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Children who Fail to Thrive

A Practice Guide

Dorota Iwaniec author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:20th Jan '04

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Three to five per cent of children fail to thrive. Without earlyintervention this can lead to serious growth failure and delayedpsychomotor development.

Such children typically present difficulties with feeding andsleeping, as well as other behavioural problems. Failure to growcan also involve attachment disorders, emotional maltreatment,neglect, and abuse.

Dorota Iwaniec has carried out the longest ever study on failure tothrive, following up on 198 clinical cases after a 20-year period.This extensive practical guide includes:
* numerous checklists and other instruments for use inassessments
* four chapters on intervention and treatments, with a particularfocus on multidisciplinary approaches
* a comprehensive literature review alongside original researchdata
* case studies drawn from the author's lengthy clinicalexperience
This book is essential reading for social workers, health visitors,nurses, pediatricians, psychologists and child care workers.

"...anyone interested in childcare will find it absorbing...thispractical guide is full of information..."(Familyonwards.com, 19February 2004)

"...anyone interested in this subject, will gain from readingthis book." (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol.10, No.2, May2005)

"...Overall, this very informative book covers much of thesubstantial research literature in a clear and accessible style."(European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol 14, no. 8,2005)

"...this very informative book covers much of the substantialresearch literature in a clear and accessible style..."(European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, March 2006)

ISBN: 9780471497202

Dimensions: 230mm x 154mm x 18mm

Weight: 482g

320 pages