A practical handbook for use by all professionals who work with child abuse cases, and who are getting to grips with the new legislation on child protection. Topics include: recognizing abuse;... (more)
Designed to be relevant for a variety of practice settings, this text provides a comprehensive guide to the techniques and skills required for good practice in assessing and managing violence. (more)
This book is rich in background and overview material concerning the issue of supervision. It contains sample contracts, training exercises and record sheets and is an extremely valuable resource for... (more)
Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, this text is a comprehensive study of real or threatened physical violence and its consequences. Personal accounts of children... (more)
This volume contains examples of risk assessment methods and procedures, addressing the key issues of risk measurement, predictability and management, and the tension between the management of risks... (more)
This collection of essays on risk assessment explores the arguments and means of assessment in an accessible manner, and with a practice-based emphasis. The contributors consider subjects as varied... (more)
This handbook guides professionals in the welfare sector through interactive examples of the abuse of older people set in institutional and community placements, to increase the development of their... (more)
This book presents poems, stories and journal work spontaneously written by people, young and old, who have suffered serious abuse. It suggests how health and social care workers can facilitate... (more)
Therapeutic support offered to victims of abuse whether experienced in childhood or in adulthood is often not considered or planned properly; in many instances a victim's definition of recovery and... (more)
Dealing with Different Types of Losses Using Hypnotherapy Scripts is a unique practical resource for hypnotherapists which considers many aspects of loss rather than focusing solely on dying, death... (more)