Assessing allegations of sexual abuse in preschool children understanding small voices

Assessing Allegation of Child Abuse in preschool Children provides the practitioner with help in assessing and managing cases of alleged sexual abuse in children aged 18 months to six years.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hewitt, Sandra K. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications c1999.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Interpersonal violence ; v. 22.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798018106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1- Protecting Our Children From Sexual Abuse; Why Our Current System Is Not Working; Childhood Sexual Behavior; Chapter 2- How Children Express Themselves: Understanding Developmental Context; Infancy (0-18 Months); Children 18 to 36 Months; Children 3 to 5 Years of Age; Children 5 Years of Age and Older; Summary; Chapter 3- Knowing More Than They Can Tell; How Early, How Long, and How Accurately Can Children Remember?; Suggestibility in Young Children; Fantasy; Trauma; Neurobiology; Attachment; Early Memory and the Unconscious
  • Reconceptualizing Preschool Abuse AssessmentChapter 4- Assessing Very Young Children (18-36 Months): Children Who Cannot Be Interviewed; Child Assessment Outline; Creating Rule-Out Hypotheses; Using Objective Measures; Noting Collateral Information; Making Contact With the Child; Pre-Interviewing the Child; Preparing Case Decisions; Applying the Protocol: A Case Example; Things Are Not Always as They Appear: Is It Abuse or Not?; What's Happened to My Child?; Can You Believe the Reporter?; Chapter 5- Assessing Young Children (3-5 Years Old): Prescreening Children With Transitioning Skills
  • Understanding Skills Necessary to InterviewPrescreening Children for Interview Capabilities; Interviewing Again; Is It Mistaken Identity?; In Her Own Way; Chapter 6- Current Interview Formats With Adaptations for Preschool Children; Who Are Stage 3 Children?; Effective Interview Components for Stage 3 Children; Warming Up With Practice Formats; Interview Formats With Research; Interview Protocols Without Research; Other Interviewing Issues; Chapter 7- The Touch Survey: Systematic Screening for Child Abuse; Method of Administration; Research on the Touch Survey
  • Simplification of the Touch SurveyChapter 8- When Abuse Is Not Proven: Managing High-Risk Cases; Factors Affecting Reunification in Unsubstantiated Cases; Therapeutic Management of Reunification in Preschool Cases; After the Structured Sessions Have Been Completed; Analyzing Risk Factors in Projecting Reunification Outcome; Other Uses of Therapeutic Management; Commonly Asked Questions About Therapeutic Management; Issues Raised in the Process of Therapeutic Management; Research on Therapeutic Management; Chapter 9- Where Do We Go From Here?; Toward Better Services; Appendix A; Appendix B
  • ReferencesIndex; About the Author