Assessing Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Preschool Children: Understanding Small Voices

by Sandra K. Hewitt

Overview

Written to give the front line practitioner help in assessing and managing allegations of sexual abuse cases with children from the ages of 18 months to six years old, Small Voices provides concrete and easily understood information about basic child development, interview procedures, and case management theory. Case examples throughout this book combine a hands-on approach with child development theory and research. Extensive experience is integrated with research findings in a detailed and practical manner to provide:

• An overview of child development information as it applies to interviewing young children
• A protocol for assessment of preverbal children that is grounded in theory and research
• A format for assessment of children from three to five years old
• A review of the strengths and weaknesses of some current interview formats
• A technique for structured interviewing that surveys a range of touching
• A procedure for structured reunification of a child and alleged abuser after unproven allegations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452235813
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/03/1998
Series:	Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series , #22
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	1 MB

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Table of Contents

Protecting Our Children from Sexual Abuse
How Children Express Themselves
Understanding Developmental Context
Knowing More Than They Can Tell
Assessing Very Young Children (18 to 36 Months)
Children Who Cannot Be Interviewed
Assessing Young Children (3 to 5 Years Old)
Prescreening Children with Transitioning Skills
Current Interview Formats with Adaptations for Preschool Children
The Touch Survey
Systematic Screening for Child Abuse
When Abuse Is Not Proven
Managing High Risk Cases
Where Do We Go from Here?

Editorial Reviews

Provides background information for practitioners who assess and manage such allegations by children aged 18 months to six years. Considers child development as it relates to interviewing them, a protocol for assessing preverbal children, a format for interviewing children three to five, strengths and weaknesses of some current interview formats, structured interviewing that surveys a range of touching, a structured reunification of the child and alleged abuser after unproven allegations, and other aspects. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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