"Provides basic consumer health information about abuse and neglect of children and adolescents, along with facts about prevention and intervention strategies and treatment for survivors of abuse. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provided by publi…
"Provides basic consumer health information about abuse and neglect of children and adolescents, along with facts about prevention and intervention strategies and treatment for survivors of abuse. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provided by publi…
Becoming Anna is the poignant memoir of the first sixteen years in the life of Anna Michener, a young woman who fought a painful battle against her abusive family. Labeled "crazy girl" for much of her childhood, Anna suffered physical and emotional damage at the hands of the adu…
This book helps professionals to make informed, research-based assessments of risk, offering strategies for supporting and educating families within which sexual abuse has occurred. Without actually advocating reunification, the authors provide a unique approach for working with…
Introducing best practice principles for early home visiting this text begins with a discussion of the nature and causes of physical child abuse and neglect and then examines how home visitation can both prevent abuse and empower parents.
Complements the authors' Treating non-offending parents in child sexual abuse cases. Connections helps professionals to make informed, research-based assessments of risk, offering strategies for supporting and educating families within which sexual abuse has occurred.
Many child abuse prevention programs have targeted factors within the family, such as parenting skills. This book describes the next wave of prevention the promotion of safer, healthier childrearing environments in entire communities. The contributors are leading authorities who…
This book contributes to the debate on child sexual abuse and illuminates the trainer practitioner in the process. It shows that human services training is not built solely on scientific theory but rather on the ideology and values of the sponsoring organisation, the participant…
In this work, the treatment of child abuse survivors is clearly and frankly discussed, using systemic thinking to understand the profound and painful problems experienced by the clients. The author includes twenty case histories to illustrate her therapeutic techniques and well …
Elsa Jones, working from the Family Institute in Cardiff, has been treating adult survivors of child sexual and physical abuse for several years, and she has clearly and frankly described her work in this book. She begins be describing the context for working with her clients; t…
This exciting new book offers a survey of the field of child abuse and neglect from the perspective of modern developmental attachment theory. The book opens with an account of the theory and describes the ways in which attachment difficulties manifest themselves in children's b…
"Few would argue that the experience of sexual abuse is deeply traumatic for a child. But in this book, psychologist Susan Clancy reports on years of research and contends that it is not the abuse itself that causes trauma - but rather the narrative that is later imposed on the …
Therapeutic Work with Sexually Abused Children is a creative and practical guide for professionals working directly with those who have suffered sexual abuse and their carers. The trauma of sexual abuse experienced in childhood can inevitably be severe and enduring. For children…
Therapeutic Work with Sexually Abused Children is a creative and practical guide for professionals working directly with those who have suffered sexual abuse and their carers. The trauma of sexual abuse experienced in childhood can inevitably be severe and enduring.
Child abuse takes place across all cultures and all religious and economic strata. Drawing on data from 152 countries this book estimates that every other living person has been a victim of childhood violence: sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse. Another important finding is…
Evidence-based interventions are increasingly being required by third-party payers and an evidence-based orientation has come to define ethical practice. This compendium of short, how-to chapters focuses on the programs and interventions to prevent child maltreatment that have t…
Part I: Reporting and screening -- Part II: Engagement -- Part III: Interviewing -- Part VI: Initial assessment -- Section A: General -- Section B: Neglect -- Section C: Physical abuse -- Section D: Sexual abuse -- Section E: Psychological maltreatment -- Section F: Risk assessm…
Drawing on theory, research and clinical practice experience the contributors cover every issue the Child Protection Services worker is likely to face. They provide a broad view of child neglect which moves beyond parental omissions in care.
