Jane Barlow, Anita Schrader McMillan

Safeguarding Children from Emotional Maltreatment

What Works

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Produktbeschreibung

Emotional maltreatment is widespread and has a profoundly harmful effect on a child's development. The effects of abuse are often carried into adulthood, and emotionally abused children are more likely to experience a range of problems as adults. This book sets out to identify 'what works' in preventing emotional maltreatment from recurring.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 265g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050531
• ISBN-10: 1849050538
• Artikelnr.: 27054913

Autorenporträt

Jane Barlow is Professor of Public Health in the Early Years. She is Director of the Warwick Infant and Family Wellbeing Unit (WIFWU), which provides training and research in innovative evidence-based methods of supporting parenting during pregnancy and the early years. Jane has also researched extensively on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing and treating abuse and is a strong advocate of a public health approach to child protection. Dr Anita Schrader is Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and former director of the UK Consortium for Street Children.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Section 1. Emotional Maltreatment and its Consequences. 1. Introduction. 2. What is Emotional Maltreatment? Section 2. Preventing the Occurrence of Emotional Maltreatment. 3. Population
Based Approaches. 4. Targeted Approaches. Section 3. Preventing the Recurrence of Emotional Maltreatment. 5. Parent
Focused Interventions. 6. Parent
and
Child
Focused Interventions. 7. Family
Focused Interventions. Section 4. What Needs To Be Done? 8. What Works to Prevent Emotional Maltreatment? 9. Implications for Practitioners and Policy
makers. References. Appendices. Index.