Assessing Children in Need and Their Parents

Martin Herbert

• 29 januari 1996
• 9781854331922

Samenvatting:

A series of practical guides that has been designed for various practitioners who work with children and their families, with the aim of providing information on children problems.

This series of highly practical guides has been designed for all practitioners who work with children ad their families, with the aim of providing concise, up-to-date information on children problems. The guides are designed for use in counseling clients and planning training/therapeutic programmes, and can also be used for teaching purposes. The ‘Hints for Parents’ sections which appear at the back of the guides may be photocopied and given to clients; the questionnaires, checklists and assessment forms which appear in the Appendices are also copyright-free.

This guide is specifically about the assessment of children in need and includes the issue of abuse and the need for special eduaction and care. A guide to the meaning of 'significance of harm' as defined in the Children Act 1989, is also outlined.