Children in Difficulty: A Guide to Understanding and Helping Book

Written by two practicing clinicians, Children in Difficulty is designed as a guide for those who work with children. In clear, simple language it focuses upon some of the most common, most incapacitating difficulties encountered by young children and adolescents. After introducing and discussing different forms of therapy and treatment used in clinical work with children, the book provides a series of chapters, each dealing with a specific difficulty. Drawing upon recent research findings, and employing detailed case illustrations, it seeks to help the reader to understand the nature of each problem and offers a guide as to how the child in difficulty can best be helped. The book is designed to be of particular value to those working in education, social work, health and child-care settings, and anyone who needs to be able to recognize and help children in difficulty.Read More