La relación entre las Ciencias Sociales y el Derecho, indiscutible hoy en día, ha tenido grandes altibajos a lo largo de la Historia, sobre todo en el ámbito académico a finales del pasado Siglo; baste como botón de muestra, recordar los intentos continuados de hacer desaparecer las materias jurídicas en los diversos planes de estudio de las Ciencias Sociales (Economía, Ciencia Política, Sociología, etc.). En la actualidad, esta corriente desaparece, al constituirse nuevos Grados multidisciplinares en los que estas Ciencias del conocimiento comparten estudios y análisis.Fuera de todo ello, el Trabajo Social, como nueva Ciencia Social, ha mantenido, y mantiene, una estrecha relación con las demás, y, especialmente con la Ciencia Jurídica; y no sólo en el ámbito docente, sino también, y en lo que aquí nos interesa, en el investigador.Muestra de ello es la obra que introducimos; en ella, autores portugueses y españoles de ambas disciplinas (Derecho y Trabajo Social), tratan de mostrar un análisis profundo y detallado de las más importantes notas que caracterizan la Protección de Menores, teniendo en cuenta que se trata de una de las materias en la que esta relación multidisciplinar mejor se muestra. Temas como la Interdisciplinariedad entre el Trabajo Social y el Derecho, la Mediación, la responsabilidad parental, la construcción de la ciudadanía de la infancia, etc., son abordados de manera clara y rigurosa.

This Child-Friendly Schools (CFS) Manual was developed during three-and-a-half years of continuous work, involving the United Nations Children's Fund education staff and specialists from partner agencies working on quality education. It benefits from fieldwork in 155 countries and territories, evaluations carried out by the Regional Offices and desk reviews conducted by headquarters in New York. The manual is a part of a total resource package that includes an e-learning package for capacity-building in the use of CFS models and a collection of field case studies to illustrate the state of the art in child-friendly schools in a variety of settings.

Uses the idea of children's agency to survey the main issues in childhood studies.

Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Children and Adolescents provides rehabilitation professionals in all areas of rehabilitation with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework for treatment of brain-injured children and adolescents. The book begins with an explanation of the pathophysiology of closed head injury and its typical consequences, leads the reader through various clinical intervention and therapeutic techniques, and concludes with guidelines for re-integrating the child into school, family, and work communities. Drawing upon the authors' backgrounds in speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and neurology, the book presents a thorough discussion of all areas of head injury rehabilitation.

The first comprehensive look at the global dilemma of child migration Why, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise? Why are unaccompanied migrant children living on the streets and routinely threatened with deportation to their countries of origin? Why do so many young refugees of war-ravaged and failed states end up warehoused in camps, victimized by the sex trade, or enlisted as child soldiers? This book provides the first comprehensive account of the widespread but neglected global phenomenon of child migration, exploring the complex challenges facing children and adolescents who move to join their families, those who are moved to be exploited, and those who move simply to survive. Spanning several continents and drawing on the stories of young migrants, Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age provides a comprehensive account of the widespread and growing but neglected global phenomenon of child migration and child trafficking. It looks at the often-insurmountable obstacles we place in the paths of adolescents fleeing war, exploitation, or destitution; the contradictory elements in our approach to international adoption; and the limited support we give to young people brutalized as child soldiers. Part history, part in-depth legal and political analysis, this powerful book challenges the prevailing wisdom that widespread protection failures are caused by our lack of awareness of the problems these children face, arguing instead that our societies have a deep-seated ambivalence to migrant children—one we need to address head-on. Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age offers a road map for doing just that, and makes a compelling and courageous case for an international ethics of children's human rights.