Child and Family Assessment

Clinical Guidelines for Practitioners
2. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-16806-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

Child and Family Assessment is based on Ian Wilkinson's extensive experience of working with troubled children and families over the last twenty years. This completely revised and updated edition of Family Assessment (Gardner Press, 1993) combines a clear summary of current knowledge with practical, detailed and adaptable procedures for practitioner use.
Part one reviews the literature on child and family assessment; part two discusses the practical issues involved and provides detailed guidelines for practitioners; a final part examines the relationship between clinical practice, assessment and science with respect to children and families.
Written from an eclectic point of view in a clear and precise style, using common sense terms, this book will be an essential guide for all those in the helping professions, including therapists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, social workers and lawyers.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilkinson, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction and overview PART I Theoretical background 2 Psychological problems, social relationships and mental health 3 Psychotherapy—the individual and the family 4 Developments in family assessment PART II Family assessment in practice 5 A framework for family assessment 6 Beginning the assessment 7 Using a structured interview to obtain a broader Assessment 8 Using additional assessment procedures for more specific investigations 9 Integrating and applying assessment information PART III Bridging the gap between science and practice 10 Science, learning and clinical guidelines

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Wilkinson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at South Tees Community and Mental Health Trust and co-founder of the Marion Family Centre in Darlington. He has also worked as an academic tutor for the University of Newcastle upon Tyne doctoral course in clinical psychology, and his work on child and family assessment has received wide recognition.