Defining and understanding the problem
Definitions : arguments and limitations
'Thresholds'
Wider factors
Neglectful families : the general context
Poverty
Wider family and community support
Social exclusion
Ethnic and cultural factors
Parents
Issues affecting understanding
What do we know about the characteristics of these parents?
The responses of mothers to young children
Typologies of neglectful parents
Gender
Substance abuse, depression, and learning disability
Drug abuse
Alcoholism
Maternal depression
Parents with learning disabilities
Physical health of parents
Children who are seriously neglected
The foundation for healthy development
The effects of serious and chronic neglect
Infants and young children
School-age children and young people
Delinquency and antisocial behaviour
The concept of resilience
Attachment
Disorganised neglect
Depressed, passive and physical neglect
Social work with neglected children
Working together in cases of neglect; unresolved problems and current issues
The current situation
Issues and difficulties in relation to neglect
The split between welfare and justice systems
Neglected children and the family courts
Multidisciplinary work; adult and children's services
The role of the school
Intra-agency work; continuing difficulties in integrating health care
So what is to be done?
Improving parenting capacity; the prognosis
'The big decision'
Modes of intervention
Help for parents 'as people'
The wider family
The neighbourhood and wider community
The concept of 'shared care'
The continuum of complementary care.
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Neglected children and their families by Olive Stevenson. ISBN 9781405151719. Published by Blackwell in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
