, along with information on the changing approaches today's craftsmen take when designing and making fine furniture. This report also focuses on how modern furniture artists balance the investigation of new technologies and art movements while remaining true to their traditions.
Furniture Makers Exploring Digital Technologies
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Sourcebook of Modern Furniture
OVER 2,000 IMPORTANT PIECES arranged by type of furniture or fixture make this book the go-to guide for students and historians of modern furniture, as well as an essential tool for interior designers. Each entry gives the details of the design: date, model name or number, manufacturer, materials, and dimensions.
Sourcebook of Modern Furniture
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Handpainting Your Furniture by Kerry Trout, ISBN 0891349804
Transform flea market finds into valuable decorative furniture pieces. Nine step-by-step projects feature an exciting array of realistic scenes and trompe I'oeil effects.
Handpainting Your Furniture by Kerry Trout, ISBN 0891349804
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