Category: Child Abuse
Sexual abuse of children wrecks lives, families and communities. In this landmark book, well-known registered clinical psychologist Robyn Salisbury seeks the wisdom of those who have devoted many years, each in their own domain, to working with child sexual abuse. Driven by Salisbury's wish to challeng ...Show more
Category: For Survivors
A compelling true story of courage, survival and voice. A woman's journey of healing and recovery after witnessing her mother's murder and surviving heinous abuse, to ultimately reach victorious freedom.
Category: For Professionals
Identifying Child Molesters clearly spells out the techniques that child sexual molesters so successfully use to charm adults into giving them access to children. When these strategies are seen and understood, adults can take much more direct responsibility for preventing child sexual abuse than was pre ...Show more
Category: Child Abuse | Series: Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series
A professional book aimed at practitioners and practitioners in training, this volume is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive, practical approach to the assessment and treatment of physically abused children. While there are other books that cover certain aspects of assessment and treatment ...Show more
Category: For Professionals
Highlighting the importance of a 'safe place' as the foundation of the healing process for those affected by child sexual abuse, this practical book details the factors that contribute to a secure therapeutic climate where recovery can take place. The Children and Families Project draws on the perspect ...Show more
Category: Children & Adolescents
Child psychologist Cynthia Monahon teaches parents and professionals about the effects of childhood traumas on children, offering a blueprint for restoring a child's sense of safety and balance. She suggests straightforward ways to help kids through tough times, and also details the warning signs that i ...Show more
Category: Child Abuse
Emotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have the most harmful effects on the physical and psychological development and well-being of children. Yet they are considered to be the most difficult to deal with by those who have the responsibility to protect and in ...Show more
Category: Child Abuse | Series: Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series
With the government giving priority to preventing child harm and family breakdown, a number of initiatives have been launched to tackle problems in this area. Part of the NSPCC Protecting Children series and revised in paperback to take account of the new green paper 'Every Child Matters', Supporti ...Show more
Category: Child Abuse
This volume considers the unique and overlapping long-term effects of all major forms of child maltreatment. The author integrates information on seven types of child abuse and neglect - ranging from sexual and physical abuse to mistreatment by alcoholic or drug-addicted parents - and outlines the ...Show more
Category: Child Abuse
It has been widely noted in the social work literature that the practice of child protection is highly gendered. When it comes to child abuse, women come under more scrutiny and men, who are more likely to present a risk of harm to children, are not engaged with. This text takes stock of this cont ...Show more
Category: Children & Adolescents
The legal system requires mental health professionals to provide research summaries to support their evaluations in child custody cases. Contributions from leading developmental researchers, legal professionals, and clinicians describe how scientific evidence is properly used in court. Timely and curren ...Show more
Category: Trauma
What is trauma? How does it affect children? How can adults help? Providing straightforward answers to these complex questions, The Simple Guide to Child Trauma is the perfect starting point for any adult caring for or working with a child who has experienced trauma. It will help them to understa ...Show more
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