Helping Families With Troubled Children : A Preventive Approach
SUTTON Carole
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The growing incidence of mental health problems and offending in adolescents suggests that preventive work with parents remains a critical area. This suggestion has been confirmed by longitudinal research that shows, for example, that children whose mothers are stressed in pregnancy are in danger of developing hyperactivity. In Helping Families with Troubled Children, Carole Sutton stresses the importance of working with families before difficult behaviour becomes entrenched and resistant to intervention. This preventive work should take place from pregnancy onwards. Drawing on social learning theory and cognitive behavioural principles, Sutton provides a structured approach to interv ...
Publication date: 2015-10
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Subjects:
Category, Non-fiction, Medicine, Health And Personal Development, Health, Family & Relationships, Reference, Children's / Young Adult Reference, Personal & Social Issues: Disability & Special Needs (Children's / Young Adult), Research & Information, Communication Studies, Social Sciences, Sociology, Age Groups: Children, Social Services & Welfare, Criminology, Social Work, Psychology, Child & Developmental Psychology
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