Handbook for child protection practice [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Howard Dubowitz, Diane DePanfilis

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 681 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 362.76
• Soggetto topico: Child welfare; Child abuse
• Altri autori: DubowitzHoward DePanfilisDiane
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I - Reporting and Screening; Chapter 1 - How do I Decide Whether to Accept a Report for a Child Protective Services Investigation?; Chapter 2 - What Criteria are Most Critical to Determine the Urgency of Child Protective Services Response?; Chapter 3 - What is Child Neglect?; Chapter 4 - What is Physical Abuse?; Chapter 5 - What is Sexual Abuse?; Chapter 6 - What is Psychological Maltreatment?; Part II - Engagement; Chapter 7 - How do I Connect with Children at Different Developmental Levels?; Chapter 8 - How do I Develop a Helping Alliance with the Family? ; Chapter 9 - What Principles and Approaches can I Use to Engage Clients across Cultures?Chapter 10 - How can I Use Authority Effectively and Engage Family Members?; Chapter 11 - How do I Manage Difficult Encounters with the Family?; Chapter 12 - How do I Respond to Feelings (Mine and My Client's)?; Part III - Interviewing; Chapter 13 - How do I Interview Young Children about Suspected Sexual Abuse?; Chapter 14 - How do I Interview Older Children and Adolescents about Sexual Abuse?; Chapter 15 - What Tools are Appropriate to Facilitate Interviews with Children? ; Chapter 16 - How do I Interview a Child about Alleged Physical Abuse?Chapter 17 - How do I Interview Non-Maltreating Parents and Caregivers?; Chapter 18 - How do I Interview the Alleged Perpetrator?; Chapter 19 - What Kinds of Questions in My Initial Assessment Interviews will Generate Solutions and Enhance Safety?; Part IV - Initial Assessment; Section A - General; Chapter 20 - How do I Differentiate Culturally Based Parenting Practices from Child Maltreatment?; Chapter 21 - How should Child Protective Services and Law Enforcement Coordinate the Initial Assessment and Investigation? ; Chapter 22 - How do I Screen a Caregiver's Use and Abuse of and Dependence on Alcohol and Other Drugs and their Effects on Parenting?Chapter 23 - How do I Screen Caregivers if I Suspect that They may be Dangerous to Themselves or their Children?; Chapter 24 - How do I Decide Whether to Substantiate a Report?; Section B - Neglect; Chapter 25 - How do I Determine if a Child is Neglected?; Chapter 26 - How do I Determine if it is Medical Neglect?; Chapter 27 - How do I Determine Whether a Child's Nutritional Needs are being Met?; Chapter 28 - What is Inadequate Supervision? ; Chapter 29 - How do I Assess Neglect among At-Risk Adolescents?Section C - Physical Abuse; Chapter 30 - How do I Determine Whether a Child has been Physically Abused?; Chapter 31 - What Medical Evaluation is Needed when Physical Abuse is Suspected?; Chapter 32 - How do I Interpret Medical Tests for Physical Abuse?; Chapter 33 - What Conditions may be Mistaken for Physical Abuse?; Chapter 34 - What are the Telltale Differences between Abusive and Noninflicted Injuries ?; Chapter 35 - What is Shaken Baby Syndrome? ; Chapter 36 - How do I Assess Possible Histories of Physical Abuse among Assaultive Adolescents ?
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on theory, research and clinical practice experience the contributors cover every issue the Child Protection Services worker is likely to face. They provide a broad view of child neglect which moves beyond parental omissions in care.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook for child protection practice
• ISBN: 0-7619-1370-X; 1-4522-0548-5; 1-4522-2143-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779122903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II