Programs and Interventions for Maltreated Children and Families at Risk: Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470890630 ISBN 13: 9780470890639

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

Evidence-based interventions are increasingly being required by third-party payers and an evidence-based orientation has come to define ethical practice. This compendium of short, how-to chapters focuses on the programs and interventions to prevent child maltreatment that have the best scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness. Interventions and programs discussed include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Multisystemic Therapy, Coping Cat, and many more. Busy practitioners will appreciate this book's implementation of evidence-based practices by providing the practical and "what now" rather than using the typical academic approach.

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From the Back Cover

Praise for Programs and Interventions for Maltreated Children and Families at Risk

"This volume represents an important step in the diffusion of evidence-based practices and programs to child welfare stakeholders. Dr. Rubin is commended for compiling a comprehensive collection, with chapters authored by many leading treatment developers and researchers, of those interventions and programs that have demonstrated effectiveness or are among the most promising in the field."
—Scott Henggeler, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesDirector, Family Services Research CenterMedical University of South Carolina

"At long last, a welcome and timely resource is available that identifies effective evidence-based intervention programs for at-risk and abusing and neglecting families. This book should become a standard reference and resource for students, agency administrators, child welfare practitioners, therapists, and mental health professionals."
—Alberta J. Ellett, PhD, Director and Principal Investigator, Child Welfare Education Program, School of Social Work, University of Georgia

Evidence-based programs and interventions for abused children and at-risk families

Part of the Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series, Programs and Interventions for Maltreated Children and Families at Risk provides busy mental health practitioners with detailed, step-by-step guidance for implementing clinical interventions that are supported by the latest scientific evidence.

This thorough yet practical volume draws on a roster of experts and researchers in the field whose state-of-the-art knowledge has been assembled into this well-rounded guide. Each chapter serves as a practitioner-focused how-to reference and covers interventions that have the best empirical support for the treatment of maltreated children, including:

• The Incredible Years (IY)

• Child-Parent Psychotherapy

• Triple P System of Intervention

• Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)

• Coping Cat

• Coping Power Program

• Project Support

• 1-2-3 Magic

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Easy-to-use and accessible in tone, Programs and Interventions for Maltreated Children and Families at Risk is indispensable for practitioners who would like to implement evidence-based, culturally competent, effective interventions in their care of maltreated children and at-risk families.

Also in the Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series
Treatment of Depression in Adolescents and Adults
Treatment of Traumatized Adults and Children
Psychosocial Treatment of Schizophrenia
Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth and Adults

From the Inside Flap

“I reckon I sympathize with you deeply Dear Walt and I wish I could be with you, if it would help you any. I would… be the best nurse you ever had, I’ll bet you. I would laugh and sing and read to you and if we both felt like it I could cry too, and not half try.”

So wrote Emma Randolph, a young woman not yet twenty, to her distant cousin, Private Walter G. Dunn of the 11th New Jersey Infantry, as he lay in a crowded, filthy hospital ward. They corresponded when Walter went off to war, but their real story only began when he was carried from the smoke and carnage of Chancelllorsville to a hospital in Baltimore. There, barely recovered, bloodied and dazed with ether, he aided overworked surgeons when the Gettysburg wounded poured into the city, and regularly took up his pen to relay everyday events that became history.

She replied in kind. At home, men were torn by guilt, women lost in grief, and a presidential election loomed. But there were also church picnics, strawberry festivals, ice cream socials and trips to the ocean. In time they realized their love for one another and planned a life together after the war ended.

This was the American Civil War for many who lived it—overwhelming, and ultimately tragic—viewed through the eyes of a courageous youth and an unforgettable young woman.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0470890630
• ISBN 13: 9780470890639
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Rubin Allen