Description
Book SynopsisThose who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotional abuse and neglect is an important responsibility as well as a key skill. As well as ensuring that children and young people are free from harm, it is equally important to ensure their well-being and quality of life.
This new edition of Olive Stevenson's highly respected text is updated throughout to include the latest policy and research developments, and expanded to include greater consideration of topics such as the impact of parental mental health, substance abuse and alcoholism on parental capacity and the issue of parents with learning disabilities. Providing clear guidelines for the assessment and intervention of child neglect, Neglected Children and Their Families is an invaluable resource for all those studying and working in childcare, including social workers, health visitors and child nurses.
Trade Review
"Although her background is in social work, Olive Stevenson writes in such a way that the comments on recent government guidance could be applied to any setting in which children are encountered....I will certainly be adding this book to my essential reading list." Nursing Standard
"Its broad content and readability, supported by copious literature and policy, make it an essential read for practitioners."
Primary Health Care
"A good book that does what it says on the packet."
Child and Family Social Work
Table of ContentsDefining and Understanding the problem.
Neglectful families; the general context.
Parents.
Children who are seriously neglected.
Working together in cases of neglect; unresolved problems and current issues.
So what is to be done.
Appendices
