Tackling Child Neglect (eBook, ePUB)

Research, Policy and Evidence-Based Practice
Redaktion: Gardner, Ruth

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With contributions from internationally recognized experts, this edited volume presents original thinking on the theory, research and practice surrounding child neglect.

Comprehensive and current, the book takes an expansive look at how we can better address this prevalent issue. It explores the effects of neglect on the developing child and makes recommendations on how to identify neglect at the earliest opportunity. It considers common causal and contributing factors in neglect cases and the impact of these on children. The book details effective intervention techniques alongside case vignettes and shows how change can be achieved. It highlights the importance of supporting parental care and developing parental responsibility in families where children are neglected. Chapters provide in-depth descriptive examples and include a summary of learning points.

Including practical suggestions for combating child neglect, this is an essential guide to best practice for students and practitioners working with children and families. The book also contains useful insights relevant to researchers and policy makers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784501655
• Artikelnr.: 45959573

Autorenporträt

Edited by Ruth Gardner. Foreword by David Howe

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Ruth Gardner
University of East Anglia and NSPCC
UK. Part 1: The effects of child neglect: Understanding and responding. 1: The effects of emotional neglect in the first two years of life. Jane Barlow
Warwick Medical School
University of Warwick
UK. 2: Child neglect and the development of communication. Jan McAllister
University of East Anglia
UK and Wendy Lee
The Communication Trust
UK. 3: Making a difference to the neglected child's lived experience. Jan Horwath
Sheffield University
UK. Part Two: Perspectives on child neglect. 4: Child neglect
the research landscape. Debra Allnock
University of Bedfordshire
UK. 5: Learning from children and young people about neglect. Sarah Gorin
Consultant Researcher
UK. 6: General Practitioners' responses to child neglect. Jenny Woodman
General Practitioner
UK. 7: Responding to child neglect: Learning from Serious Case Reviews. Marian Brandon and Pippa Belderson
University of East Anglia
UK. Part Three: Preventing and reversing child neglect: An international picture. 8: 'What happens?' and 'what works?' with Sign of Safety. Amanda Bunn
Freelance Research Consultant and Practitioner
UK
Leigh Taylor
Senior Practitioner
Edinburgh
UK
Dan Koziolek
Carver County Community Social Services (CCCSS)
Minnesota
USA and Andrew Turnell
Director
Signs of Safety ®
Australia. 9: Practices targeting child neglect: The use of SafeCare® to enhance parenting skills to reduce neglect. Whitney L. Rostad
Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development
Georgia State University
USA
John R. Lutzker
Director
Georgia State University
Atlanta
USA and Katelyn M. Guastaferro
The Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development
School of Public Health
Georgia State University
USA. With a note on the UK evaluation of SafeCare by Gillian Churchill. 10: Video Interaction Guidance: Providing an effective response for neglected children. Hilary Kennedy
Director
Video Interaction Guidance
UK
Maeve Macdonald
Educational Psychologist and Paul Whalley
NSPCC
UK.