Child Abuse and Neglect - Attachment, Development and Intervention

This clear and compelling textbook provides a complete survey of the field of child abuse and neglect from the perspective of modern developmental attachment theory. It starts by describing the ways in which attachment difficulties manifest themselves in children''s behaviour, and goes on looking at abuse, neglect, and compound cases of abuse and neglect, backing it all up with empirical research evidence and vivid case material. In its final section, it provides a comprehensive review of attachment-based interventions.Written by an extremely respected and successful author, this book, anchored in research evidence, places its emphasis on practice implementation and aims at answering all the kinds of questions practitioners and student practitioners specialising in child welfare are most likely to ask.>

Product details

• Authors: David Howe
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2005
• EAN: 9781403948250
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4825-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Children, Well-Being, Social Sciences, Social Work, Child Well-being