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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783019803321

Autore

Archer Caroline <1948->

Titolo

Next steps in parenting the child who hurts [[electronic resource] ] : tykes and teens / / Caroline Archer, Adoption UK

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999

ISBN

1-280-53795-7

9786610537952

1-84642-204-3

1-4175-5386-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

649/.145

Soggetti

Adoptive parents

Child care

Parent and teenager

Parenting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Next Steps in Parentingthe Child Who Hurts:Tykes and Teens; Contents; Acknowledgements; What is Adoption UK?; Foreword by Professor David Howe; Introduction; One:Coming Home; Two: More Beginnings:Continuing Child Development; Three:When Things Don't Seem Quite Right; Four:Through the Looking Glass; Five:Fundamental Principles; Six:Principles into Practice; Seven:Sensitive Situations; Bedwetting and Daytime Incontinence; Sleep Problems; Anger, Aggression and Violence; Lying and Stealing; Staying Out Late and Running Away; Addictive Behaviours and Self-Harm; Early Eating Problems

Early Impulsivity and Risk TakingMoney Issues; Drug and Alcohol Use; Sexual Acting-Out; Continuing Impulsivity and Addictive Risk Taking; Self-Injury; Suicide and Suicidality; Compulsive Eating Disorders; Staying a Family and Being Apart; And Finally - Letting Go ...; Glossary; Reading List; Hope Against Hope; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Caroline Archer sets out to provide adoptive and foster parents with an understanding of the complex range of difficulties with which their



children may struggle as a result of their early experience of adversity. She presents strategies to help parents deal with their youngsters' troubling behaviour, in what seems to them a hostile world.