Supporting the mental health of children in care : evidence-based practice / edited by Jeune Guishard-Pine Obe, Gail Coleman-Oluwabusola and Suzanne McCall ; foreword by Jenny Pearce Obe.

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Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781784501723
1784501727

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Supporting the mental health of children in care.DDC classification:

618.928914 23

LOC classification:

RJ503 .S87 2017eb

NLM classification:

WS 350.6

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

'I try hard not to scream' responding to the distress of children in care / Dr. Siobain Bonfield and Jeune Guishard-Pine OBE -- Children under five in care: what a shame / Christine Cork -- Working with looked after children who self-harm: understanding coping, communication and suicide / Dr. Sam Warner and Clare Shaw -- Drugs and alcohol as a form of self-medication from trauma and past abuse among children in care / Lisa Robinson and Jeune Guishard-Pine OBE -- 'Run run as fast as you Can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man': an assessment of brothers in care within the context of 'safe therapy' / Olatayo Afuape -- Working with sexually inappropriate behaviour and incest: a case study / Tonie Lawrence-Mahrra -- 'Can I go home?' Art psychotherapy with foster children returning to their birth family / Eleanor Havsteen-Franklin -- 'The anarchy and the ecstasy': the therapeutic journey with children in care / Jeune Guishard-Pine OBE and Hannah Baron -- Professionalizing foster carers / Jeune Guishard-Pine OBE, Sheri Mosuro and Devinia Malcolm -- 'Pass the parcel': keeping therapeutic relationships accessible for very traumatized young people in care / Suzanne McCall -- The illusion of individual psychotherapy for children in care: integrated working as a 'kaleidoscope' / Jeune Guishard-Pine OBE and Dr. Emily Wilkens -- On becoming a mental health specialist working with children in care: a polemic / Zoë Lander -- Culturally competent practice for children in care / Dr. Gail Coleman-Oluwabusola -- 'Safe therapy': involving children in care in developing child mental health services / Dr. Sidra Aslam -- Kith and kin: providing a therapeutic space for kinship carers / Olatayo Afuape -- Child sexual exploitation and multi-dimensional safety for children in care / Dr. Lucie Shuker.

Summary: Combining contemporary research with practice findings, this book shows how we can improve the mental health of children in care. Expert contributors highlight the challenges that children face and propose innovative models of practice which have been proven to improve outcomes. The book describes the difficulties children in care commonly encounter, such as vulnerability to self-harm, substance misuse or inappropriate sexual behaviour. It goes on to explore therapeutic interventions, such as art therapy or integrative therapy, which can be used to address the root of these behaviours. With a range of clinical and practical perspectives, it also makes recommendations for further training for foster carers, for reinforcing professional support networks and for all agencies to have a developed understanding of cultural considerations when working with children in care. Those committed to improving the mental health of children and young people in care, such as psychologists, psychiatrists, CAMHS professionals and social workers, will find this book an invaluable source of evidence and inspiration.

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Combining contemporary research with practice findings, this book shows how we can improve the mental health of children in care. Expert contributors highlight the challenges that children face and propose innovative models of practice which have been proven to improve outcomes. The book describes the difficulties children in care commonly encounter, such as vulnerability to self-harm, substance misuse or inappropriate sexual behaviour. It goes on to explore therapeutic interventions, such as art therapy or integrative therapy, which can be used to address the root of these behaviours. With a range of clinical and practical perspectives, it also makes recommendations for further training for foster carers, for reinforcing professional support networks and for all agencies to have a developed understanding of cultural considerations when working with children in care. Those committed to improving the mental health of children and young people in care, such as psychologists, psychiatrists, CAMHS professionals and social workers, will find this book an invaluable source of evidence and inspiration.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650