Helping Families with Troubled Children: A Preventative Approach - Softcover

Sutton, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471982997 ISBN 13: 9780471982999

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1999

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This is a professional textbook that provides a framework for the assessment of children's behaviour difficulties. The author considers a range of theories and argues that after careful assessment to screen out other causes of disturbed behaviour, benefit can derive from application of the principles of social learning theory. Using this perspective, suggestions are made for overcoming problems such as aggressiveness, disruptiveness, withdrawn behaviour and eating or sleeping difficulties. This provides a practical guide for practitioners in health visiting and school nursing and also serves as a textbook for social work courses such as community nursing. The text reviews theories and uses findings to suggest effective treatments for common childhood problems, advocates the use of social learning theory in the assessment of troubled children, and addresses behaviour difficulties and sleeping, eating and other problems.

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Carole Sutton is a Principal Lecturer in Psychology at De Montfort University and has worked as a social worker in the fields of health, mental health and children and families. Her professional work and her experiences as a parent led to a concern for preventative work to support young families. She undertook a doctorate in parent education working with Professor Martin Herbert. She is a Chartered Psychologist. This book has grown out of her subsequent experiences in teaching and training professional workers, health visitors, social workers in field and residential settings, psychologists, family therapists, teachers and doctors in supporting parents in helping their troubled children.

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The alarming number of troubled children and the distress and exasperation these children pose to their families and those around them are areas of deep concern. Research suggests that approximately one in ten children aged 10 years in urban settings, and one in 12?13 of those in rural settings, display serious disorders of behaviour. Many are vulnerable to becoming involved in the Juvenile Justice System, and a significant proportion move into the Adult Criminal System. Helping Families with Troubled Children acknowledges the extent of the problem and examines some of the pre–disposing factors leading to children?s difficulties. It stresses the importance of attempting to work with families before difficult behaviour becomes entrenched and resistant to intervention, preferably at or before the age of 2 years. Drawing on humanistic and cognitive behavioural principles, and the latest research findings in a number of areas of children?s difficulties, the author provides a structured approach to intervention and guides practitioners to work supportively with parents. Written to support health visitors, psychologists, social workers, school nurses, and parents, Helping Families with Troubled Children demonstrates how a preventive approach can benefit all concerned. As such, it is essential reading for students on professional courses in health and social welfare, nursing, and psychology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471982997
• ISBN 13: 9780471982999
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376
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