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Children's social and emotional wellbeing in schools
Debbie Watson, Carl Emery, Phillip Bayliss, with, Margaret Boushel, Karen McInnes
A critical perspective
This book is a challenge to the concept of wellbeing as applied to children, suggesting that it should be understood at the level of the child, rather than a list of things that are needed in order to live well.
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Commissioning for health and well-being
Jon Glasby
An introduction
This is the first comprehensive text on commissioning for health and social care taking students, practitioners and managers through key stages of the commissioning cycle as well as addressing cross-cutting themes.
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Understanding disability policy
Alan Roulstone, Simon Prideaux
Understanding Disability Policy explores the roles of social security, social support, poverty, socio-economic status, community safety, official discourses and spatial change in shaping disabled people's opportunities.
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Social happiness
Neil Thin
Theory into policy and practice
An examination of the achievements and potential of applied happiness scholarship in diverse cultures and domains, arguing that progressive policies require a substantial and explicit consideration of happiness.
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