By Nadia Edmond and Mark Price (Sage, 22.99 ISBN 9780857027825)
This interdisciplinary core text book looks at learning and development from birth to 19 years and introduces common areas of study relevant to a wide variety of roles in the children and young people's workforce. There is coverage of themes in the context of the latest policy and research, and subjects covered include physical development, cognitive development, social and emotional development, professionalism and leadership.
This text book encourages readers and students to critically engage with theory in their own practice and develop an understanding of working with other agencies.