1st Edition
Child Maltreatment Risk Assessments An Evaluation Guide
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 background in forensic child abuse evaluation—present up-to-date research findings and... Read more
- 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 Factors
- Chapter 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 Interventions
- Parents 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
Biography
Righthand, Sue; Kerr, Bruce B; Drach, Kerry
