Waubonsee Community College

Emotional and psychological abuse of children, Kieran O'Hagan

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index

index present

non fiction

Emotional and psychological abuse of children

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Kieran O'Hagan

1. Court Out -- 2. Knowing Or Feeling -- To 'feel' is not necessarily to 'know' -- What precisely are the difficulties? -- Surely not another book on child abuse. . .? -- Marginalizing emotional and psychological development -- Awareness and intentionality -- The nature of emotional and psychological abuse -- The changing legal context of abuse -- The task ahead -- 3. Definitions of Emotional and Psychological Abuse -- Some difficulties in definition -- Is emotional abuse synonymous with psychological abuse? -- The essential differences between 'emotional' and 'psychological' -- Emotional development -- emotional abuse -- Psychological development -- psychological abuse -- 4. Global Cultural and Historical Contexts -- The UN Convention on the Rights of Children -- Attack on identity as a form of psychological abuse -- Emotional and psychological abuse: Some prominent historical episodes -- Emotional and psychological abuse within the modern child -- care system -- The 'pindown' experience -- The 'Kincora' scandal -- Cleveland: The investigation of child sexual abuse -- Organized ritual abuse -- Emotional and psychological abuse in bullying -- Emotional and psychological abuse of disabled children -- 5. Case Histories -- The case of Stephen, aged 11 -- The case of Rani, aged 1 year and 6 months -- The case of Mark, aged 8 -- The case of Jennifer, aged 1 year and 6 months, and Paul, aged 3 months -- The case of Beverly, aged 15 -- The case of Tony, aged 7 -- The case of Brian, aged 6, Mary, aged 5, and Tom, aged 3 -- The case of Caroline, aged 9 -- The case of Jodie, aged 2 -- The case of Margaret, aged 11, June, aged 7, Vicky, aged 5, and Terry, aged 3 -- 6. Parents -- Vulnerable groups -- The myth of the isolated, exceptional, abusing parent -- Parents at war -- Single teenage mothers: The social, economic, and cultural constructs -- Parents with mental health problems -- Parents of children failing to thrive -- 7. Observation, Communication and Assessment -- Which children? What kind of abuse? -- The primacy of observation -- Observing failure-to-thrive infants -- Psychological abuse: The older child -- Emotional abuse: The older child -- The sexually abused child: Emotional and psychological consequences -- 8. The Emotional and Psychological Abuse of Michelle -- The referral -- Investigation -- First contact -- Exploring and assessing the quality of caring -- Witnessing the abuse -- Confronting the abuser -- Examination, continuous assessment and strategy -- Case conference -- Mother's return -- The child in the foster home -- Implementing the strategy -- Continuous assessment of the child -- Contact and relationship between mother and child -- Exploring mother's memories and perception of the abuse -- Towards rehabilitation -- 9. Implications for Management and Training -- A reminder of the difficulties -- The extent of the challenge ahead