| Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach Contributor(s): Webb, Nancy Boyd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0470371390 ISBN-13: 9780470371398 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $75.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Many practitioners lack the training to deal competently with acute and chronic health issues presented by their young clients and students. Providing an innovative inter-professional model, "Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions" provides a multi-disciplinary approach so that practitioners from a diverse range of helping fields, working in hospitals, out-patient clinics, agencies and schools, may be better equipped to foster children's resilience and build on their emotional strengths. This is a vital tool for a broad range of health care professionals, including social workers, school counselors, play therapists, nurses, and many others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Education | Counseling - General - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent |
| Dewey: 362.198 |
| LCCN: 2009028340 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.4" W x 9.1" (1.4 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Praise for Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions A Strengths-Based Approach "Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditionsprovides a wellspring of knowledge, from the theoretical to the clinical. The many vignettes and transcriptions immeasurably enrich the reader's understanding of the interventions and their broader applicability."--Barbara M. Sourkes, PhDJohn A. Kriewall and Elizabeth A. Haehl Director of Pediatric Palliative CareLucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford An important and practical guide to providing compassionate care and support to medically compromised children and their families Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach presents practical guidance on integrating the latest research into evidence-based practice to ensure the best client care. Edited by a top scholar in the field, this essential resource contains contributions from renowned specialists in various helping fields. Utilizing an inter-professional perspective, helping professionals will draw from the experiences and expertise of a wide range of medical professionals, providing a "window" into their roles, responsibilities, and challenges, offering the most effective approaches for working with this special population of children and their families. Equipping practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to encourage children's resilience and help them build their emotional strengths, this book uses a caring yet authoritative tone and discusses:
With thoughtful coverage of positive helping approaches that encourage family and individual strengths, Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach is an invaluable resource for social workers, teachers, school counselors, and other mental health and medical professionals who work with medically challenged children and adolescents in every setting. |