Children who fail to thrive : a practice guide

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Children who fail to thrive : a practice guide

Dorota Iwaniec

John Wiley & Sons, c2004

  • : pbk. : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index

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Description

Three to five per cent of children fail to thrive. Without earlyintervention this can lead to serious growth failure and delayedpsychomotor development. Such children typically present difficulties with feeding andsleeping, as well as other behavioural problems. Failure to growcan also involve attachment disorders, emotional maltreatment,neglect, and abuse. Dorota Iwaniec has carried out the longest ever study on failure tothrive, following up on 198 clinical cases after a 20-year period.This extensive practical guide includes: * numerous checklists and other instruments for use inassessments * four chapters on intervention and treatments, with a particularfocus on multidisciplinary approaches * a comprehensive literature review alongside original researchdata * case studies drawn from the author's lengthy clinicalexperience This book is essential reading for social workers, health visitors,nurses, pediatricians, psychologists and child care workers.

Table of Contents

About the Author. List of Epigraphs. Acknowledgements. SECTION I: THE PROBLEM. 1. Introduction. 2. Historical Perspective of Failure to Thrive. 3. Failure to Thrive: Definition, Prevalence, Manifestation, andEffect. 4. Psychosocial Short Stature: Emotional Stunting of Growth. 5. Feeding/Eating Behaviour of Children who Fail to Thrive, andParental Feeding Styles. 6. Parent-Child Interaction in Failure-to-ThriveCases. 7. Child-Parent Attachment Behaviour of Children who Failto Thrive and Parental Responsiveness. 8. Fabricated or Induced Illnesses and Failure to Thrive. SECTION II: THE FRAMEWORK OF ASSESSMENT. 9. A Framework of Assessment of Failure-to-Thrive Cases:Ecological Approach. SECTION III: INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF FAILURE-TO-THRIVECHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. 10. Levels of Intervention. 11. Some Theoretical Approaches to Failure-to-ThriveIntervention. 12. Multidimensional/Integrated Model of Intervention inFailure-to-Thri ve Cases. 13. Approaches to Failure-to-Thrive Intervention Programmes. 14. Considerations Arising from Failure-to-Thrive InterventionResearch. Epilogue. References. Index.

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