Child Neglect: Identification and Assessment
Book Details
- Publisher : Palgrave
- Published : 2007
- Cover : Paperback
- Category :
Child and Adolescent Studies - Category 2 :
Trauma and Violence - Catalogue No : 25206
- ISBN 13 : 9781403933461
- ISBN 10 : 1403933464
Reviews and Endorsements
'Written for practitioners in an elegant, scholarly and yet simple way, it will be easy to follow and use by those who are familiar with neglect issues and those who are new to the field. Readers from many different backgrounds will find this book an invaluable daily companion on an often long journey of understanding and responding to many needs of neglected children.' - Professor Dorota Iwaniec, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: IDENTIFYING NEGLECT: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES TO CHILDREN
Defining Child Neglect: The Influence of Time and Place
Living with Child Neglect: The Impact on Children
PART TWO: ASSESSING THE CARE-GIVER AND THE CARE-GIVING CONTEXT
Carer's Behaviours: The Past Influencing the Present?
Parenting Issues and Child Neglect: What do we Know?
The Care-Giving Context
PART THREE: REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT: PRACTICE REALITY
Identifying and Referring Cases of Child Neglect: The Theory and the Practice
The Assessment Task and Process: Factors that Promote and Inhibit a Child Focus
PART FOUR: MOVING PRACTICE FORWARD
The Assessment Challenges and Best Practice
Working with Child Neglect: Developing Practitioner and Organisational Capacity
Author Biographies
JAN HORWATH is Professor of Child Welfare, University of Sheffield, UK.