A child's journey to recovery : assessment and planning with traumatized children / Patrick Tomlinson and Terry Philpot ; foreword by Mary Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomlinson, Patrick, 1962-

Contributor:

Philpot, Terry.

Series:

Delivering recovery.

Delivering recovery series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma in children--Diagnosis.

Psychic trauma in children--Treatment.

Child mental health services.

Psychiatric social work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book shows how carefully planned and assessed treatment can help traumatized children. It outlines how to set up a process for measuring a child's progress towards recovery. Uniquely, the book describes a practical outcomes-based approach that can be provided by an integrated multi-disciplinary team. Particular themes addressed include the conflict between the child's chronological and emotional ages, the need to work at the child's pace, the importance of the whole-team approach , and the challenges involved in measuring progress. The authors describe clearly defined outcomes for recover

Contents:

front cover; A Child's Journey to Recovery: Assessment and Planning with Traumatized Children; Contents; FOREWORD; Introduction; 1. Assessment What it is and How it has Developed; 2. Plans and Outcomes; 3. Understanding the Whole Child; 4. Bringing it All Together; 5. Assessment, Needs and Outcomes; 6. To and Fro: The Dynamic Process; 7. A Time to Listen: Putting the Child at the Centre; APPENDIX: GRACE: A CHILD, AN ASSESSMENT AND A PLAN; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE STORY OF SACCS; THE AUTHORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; back cover;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611781729

9781281781727

128178172X

9781846427404

1846427401

OCLC:

476168697