Cover; Child Neglect: Practice Issues for Health and Social Care; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction to Issues for Health and Social Care in Neglect; 2 Economic, Cultural and Social Contexts of Neglect; 3 Research for Practice in Child Neglect; 4 The Nature of Emotional Child Neglect and Abuse; 5 Is This Child Neglect? The Influence of Differences in Perceptions of Child Neglect on Social Work Practice; 6 Working Together in Cases of Neglect: Key Issues; 7 Neglect: No Monopoly on Expertise; 8 Common Operational Approach Using the 'Graded Care Profile' in Cases of Neglect
Summary
Neglect is now recognized as leading to significantly poor outcomes for children in the short and long term. It is a matter of concern for all professionals who work with children. Children who are neglected are not likely to seek help in their own right and are highly dependent on professionals such as health visitors and schoolteachers identifying and responding to their needs for support and protection. In order to carry out the key tasks of prevention, recognition and response to neglect, practitioners require up-to-date evidence-based information about the aetiology and signs of neglect a
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340) and indexes
