Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect [Rental Edition]

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For courses in child welfare.
                            
A comprehensive look at child maltreatment
Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect presents an all-encompassing view of child maltreatment, in its various guises, from symptoms of abuse and neglect to motivations of those who abuse and neglect children, as well as how the social services system intervenes. Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: familiarize themselves with the full range of services for children; understand the effect that various services will have on children and families; and have a sense of what it is like to serve children in various agency settings.

Updated throughout to reflect current research and practices, the 10th Edition prepares future professionals to better intervene and treat at-risk children and families. Topics are presented in a clearer manner with reorganized chapters and a more in-depth look at collaborative intervention and case management. Additional information is included on neuroscience; working with families from diverse cultural backgrounds; sex trafficking; and more. A new CSWE’s Core Competencies and Practice Behavior Examples grid, new learning objectives, and updated end-of-chapter activities help students focus their reading and retain important concepts.

Dr. Cynthia Crosson-Tower is a national expert on child abuse and neglect and the author of numerous books and publications including Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect, Exploring Child Welfare: A Practice Perspective, When Children Are Abused: An Educator’s Guide to Intervention, A Clergy Guide to Child Abuse and Neglect ,and How Schools Can Combat Child Abuse and Neglect. Dr. Crosson-Tower taught in the Behavioral Sciences Department at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts for 24 years, also founding and serving as the Director of the Child Protection Institute there. She maintains a private practice, Harvest Counseling and Consultation, specializing in the treatment of survivors of abuse and perpetrators of sexual abuse. Dr. Crosson-Tower served on the subcommittee to develop protocol for the Cardinal’s Commission of the Archdiocese of Boston and became a part of the Implementation and Oversight Committee of the Archdiocese’s Office of Child Advocacy.        

1. The Maltreatment of Children Then and Now
2. The Family: Roles, Responsibilities, and Rights
3. Trauma and the Developing Child
4. The Neglect of Children
5. The Physical Abuse of Children
6. The Sexual Abuse of Children
7. Intrafamilial Abuse
8. Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse, Misuse, and Exploitation
9. Psychological Maltreatment of Children
10. Intervention: Reporting, Investigation and Assessment
11. Collaborative Intervention and Case Management
12. The Legal Response to Child Abuse and Neglect
13. Case Management and Treatment of Physical Abuse and Neglect
14. Treatment of Sexual Abuse
15. Foster Care for Abused and Neglected Children
16. Adults Abused as Children
17. Working in Child Protection and Prevention