Communicating with vulnerable children : a guide for practitioners
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Communicating with vulnerable children : a guide for practitioners
Gaskell , Distributed in North America by Balogh International inc., c2003
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Department of health
Available at 3 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Communicating with Vulnerable Children provides a wealth of practical suggestions for all professionals who work with children and young people. It explains how best to communicate when the child has suffered adversity, such as experiences of harm and abuse, or witnessing violence or other distressing events. The focus is on helping children provide full and accurate accounts of their experiences without suggestion from an adult. Each chapter sets out the relevant policy and procedural context and reviews the available evidence, then gives recommendations and practical advice about how best to communicate with the child. This book is aimed at anyone who works with or spends time with children. This ranges from professionals whose specialist tasks include helping those who have been abused or neglected, such as social workers, child and adolescent mental health professionals or children's guardians within the Family Justice system, through to those who see children every day, such as teachers. It will be also be an invaluable guide for doctors, health visitors and all those advising concerned parents.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction and orientation
- Part I. The Knowledge Base: 2. Developmental considerations
- 3. Erroneous concerns and cases
- 4. The child's psychological condition
- 5. Diversity and difference: implications for practice
- 6. Successful communication: core skills and basic principles
- 7. How concerns come to professional attention: the context for practice
- Part II. Practice Issues: 8. Practice issues: introduction
- 9. Talking with the child: first responses to children's concerns
- 10. Talking with children about adverse events during initial assessments
- 11. In-depth interviews with children
- 12. Indirect and non-verbal approaches
- 13. Advice for parents and carers
- 14. Epilogue
- References
- Index.
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