Understanding Child Maltreatment: An Ecological and Developmental Perspective

Scannapieco, Maria; Connell-Carrick, Kelli

ISBN 10: 0195156781 / ISBN 13: 9780195156782

Published by OUP USA, New York, 2005

About this Item

In a pale green laminated hardcover with black and white titles to spine and front. No dust jacket. 310 pp. The book is in near fine condition with just a trace of shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover. The binding is tight and the pages clean and unmarked, the book appears to be unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Child Maltreatment: An Ecological and Developmental Perspective
• Publisher: OUP USA, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195156781
• ISBN 13: 9780195156782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Child maltreatment professionals from all disciplines struggle to find better ways of understanding and treating the families and children affected by maltreatment. Since the mid-1960s, the "battered child syndrome," and recent high-profile abuse cases, a plethora of research and literature on child maltreatment has emerged, yet this is the first volume to offer a comprehensive integrated analysis for understanding, assessing, and treating child maltreatment within the ecological framework in a developmental context. This framework systematically organizes and integrates the complex empirical literature in child maltreatment and development, including the often-overlooked period of adolescence.

Viewing child maltreatment from an ecological perspective, this volume identifies the risk and protective factors correlated with abuse and neglect. The authors present a comprehensive assessment framework, addressing the multiple developmental and environmental factors unique to each case. This framework fully considers risk and protective factors and their relationship to individuals, families, and environmental elements, presenting a much-needed perspective for today's child protective services workers. Understanding Child Maltreatment is the first of its kind. While most books broadly address the developmental consequences of maltreatment, this volume goes further by proposing assessment and intervention strategies based on a deep understanding of each stage of a child's development. Interventions center on the caregiver and the family, with particular attention to parenting skills and the challenges the child may experience within his or her developmental stage. Each chapter emphasizes empirically based interventions and includes a case illustration that guides readers in applying these concepts to their own practice. Providing a comprehensive, nuanced perspective on maltreatment, this book will be invaluable to students, researchers, and professionals.

About the Author

Maria Scannapieco is at University of Texas-Arlington. Kelli Connell-Carrick is at University of Houston.