Recognizing and Helping the Neglected Child: Evidence-Based Practice for Assessment and Intervention

by Daniel, Brigid

• ISBN13: 9781849050937
• ISBN10: 1849050937
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

Neglect is the most common form of child abuse, but recognizing the signs, assessing the family's and the child's needs, and undertaking intervention can be difficult and complicated. This book, based on extensive research of the evidence, outlines how neglect can be recognized, examining the signs that parents give to signal their need for help, and the signs that a child's needs are not being met. It then covers how practitioners should respond, including assessment, planning, and appropriate interventions. The authors examine whether practitioners are well-equipped to recognize child neglect, and whether professional responses to help could be swifter. They also summarize the key messages from the research findings, and make recommendations for policy and practice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Foreword	p. 9
Understanding Child Neglect	p. 11
Signs that Parents Need Support	p. 35
Signs that Children's Needs are not Being Met	p. 59
Responding to Children whose Needs are not Being Met	p. 86
Helping the Neglected Child	p. 116
Preventing Child Neglect	p. 143
Systematic Review Methodology	p. 161
Papers Included in the Systematic Review	p. 164
References	p. 169
Subject index	p. 185
Author index	p. 189
List of Tables and Figures
Showing the practitioner's dilemma when weighing up a child's need and system demands	p. 12
Showing the number of studies addressing factors at different ecological levels	p. 32
Showing the numbers of studies focusing on each profession, from the group of studies that focused mainly on professional issues	p. 32
Showing some of the many ways in which a parent may signal a need for more support with parenting	p. 5 5
Showing what the evidence indicates about the different influences upon practitioner willingness to act upon signs of neglect	p. 94
Showing the 'My World' triangle, Part of the Scottish Getting it Right for Every Child model	p. 110
Illustrating the analogy of looking futther upstream for the source of the problems identified downstream	p. 151
What is neglect? Showing the range of tolerance of neglect	p. 154
Universal strategies: showing the implications of taking a public health approach to neglect	p. 155
Possible points of intervention	p. 158
Showing the filtering process	p. 163
Thinking about: causes of adolescent neglect	p. 66
Thinking about: the consequences of neglect and the Every Child Matters outcomes	p. 67
Showing evidence drawn from four studies about the factors affecting referral/action by different professionals	p. 95
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