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This book is about the experience of individuals who have been
abused or who have abused others, but it also traces the way an
abusive experience can organize a family or professional system so
that changes are difficult to achieve. The author has been in the
forefront of the child abuse field for many years, and he discusses
in this volume the way his thinking has changed to incorporate the
ideas from the feminist movement and the constructionist family
therapists. He looks at the way victimizing actions and the
traumatic effects of abuse combine to create a trauma-organized
system, which includes the individual, the family, the professional
helpers, the community, and the cultural values. The author
describes the characteristics of these systems and a diagnostic
procedure to help the workers plan the treatment.
Written in consultation with a range of experts, clinicians and
practitioners as well as adoptive children, families and birth
relatives, this book gives helpful guidance on making
evidence-based assessments and planning successful adoption
support. Key features include: a discussion of the main themes of
adoption and pointers for practice in relation to the Assessment
Framework a guide to the use of evidence-based approaches to
assessment, including the tools commissioned by the Department of
Health and the Department for Education a model for analysis and
planning, and planning support and interventions an investigation
of the source, range and value of support services and
interventions that can promote the wellbeing of adopted children,
their adoptive families and birth relatives. Packed with practical
advice, case examples and models of good practice, this book is
invaluable for social workers and managers involved with the
adoption process and the well-being of children and families. It is
also essential reading for social work students learning about
working with children and families.
This book is about the experience of individuals who have been
abused or who have abused others, but it also traces the way an
abusive experience can organize a family or professional system so
that changes Are difficult to achieve. Arnon Bentovim has been in
the forefront of the child abuse field for many years, and he
discusses in this volume the way his thinking has changed to
incorporate the ideas from the feminist movement and the
constructionist family therapists. He looks at the way victimizing
actions and the traumatic effects of abuse combine to create a
trauma-organized system, which includes the individual, the family,
the professional helpers, the community, and the cultural values.
procedure to help the workers plan the treatment. In order to help
such a family, he proposes that interventions need to be made at
the different levels of this system, and the book outlines various
treatment approaches, such as group work for victims and
perpetrators, marital and family therapy, and individual work,
particularly to clarify the issue of personal responsibility. The
book is illustrated by case studies and transcripts from therapy
sessions to clarify the specific techniques Bentovim uses to treat
such families.
This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best
practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable
children and their families. It explores the challenges that
practitioners face routinely - with suggestions as to how to
address them - as well as the established areas for assessment, of
children's developmental needs, parenting ability and motivation,
and socio-economic factors. This new edition has been extended
substantially to include recent practice, policy and theoretical
developments, such as understanding the lived experience of
children, young people, and family members. It also considers
children's neurological development, assessing parental capacity to
change, early help assessments, emerging areas of practice such as
child sexual exploitation, and working with asylum-seeking and
trafficked children. Crucially, this updated edition takes a
broader approach in offering relevant information to a range of
professionals working with vulnerable children. The importance of
inter-professional working is emphasised throughout.
Offering a systematic approach to evidence-based assessment and
planning for children living with trauma and family violence, this
practical book shows how to assess and analyse the needs of the
child, make specialist assessments where there are continuing
safeguarding concerns (using the Assessment Framework) and plan
effective child-centred and outcome-focused interventions. The
authors analyse the impact of exposure to a climate of trauma and
family violence on a child's bioneurological development and on
their capacity to form attachments and to develop and reflect on
relationships through childhood and adolescence into adulthood.
They bring together the assessment of children in need with the
evaluation of significant harm and risk, and potential for
rehabilitation, and also explore the application of evidence-based
approaches to intervention. This book is an essential tool for all
front-line practitioners working with child protection, including
social workers, child and adolescent mental health practitioners,
police officers, probation workers and domestic violence
organizations. It is also suitable for undergraduate, postgraduate
and post-qualifying students.
Services for families and children are rightfully the focus of
intense scrutiny and debate, and there is a clear need to establish
a knowledge of which services work well. This volume provides a
comprehensive overview of research evidence from the UK and USA on
the effectiveness of selected child welfare interventions. It
addresses the challenges of measuring effectiveness in child
welfare and explains the policy context for child welfare service
delivery. Leading international contributors summarize the evidence
of effectiveness in each core area, and consider the impact on
children's development, parenting capacity and the wider community.
Critically, the book also draws out the implications of the
evidence for policy, practice and service delivery as well as for
future research. This book is essential reading for policy makers,
practitioners and commissioners of services in child welfare as
well as students and researchers.
Written in consultation with a range of experts, clinicians and
practitioners as well as adoptive children, families and birth
relatives, this book gives helpful guidance on making
evidence-based assessments and planning successful adoption
support. Key features include: a discussion of the main themes of
adoption and pointers for practice in relation to the Assessment
Framework a guide to the use of evidence-based approaches to
assessment, including the tools commissioned by the Department of
Health and the Department for Education a model for analysis and
planning, and planning support and interventions an investigation
of the source, range and value of support services and
interventions that can promote the wellbeing of adopted children,
their adoptive families and birth relatives. Packed with practical
advice, case examples and models of good practice, this book is
invaluable for social workers and managers involved with the
adoption process and the well-being of children and families. It is
also essential reading for social work students learning about
working with children and families.
John Woods presents a theoretical approach and practical
suggestions for mental health practitioners working therapeutically
with young people who have abused. Drawing on his long-standing
experience, he has developed an integrated theory that bridges the
gap between existing cognitive behavioural and psychoanalytic
approaches. He shows how this individual treatment model can be
applied in a range of contexts including residential settings,
group and family work, as well as in individual work. In-depth case
studies throughout the book demonstrate how exploring the
individual's whole life-course within a psychoanalytic framework
enables connections to be drawn between possible childhood abuse
and subsequent abusive behaviour. Guidelines are presented on
working with the problems of self-destructiveness, masochism and
depression facing the young abused/abuser and the impact of sexual
abuse on sexuality, gender identity and sexual orientation. This is
an instructive and thought-provoking text for all mental health
practitioners and allied professionals working with adolescents who
sexually offend.
Is it possible to overcome the enduring problem of child
maltreatment? In Eradicating Child Maltreatment, leading
international figures in the field of child welfare address this
enduring and thorny question, setting out a public health approach
to prevention. It draws on groundbreaking research and practice on
prevention and early intervention from around the globe spanning
health, social care, education and criminal justice. Contributors
describe what is known about the incidence of child maltreatment,
how far we have succeeded in eradicating it, which preventative
strategies have been proven to be effective, and offers evidenced
recommendations for policy and practice. Aiming to draw us nearer
to the goal of a world free from child maltreatment first
articulated by the visionary paediatrician Dr. C. Henry Kempe in
1978, this important book provides new insights for professionals,
managers, academics and policymakers across the range of child and
family welfare services.
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