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Understanding Child Maltreatment: An Ecological and Developmental Perspective New Edition
Author(s): Maria Scannapieco (Author), Kelli Connell-Carrick (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 10 Feb. 2005
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 0195156781
- ISBN-13: 9780195156782
Book Description
Viewing child maltreatment from an ecological perspective, this volume identifies the risk and protective factors correlated with abuse and neglect. The authors present a comprehensive assessment framework, addressing the multiple developmental and environmental factors unique to each case. This framework fully considers risk and protective factors and their relationship to individuals, families, and environmental elements, presenting a much-needed perspective for today's child protective services workers.
Understanding Child Maltreatment is the first of its kind. While most books broadly address the developmental consequences of maltreatment, this volume goes further by proposing assessment and intervention strategies based on a deep understanding of each stage of a child's development. Interventions center on the caregiver and the family, with particular attention to parenting skills and the challenges the child may experience within his or her developmental stage. Each chapter emphasizes empirically based interventions and includes a case illustration that guides readers in applying these concepts to their own practice. Providing a comprehensive, nuanced perspective on maltreatment, this book will be invaluable to students, researchers, and professionals.Editorial Reviews
Review
"Finally, a resource is available that explains child maltreatment in way that makes sense and informs diagnosis and treatment. Understanding Child Maltreatment presents a cogent and well-constructed format to decipher the complexities of child maltreatment and offer solutions for intervening at various developmental stages. The exercises sprinkled throughout the book are quite helpful for applying the content to each developmental stage and will facilitate the transfer of knowledge from the book to real life experiences. I heartily recommend this book and think the authors did an outstanding job of presenting complex information in a useful manner. Caseworkers, counselors, and students will all find this book quite beneficial for both practical and academic purposes and it should become a staple for every child welfare library." -Charmaine R. Brittain, MSW, Ph.D., American Humane Association
"Understanding Child Maltreatment, by Maria Scannapieco and Kelli Connell-Carrick, is a valuable resource for a diverse array of professionals interested in learning about the history, etiology, and treatment of child maltreatment.It provides a detailed overview of the history of child maltreatment that will appeal to academics as well as specific information needed by those in the field providing services to these families. The authors provide a fascinating perspective on utilizing an ecological framework to determine how services should be delivered to families affected by abuse."--Child Maltreatment
"...a valuable addition to the child welfare practitioners or educators bookshelf. This book can also be used as a quick reference source given encyclopedic style compilation of the maltreatment literature. Child welfare practitioners, particularly those who do assessments, would find the authors practice guides to be useful and easy to digest. The book would also be an excellent text for a graduate course in child welfare. It is both specific enough to give students specific guides for practice, and its survey like approach would familiarize students with historic, policy, and human behavior issues in child welfare."--Families in Society
Review
"Finally, a resource is available that explains child maltreatment in way that makes sense and informs diagnosis and treatment. Understanding Child Maltreatment presents a cogent and well-constructed format to decipher the complexities of child maltreatment and offer solutions for intervening at various developmental stages. The exercises sprinkled throughout the book are quite helpful for applying the content to each developmental stage and will facilitate the transfer of knowledge from the book to real life experiences. I heartily recommend this book and think the authors did an outstanding job of presenting complex information in a useful manner. Caseworkers, counselors, and students will all find this book quite beneficial for both practical and academic purposes and it should become a staple for every child welfare library." -Charmaine R. Brittain, MSW, Ph.D., American Humane Association
"Understanding Child Maltreatment, by Maria Scannapieco and Kelli Connell-Carrick, is a valuable resource for a diverse array of professionals interested in learning about the history, etiology, and treatment of child maltreatment.It provides a detailed overview of the history of child maltreatment that will appeal to academics as well as specific information needed by those in the field providing services to these families. The authors provide a fascinating perspective on utilizing an ecological framework to determine how services should be delivered to families affected by abuse."--Child Maltreatment
"...a valuable addition to the child welfare practitioners or educators bookshelf. This book can also be used as a quick reference source given encyclopedic style compilation of the maltreatment literature. Child welfare practitioners, particularly those who do assessments, would find the authors practice guides to be useful and easy to digest. The book would also be an excellent text for a graduate course in child welfare. It is both specific enough to give students specific guides for practice, and its survey like approach would familiarize students with historic, policy, and human behavior issues in child welfare."--Families in Society
