Child neglect
Subtitle: identification and assessment
By: Jan Horwath
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781403933461
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part. One: Identifying Neglect: What it is and What it Does to Children; title: Defining Child Neglect: The Influence of Time and Place; title: Living with Child Neglect: The Impact on Children; title: Part. Two: Assessing the Care-giver and the Care-giving Context; title: Carer's Behaviours: The Past Influencing the Present?; title: Parenting Issues and Child Neglect: What do we Know?; title: The Care-Giving Context; title: Part. Three: Referral and Assessment: Practice Reality; title: Identifying and Referring Cases of Child Neglect: The Theory and the Practice; title: The Assessment Task and Process: Factors that Promote and Inhibit a Child Focus; title: Part Four: Moving Practice Forward; title: The Assessment Challenges and Best Practice; title: Working with Child Neglect: Developing Practitioner and Organisational Capacity.