The Sourcebook introduces the theoretical and ideological foundation and methodological basis of Rights-based Direct Practice with Children. It starts with the methodology of participatory group workshops to facilitate learning of the content. The content draws linkages among the foundation of life skills; psychosocial, sociological and critical theories of childhood; and child rights values, categories and principles; with the approaches, methods and skills of direct practice with children. The book takes examples from India but makes significant contribution to training and reference material for child rights teachers, trainers, facilitators and field workers, across the world, especially in the developing countries.
Murli Desai Boeken





A Rights-Based Preventative Approach for Psychosocial Well-Being in Childhood
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Focusing on children's rights, this volume offers a preventative framework for interventions aimed at enhancing psychosocial well-being. It combines theoretical insights with practical applications and teaching techniques from various global contexts, providing a comprehensive approach to addressing children's needs and rights effectively.
Rights-based Integrated Child Protection Service Delivery Systems
Secondary and Tertiary Prevention
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Focusing on integrated child protection, this comprehensive guide offers training modules for secondary and tertiary prevention levels. It emphasizes community-based and family-oriented service systems, case management, and project cycles. The book addresses at-risk children and families, detailing the functions of Integrated Childcare and Support Centres and District-based Integrated Child Protection Centres in providing essential support, justice, and rehabilitation. Additionally, it explores the role of these centres during emergencies, ensuring a broad understanding of child protection in various contexts.
The Paradigm of International Social Development
Ideologies, Development Systems and Policy Approaches
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The book explores the transformation in international social development through two distinct parts. The first part critiques the traditional economic development model and highlights the transition to a focus on social development. In the second part, it analyzes the limitations of residual welfare policies and discusses the shift towards rights-based social policies, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and ensuring individual rights in social development efforts.
Reviews limitations of concepts of problems in childhood, and the prevalent service delivery approaches of child welfare, protection, and justice. It identifies the rights-based comprehensive, preventive, and systemic approach for child welfare, and details the prevention level integrated service delivery for children facing socio-legal problems.