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The Child's World, Third Edition
Jan Horwath | Dendy Platt | Danielle Turney | Julie Taylor | David Shemmings | Yvonne Shemmings | Arnon Bentovim | Emilie Smeaton | Audrey Tait | Helen Wosu | Gillian Ruch | Beth Tarleton | Nadine Tilbury | Claudia Bernard | Jane Barlow | Emily Munro | Katherine Bishop | Ruth Marchant | Simon Hackett | Emma Palmer | Stephen Pizzey | Jenny Gray | Dave Backwith | Michael Murphy | Michaela Rogers | Christine Gould | Barbara Lawrie | Jane Appleton | Karen Whittaker | Stan Houston | Aideen Naughton | David Jones | Liz Hadcroft | Dawn Hodson | Patrick Neil
(2018)
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Abstract
This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their families. It explores the challenges that practitioners face routinely - with suggestions as to how to address them - as well as the established areas for assessment, of children's developmental needs, parenting ability and motivation, and socio-economic factors.
This new edition has been extended substantially to include recent practice, policy and theoretical developments, such as understanding the lived experience of children, young people, and family members. It also considers children's neurological development, assessing parental capacity to change, early help assessments, emerging areas of practice such as child sexual exploitation, and working with asylum-seeking and trafficked children.
Crucially, this updated edition takes a broader approach in offering relevant information to a range of professionals working with vulnerable children. The importance of inter-professional working is emphasised throughout.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Child's World, Third Edition: The Essential Guide to Assessing Vulnerable Children, Young People and their Families, edited by Jan Horwath and Dendy Platt | 3 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 8 | ||
| 1. Introduction by Jan Horwath and Dendy Platt | 10 | ||
| Part 1. Undertaking Assessments | 25 | ||
| 2. The Assessment Task: Who, What and Why? by Jan Horwath | 26 | ||
| 3. The Assessment Process: Making a Referral, Planning hte Assessment and Gathering Information by Jan Horwath | 46 | ||
| 4. The Assessment Process: Making Sense of Information by Dendy Platt and Danielle Turney | 80 | ||
| 5. Securing Effective Communication with Children and Young People by Audrey Tait and Helen Wosu | 106 | ||
| 6. Opening Doors: Best Practice When a Child or Young Person Might Be Showing or Telling that They Are at Risk of Harm by Ruth Marchant | 121 | ||
| 7. Engaging and Working with Parents as Part of the Assessment Process by Danielle Turney and Gillian Ruch | 137 | ||
| 8. Collaborative Practice and Participation: Early Help to Child Protection by Patrick Neil, Dawn Hodson and Julie Taylor | 159 | ||
| Part 2. Assessing Parenting | 177 | ||
| 9. Comtemporary Perspectives on Parenting Assessment by David Jones, Liz Hardcroft and Dendy Platt | 178 | ||
| 10. Dimensions of Parenting by Stan Houston | 209 | ||
| 11. Assessing Parental Capacity to Change by Dendy Platt and Katie Riches | 230 | ||
| 12. Working with Adult-Oriented Issues: Parental Substance Misuse, Mental Ill Health and Domestic Abuse by Michael Murphy and Michaela Rogers | 250 | ||
| 13. Assessing Parents with Learning Difficulties by Beth Tarleton and Nadine Tilbury | 281 | ||
| Part 3. Assessing the Child's Developmental Needs | 295 | ||
| 14. Assessing the Developmental Needs of Children and Young People by Aideen Naughton | 296 | ||
| 15. Assessing the Health Needs of Children by Jane Appleton and Karen Whittaker | 319 | ||
| 16. Assessing the Needs of Children and Young People in Education Settings by Christine Gould and Barbara Lawrie | 352 | ||
| 17. Emotional and Behavioural Development: The Importance of Attachment by David Shemmings and Yvonne Shemmings | 373 | ||
| Part 4. Assessing Safety, Care and Support Needs | 391 | ||
| 18. Assessing the Cumulative Impact of Neglect and Emotional Maltreatment by Jan Horwath | 392 | ||
| 19. Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children When Physical Abuse in the Family Is Suspected: Initial Assessments by Arnon Bentovim and Stephen Pizzey | 419 | ||
| 20. Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused in the Family Context: Assessing and Intervening Effectively by Arnon Bentovim, Jenny Gray and Stephen Pizzey | 440 | ||
| 21. Assessing Children Who Experience, or Are at Risk of, Child Sexual Exploitation by Emilie Smeaton | 471 | ||
| 22. Assessing the Needs of Asylum-Seeking, Migrant and Trafficked Children by Emma Palmer | 488 | ||
| 23. Assessing the Needs of Children and Young People Who Display Harmful Sexual Behaviours by Simon Hackett | 502 | ||
| 24. Making Assessment Work for Children with Complex Needs by Ruth Marchant | 522 | ||
| 25. Identifying Young Carers and Assessing Their Needs by Katherine Bishop | 540 | ||
| 26. Assessments to Support Young People Making the Transition from Care to Adulthood by Emily R. Munro | 557 | ||
| 27. Risk Assessment during the Prenatal Period by Jane Barlow, Harriet Ward and Gwynne Rayns | 573 | ||
| Part 5. Assessing the World of the Child and Family | 593 | ||
| 28. Poverty and Families: Implications for Assessment by Dave Backwith | 594 | ||
| 29. Assessing Family and Community Support by Jan Horwath and Dendy Platt | 617 | ||
| 30. Working with Cultural and Religious Diversity by Claudia Bernard | 649 | ||
| The Editors | 666 | ||
| The Contributors | 666 | ||
| Subject Index | 673 | ||
| Author Index | 687 | ||
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