Those who work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detecting signs of emotional abuse and neglect is an important responsibility as well as a key skill. As well as ensuring that children and young people are free from harm, it is equally important to ensure their well-being and quality of life. This new edition of Olive Stevenson s highly respected text is updated throughout to include the latest policy and research developments, and expanded to include greater consideration of topics such as the impact of parental mental health, substance abuse and alcoholism on parental capacity and the issue of parents with learning disabilities. Providing clear guidelines for the assessment and intervention of child neglect, Neglected Children and Their Families is an invaluable resource for all those studying and working in childcare, including social workers, health visitors and child nurses. Includes recent policy and research developments in the field, and includes latest government initiatives Provides best-practice guidelines for the detection and assessment of neglect Written by a highly-respected authority in the area Evidence-based, accessible and practical in style

Those who work with children and young people have a responsibilityto safeguard and promote their welfare. Recognizing and detectingsigns of emotional abuse and neglect is an important responsibilityas well as a key skill. As well as ensuring that children and youngpeople are free from harm, it is equally important to ensure theirwell-being and quality of life.This new edition of Olive Stevenson's highly respectedtext is updated throughout to include the latest policy andresearch developments, and expanded to include greaterconsideration of topics such as the impact of parental mentalhealth, substance abuse and alcoholism on parental capacity and theissue of parents with learning disabilities. Providing clearguidelines for the assessment and intervention of child neglectNeglected Children and Their Families is an invaluableresource for all those studying and working in childcare, includingsocial workers, health visitors and child nurses.* * Includes recent policy and research developments in the fieldand includes latest government initiatives* Provides best-practice guidelines for the detection andassessment of neglect* Written by a highly-respected authority in the area* Evidence-based, accessible and practical in style

Defining and Understanding the problem.Neglectful families; the general context.Parents.Children who are seriously neglected.Working together in cases of neglect; unresolved problems andcurrent issues.So what is to be done.Appendices