Assessment of Parenting: Psychiatric and Psychological Contributions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415114543 ISBN 13: 9780415114547

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

These are the sorts of questions that face mental health practitioners who are increasingly involved in complex child care cases which come before the courts. They have been given little guidance to date on how these assessments should be made, especially where a decision has to be taken as to whether a child has experienced `significant harm.'
In this much needed book senior clinicians consider the principles and practice of parenting assessments and how they guide courts' decisions about children's welfare. They describe a number of frameworks for assessment and discuss the factors which help predict the risk of future maltreatment or the likelihood of successful rehabilitation. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the need to integrate the assessments of all relevant professionals in order to serve the best interests of the child, while also addressing the parents' potential to improve their caretaking skills. Offering guidance in areas of crucial significance for child, family and professional alike Assessment of Parenting will be widely welcomed.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Peter Reder, Clare Lucey

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415114543
• ISBN 13: 9780415114547
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Reder Dr Peter, Lucey Clare