Full Description
Blame the parents. It's a common reaction to any failure in children's behaviour or to their safety, and yet so many issues - from education and economic to social care and mental health - arise from the failure of the state to provide adequate support to children and their families.
This edited collection brings together academics, practitioners and activists along with contributions from parents and young people who have experienced the trauma of being caught up in the process of blame. It explores the nature and causes of parent blame and interrogates its prevalence, impact and potential pathways for reform.
Contents
1. Introduction - Luke Clements and Ana Laura Aiello
2. Recurring themes: parent blame and systems-generated trauma - Luke Clements and Ana Laura Aiello
3. Parent blame and complex trauma - Peter Baker, Linda Hume and Vivien Cooper
4. Parent blame in education: working together to find solutions to school attendance difficulties - Louise Parker Engels
5. That woman! - Amy Payne (pseudonym)
6. Fabricated or induced illness: the controversial history, missing evidence base and iatrogenic harm - Andy Bilson, Alessandro Talia, Taliah Drayak, Mary Margaret (pseudonym), Sarah Smith (pseudonym) and Michelle Spence
7. Managing the data: allegations that parents are fabricating or inducing their child's illness - Luke Clements, Ana Laura Aiello and Derek Tilley
8. Child protection and the experiences of autistic parents accused of fabricated or induced illness - Cathleen Long, Rachel Gavin and Esther Whitney
9. A sibling perspective on fabricated or induced illness - Kaydence Drayak
10. Parent blame and the NHS - Amy (pseudonym)
11. Forging an Alliance - Lucy Fullard
12. Conclusions: The way forward - Luke Clements, Ana Laura Aiello, Louise Arnold and Lucy Fullard
