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  • Direct Work with Vulnerable Children: Playful Activities and Strategies for Communication

    Direct Work with Vulnerable Children: Playful Activities and Strategies for Communication

    by Audrey Tait and Helen Wosu

    For many vulnerable children, the idea of talking to an adult about their experiences and feelings can be a daunting prospect. This book demonstrates how the introduction of playfulness when working with neglected or abused children helps to build a trusting relationship by openly engaging with the child's world. The practical activities and resources provided have been developed over 20 years of working with vulnerable children and are proven to help reduce feelings of stress and open up the lines of communication between adult and child. The straightforward, accessible style...

  • Game-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Child Sexual Abuse. An Innovative Treatment Approach

    Game-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Child Sexual Abuse. An Innovative Treatment Approach

    by Craig I Springer

    Treating a confirmed or suspected case of childhood sexual abuse is undoubtedly one of the most challenging situations a clinician can face. This unique book, written by recognized experts on the evaluation and treatment of childhood sexual abuse, is the first to disseminate a comprehensive and integrative approach to treating child sexual abuse that combines the power of game-based, structured play therapy with cognitive-behavioural treatment. Created by the authors, Game-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (GB-CBT) is a complete therapeutic package containing engaging techniques and strategies that are proven to effectively treat the problems of...

  • Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults: Working Effectively in Adult Protection

    Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults: Working Effectively in Adult Protection

    by Jackie Pritchard

    Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults provides an up to date and topical overview of developments in policy, guidance, legislation and practice in the area of adult protection. The book aims to broaden thinking about adult abuse, assesses alternative models of practice such as criminal justice and welfare, and covers groups who may be overlooked, such as people with brain injuries, older prisoners and adults within the black and minority ethnic communities. Issues covered include domestic violence and honour-based crime, abuse in institutions, financial abuse, and risk assessment in adult protection....

  • Good Practice in Safeguarding Children: Working Effectively in Child Protection

    Good Practice in Safeguarding Children: Working Effectively in Child Protection

    by Liz Hughes and Hilary Owen

    Good Practice in Safeguarding Children considers how front-line professionals can keep the best interests of the child at the heart of their work when statutory guidance, the way agencies are integrated and the delivery of services are changing. Liz Hughes and Hilary Owen have drawn together contributors' experiences of working with safeguarding children on a broad range of issues, including neglect, trafficked children, parents with learning difficulties and child protection supervision. The contributors discuss current dilemmas in safeguarding children work and provide models of good practice, including case scenarios and exercises....

  • Helping Babies and Children Aged 0-6 to Heal After Family Violence: A Practical Guide to Infant- and Child-Led Work

    Helping Babies and Children Aged 0-6 to Heal After Family Violence: A Practical Guide to Infant- and Child-Led Work

    by Wendy Bunston

    After family violence, very young children and babies benefit from child-led therapy, but how do you achieve this? Dr. Wendy Bunston's guide is here to help you to meet the emotional needs of children who are experiencing trauma, and to enable them to form healthy attachments, both within their families and beyond. As well as clearly explaining the consequences of domestic violence on young developing brains, this book demystifies the practicalities of working effectively with children in their earliest years. Examining real-life cases, it notes the distress that arises when...

  • Helping Children to Tell About Sexual Abuse: Guidance for Helpers

    Helping Children to Tell About Sexual Abuse: Guidance for Helpers

    by Rosaleen McElvaney

    Children need to be able to disclose their experiences of sexual abuse in order to stop the abuse and get help. Practical and accessible, this book offers guidance on how professionals can identify potential abuse cases and create safe opportunities for children to talk about sexual abuse. The book explores challenges in facilitating and responding to disclosures of abuse, such as: how to recognise the signs, ask the right questions and react to a disclosure. It also draws on research carried out with children who have experienced sexual abuse,...

  • Helping Vulnerable Children and Adolescents to Stay Safe: Creative Ideas and Activities for Building Protective Behaviours

    Helping Vulnerable Children and Adolescents to Stay Safe: Creative Ideas and Activities for Building Protective Behaviours

    by Katie Wrench

    Helping vulnerable children and young people to build protective behaviours is the key to keeping them safe. Full of creative ideas and activities, this guide provides the tools to help children develop the key skills needed to stay safe. Topics include work around: building resilience and problem solving skills; identifying a 'safety network'; developing emotional literacy; awareness of grooming strategies and safe/unsafe touch; and cyber safety. The range of tried and tested techniques will be sure to engage any child in thinking about their personal safety, allowing adult carers to...

  • Mothering Babies in Domestic Violence, Beyond Attachment Theory, 1st Edition

    Mothering Babies in Domestic Violence, Beyond Attachment Theory, 1st Edition

    by Fiona Buchanan

    This unique book offers an innovative feminist critique of attachment theory that offers an alternative understanding of relationships between women and their babies in domestic violence. Fiona Buchanan identifies a way forward for working with women, babies and people who have grown up with domestic violence focusing on strengths not deficits. In doing so, she raises new possibilities for work with women and babies in other situations where trauma impacts on their relationships. In line with feminist traditions of listening to the voices of women, this book theorizes from research...

  • Motivational Interviewing for Working with Children and Families

    Motivational Interviewing for Working with Children and Families

    by Donald Forrester

    *A Practical Guide for Early Intervention and Child Protection* Drawing on 20 years of practical experience, research and teaching in the field, this book is a comprehensive guide on the use of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in child protection and family social work. MI increases the likelihood of behavioural change, working with client resistance to encourage a constructive environment when initiating difficult conversations. This makes it particularly effective for child and family social care. Drawing on over 500 studies spanning 11 local authorities, this book uses recordings of real meetings between social workers...

  • My Daddy is in Jail

    My Daddy is in Jail

    by Youthlight

    *No refund on this item: Was: $34.50* *Reduced by 50% - Now $17.25* My Daddy Is in Jail: Story, Discussion Guide, and Small Group Activities for Grades K-5 My Daddy is in Jail is a long overdue resource for helping children cope with the incarceration of a loved one. It includes a read-aloud story discussion guide caregiver suggestions and optional small group counseling activities. With this book helping professionals and other caring adults will find themselves better equipped to provide information and support to these vulnerable children and their families. (Paperback) *Author:* Janet...

  • Parents’ Guide to Child Protection Education

    Parents’ Guide to Child Protection Education

    by Holly-Anne Martin

    This Parents’ Guide to Child Protection Education provides an informative, easy to follow, holistic approach to teaching child abuse prevention education and includes activities to help children understand these essential concepts. The author, Holly-ann Martin, has over 30 years experience in teaching child abuse prevention education. *Some of the topics covered include:* Why children need to have a better understanding of feelings What a safety continuum is and why children need to know The importance of children knowing what their Early Warning Signs are and how they can recognise...

  • Preventing Child Maltreatment: Community Approaches

    Preventing Child Maltreatment: Community Approaches

    by Kenneth A Dodge and Doriane La

    Many child abuse prevention programs have targeted factors within the family, such as parenting skills. This book describes the next wave of prevention: the promotion of safer, healthier childrearing environments in entire communities. The contributors are leading authorities who illuminate how contextual factors-including poverty, chaotic neighborhoods, and lack of social supports-combine with family factors to place children at risk for maltreatment. They present a range of exemplary programs designed to strengthen communities while also helping individual parents to meet their children's needs. Real-world evaluation approaches, quality-control strategies, and policy implications are discussed...

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