In the name of the child : a developmental approach to understanding and helping children of conflicted and violent divorce / Janet R. Johnston, Vivienne Roseby, Kathryn Kuehnle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Janet R.

Contributor:

Roseby, Vivienne, 1951-

Kuehnle, Kathryn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of divorced parents--Mental health.

Children of divorced parents.

Child psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Johntson, Roseby, and Kuehnle take you behind the child's eyes, into their heads...[they] flesh out the familial context, and bring it all back into the larger social world....When you are done reading, you know who these families are, what the children need, and -- as a clinician -- how you can help them. -- Marsha Kline Pruett, PhD, MSL. Maconda Brown O'Connor Professor. Smith College School for Social Work. The fully updated and revised edition of In the Name of the Child examines both the immediate and long-term effects of high-conflict divorce on children. By combining three decades of re

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - The Problem and the Challenge; Chapter 1 The Family Crucible of High-Conflict and Violent Divorce; Chapter 2 The Prism and Prison of the Child; Part II - The Development of Children and Youth in High-Conflict Families; Chapter 3 Infants and Toddlers: Problems in Separation-Individuation; Chapter 4 Preschoolers: Separation, Gender and Sexualized Anxiety; Chapter 5 School-age Children: The Struggle to Feel Lovable, Good, and Competent; Chapter 6 Adolescents: Toward Resolution or Stalemate; Chapter 7 Young Adults: Struggling with the Legacy

Part III - Interventions on Behalf of Children in High-Conflict and Violent DivorceChapter 8 Building Multidisciplinary Partnerships Between the Family Court and the Community; Chapter 9 Co-Parenting Counseling and Parent Coordination; Chapter 10 Treatment of Children in Conflicted and Violent Families; Part IV - Special Issues in Difficult Custody-Disputing Families; Chapter 11 Domestic Violence: Differential Assessment and Parenting Plans; Chapter 12 Parental Abduction: Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions

Chapter 13 Parental Alignments and Alienation: Differential Assessment and Therapeutic InterventionsChapter 14 Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in Custody Disputes; Appendix; Part A Guidelines for Initial Assessment; Part B Summary of Empirical Studies; Part C Publications of Research Findings; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-458) and index.

ISBN:

0-8261-1128-9

OCLC:

437140561