PDF | Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (9th Edition)

Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (9th Edition)

Format: PDF eTextbooks
ISBN-13: 978-0205399697
ISBN-10: 020539969X
Delivery: Instant Download
Authors: Cynthia Crosson-Tower
Publisher: ‎ Pearson

A comprehensive look at child maltreatment.

 Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect, 9/e provides a comprehensive look at children’s services. This title explains case management procedures and focuses on how various professionals become involved in the child protection process and in turn how treatment is undertaken. This title concludes with an overview of functional and dysfunctional families, and contrasts healthy child development with development hampered by abuse.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:

• Be familiar with the full range of services for children from the least intrusive to the mot comprehensive.
• Understand the effect that various services will have on children and families.
• Have a sense of what it might be like to serve children in various agency settings.