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Child Maltreatment Risk Assessments : an Evaluation Guide.

Conduct targeted and focused evaluations of child abuse and neglect! Child Maltreatment Risk Assessments: An Evaluation Guide is a professional practice manual designed to assist clinicians in conducting forensic risk assessment in child maltreatment cases. The authors?each with an extensive backgro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Righthand, Sue
Otros Autores: Kerr, Bruce B., Drach, Kerry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Child Maltreatment Risk Assessments An Evaluation Guide; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Child Maltreatment: What Is It?; Definitions of Abuse; Chapter 2. The Impact of Child Maltreatment; The Impact of Child Maltreatment on Attachment Security; The Impact of Physical Abuse; The Impact of Sexual Abuse; The Impact of Psychological Maltreatment; The Impact of Exposure to Family Violence; The Impact of Neglect; The Impact of Multiple Forms of Child Maltreatment; Comparative Studies of the Impact of Abuse and Neglect; The Impact of Marginal Maltreatment.
  • The Impact of Mediating FactorsChapter 3. Risk Assessment; Problems and Strategies for Assessing Violence; Historical or Developmental Factors; Personal or Dispositional Factors; Clinical or Symptom Factors; Current Situation and Contextual Factors; Final Remarks; Chapter 4. Formulating Risk Management Strategies; Introduction; Treatment Outcome Literature: A Brief Review; Parenting Training Interventions; Comprehensive and Ecobehavioral Programs; Child-Centered Services and Treatment Interventions; Facilitating Parent-Child Relationships; Individual Therapy and Long-Term Therapy with Parents.
  • Abuse-Focused InterventionsParents with Mental Retardation; Substance Abuse; Mental Health Interventions; Relapse Prevention; Facilitating Motivation for Positive Change; Final Remarks; Chapter 5. Putting It All Together; Child Maltreatment Risk Assessments: A Specialized Evaluation Area; Forensic versus Clinical Evaluations; Components of the Evaluation Report; Conducting and Writing Quality Evaluations; Professional Issues; References; Index.