Attachment Theory, Child Maltreatment and Family Support A Practice and Assessment Model

Published

1999

Publisher

Macmillan Education UK

ISBN-13

9780333749784

ISBN-10

0333749782

Pages

312

Format

Paperback

Language

English

This ground-breaking text offers a comprehensive and penetrating account of how social developmental perspectives and attachment theory can illuminate practice in the field of child protection and family support. Drawing extensively throughout on fascinating case-study material, the text moves from an introduction to the key theories to a detailed outline of the main methods and processes. It offers a carefully developed and systematically tested practice and assessment model for professionals in this challenging and complex area and, as such, will be an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike.