Supporting vulnerable babies and young children : interventions for working with trauma, mental health, illness and other complex challenges / edited by Wendy Bunston and Sarah J. Jones ; foreword by Graham Music.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunston, Wendy, author.

Jones, Sarah J. (Social worker), author.

Contributor:

Music, Graham, 1957- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Child psychotherapy.

Social work with children.

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

"The diverse challenges that clinicians and children's workers tasked with safeguarding babies and young children face are complex, and this unique book looks at effective, evidence-informed approaches to working across a wide range of issues. It outlines relevant theory and good practice, gathering case examples from around the world to illustrate what interventions look like in direct practice. Leading contributors address a wide range of challenges, including babies and very young children who have a serious illness, have complex diagnoses, or have been exposed to violence or adversity in early childhood. This is an essential guide for those who work to support and safeguard the welfare of babies and very young children, including professionals in health care, social work, mental health and child protection settings"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Honouring Beginnings

1 Introducing the Infant: And How to Support Vulnerable Babies and Young Children p. 27 / Wendy Bunston and Sarah J. Jones

2 Reflective Supervision's Essential Place in Thoughtful Practice p. 41 / Julie Stone and Sarah J. Jones and Wendy Bunston

Part 2 Relationship Traumas

3 Restoring Ruptured Bonds: The Young Child and Complex Trauma in Families p. 59 / Fiona True

4 Developing an Intervention for Infants and Young Children in Foster Care: 'Watch Me Play!' p. 74 / Jenifer Wakelyn

5 Keeping the Child in Mind When Thinking About Violence in Families p. 91 / Angelique Jenney

6 'Murder in Their Family': Making Space for the Experience of the Infant Impacted by Familial Murder p. 107 / Kathy Eyre and Nicole Milburn and Wendy Bunston

7 Homelessness in Infancy: Finding 'Home' for Babies in Crisis Accommodation after Family Violence p. 124 / Wendy Bunston

Part 3 Culture and the Infant

8 Self-Determining Support for Indigenous Children in Australia: The Bubup Wilam Case Study p. 145 / Angle Zerella and Lisa Thorpe and Luella Monson-Wilbraham and Kerry Arabena

9 Infants and Young Children in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident p. 161 / Hisako Watanabe

10 Play With Us: Bringing Hope and Healing to KwaZulu-Natal's Children p. 175 / Rachel Rozentals-Thresher and Robyn Hemmens and Julie Stone

11 The 'International Infant': Examining the Experiences and Clinical Needs of Separated and Reunited Transnational Infant-Parent Dyads p. 191 / Natasha Whitfield

Part 4 Political and Legal Systems

12 'Invisible Children': How Attachment Theory and Evidenced-Based Procedures Can Bring to Light the Hidden Experience of Children at Risk from Their Parents p. 199 / Ben Grey and Jeremy Gunson

13 Infants and Young Children Living Within High-Conflict Parental Disputes: 'Keep Me Safe and Organise My Emotional World' p. 216 / Professor Jennifer McIntosh and Sarah J. Jones

14 Playing Behind the Barbed-Wire Fence: Asylum-Seeking Infants and Their Parents p. 227 / Christine Hill

Part 5 Mental Health, Community Nursing and Medical Systems

15 Infants With Cancer: The Oncology Unit as Their Second Home p. 245 / Maria McCarthy and Helen Shoemark

16 High-Risk Infant Mental Health Outreach: Creating a Professional Community of Caregivers Using a Collaborative Mental Health and Nursing Approach p. 265 / Paul Robertson and Amity McSwan and Louise Dockery

17 The ART of finding Authentic Discourses for Parents About and With Their Donor-Conceived Children p. 281 / Sarah J. Jones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Bunston, Wendy, Supporting vulnerable babies and young children

ISBN:

9781785923708

1785923706

OCLC:

1104916440