Children in Difficulty: A guide to understanding and helping

'Packed with a vast wealth of up-to-date research information.'- Child and Family Social Work 'This book delivers the guide that it promises. Without doubt, the authors achieve the right balance of providing a depth of quality information without inviting a reader into attempting what might, professionally, be irresponsible ... it is a book that will promote competence and inspire confidence.'- Educational Psychology in Practice Written by two leading experts in the field, this book discusses some of the most common, yet incapacitating, difficulties that are frequently encountered by young children and adolescents, and shows education and health professionals how best to meet their needs. After introducing and discussing different forms of treatment and therapy used in clinical work with children and their families, the book addresses each of a number of difficulties in turn. These include such topics as ADHD disruptiveness in school dyslexia and reading disability eating disorders oppositional and conduct disorders childhood depression school refusal dyspraxia less common mental health problems, such as bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. Drawing upon case study material throughout, each chapter seeks to provide greater understanding of the complexities of the given problem, together with a rigorous analysis of the forms of intervention that can be most appropriately employed. Guidance for professionals seeking to manage or advise upon these problems within home and school contexts is also an integral part of every chapter. The third edition of this book includes new insights from the fields of genetics and neuroscience and the authors ensure claims for the effectiveness of specific interventions are supported by rigorous, scientific evidence. By drawing upon high level scientific and clinical knowledge and distilling it in a way that is accessible to professionals from a range of child care disciplines, this book will be of significant value to those working in education, health or social care settings, and anyone who needs to be able to recognise and help children in difficulty.