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The Handbook for Child Protection Protection Practice presents a comprehensive and critical portrait of the phenomenon of neglect. Drawing on theory, research and clinical practice experience, the contributors cover issues facing social workers. They provide a view of child neglect which moves beyond the current child welfare focus on parental omissions in care. Organized in question and answer format, topics covered include: engaging with the client; initial assessments for factors such as neglect and physical and sexual abuse; how to assess the family; interventions with various different emphases; and safeguarding the social workers well-being: legally, physically and mentally.
How Do I Assess a Parent-Child Relationship?
How Do I Assess a Parent-Child Relationship?
A clear and responsive parent-child relationship forms the basis for healthy personality development as children learn to communicate their needs and desires and to respond to the demands of others. Parent-child relationships play such an important role in children's development that they can protect or buffer children against the threat of a hostile environment, such as poverty or community violence. In optimal circumstances, the parent-child relationship is characterized by a balance in which parents and children take turns signaling and responding to one another. Communication is clear because each adapts to the rhythm style of the other and to the demands of the situation. For example, a mother's response to a ...
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