Bookedited by Louise Dixon, Daniel F. Perkins, Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis, Leam A Craig.
Summary: "This handbook provides an evidence-based approach to child protection-related work, and the provision of assessment and intervention services in order to maximize child well-being. It provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and practice that informs theory, assessment, service provision, rehabilitation and therapeutic interventions for children and families undergoing care proceedings, bringing together international knowledge from leading researchers and practitioners who draw on the evidence to inform best practice in complex family and parenting assessments as part of child care proceedings for the courts. Coverage includes the prevalence and effects of child neglect and abuse, theoretical perspectives, assessment, childrens services, and interventions with children, victims and families"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
1. Overview and structure of the book
PART 1. RESEARCH AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Child abuse and neglect: Prevalence and incidence --3. Child abuse and neglect: Ecological perspectives
4. Fatal child maltreatment
5. Psychological, Economic, and Physical Health Consequences of Child Maltreatment
6. The neurobiology and genetics of childhood maltreatment
7. Intimate partner violence and child maltreatment
PART II. CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES TO PREVENTION 8. Implications of children's services policy on child abuse and neglect in England
9. Children's services: toward effective child protection
10. Using the formal pre-proceedings to prevent or prepare for care proceedings in the UK
11. The prevention of child maltreatment: the case for a public health approach to behavioural parenting intervention
112. What works to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and youth
PART III. ASSESSMENT 13. Evidence-based assessments of children and families: safeguarding children assessment and analysis framework
14. Utilising an attachment perspective in parenting assessment
15. Evidence-based and developmentaly appropriate forensic interviewing of children
16. Considering parental risk in parenting (child custody) evaluation cases involving child sexual exploiation material
17. Assessments in child care proceedings: observations in practice
PART IV. INTERVENTIONS WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 18. Evidence-based approaches to empower children and families at-risk for child physical abuse to overcome abuse and violence
19. Effective therapies for children and non-offending caregivers in the aftermath of child sexual abuse or other traumas --20. Effectiveness of cognitive and behavioural group-based parenting programmes to enhance child protective factors and reduce risk factors for maltreatment
21. Critical factors in the successful implementation of evidence-based parenting programmes: fidelity, adaption and promoting quality
22. School-based prevention of and intervention in child maltreatment
23. Using assessment of attachment in child care oroceedings to guide intervention
PART V. NOVEL INTERVENTIONS WITH FAMILIES 24. Working systemically with families with intimate partner violence
25. Working with non-offending parents in cases of child sexual abuse
26, Working with parents with intellectual disabilities in childcare proceedings
27. Working with parents with a diagnosis of personality disorder
28. Working with parents who misuse alcohol and drugs.