基本説明
Focusing on three major types of violence - domestic violence, community violence, and war and terrorism.
Full Description
This innovative and timely book presents recent and current research on children exposed to domestic violence, community violence, and war/terrorism. Well-known contributors discuss the implications and applications of this research for policy and practice. The book seeks to ""stimulate additional thought, collaboration, and research on children exposed to violence so we can move closer to finding effective ways of preventing the problem, with the ultimate goal of eliminating it."" In clear, comprehensible language, the following questions are addressed: What kinds of violence are children exposed to? What do we know about the effect of violence on child development? What are the most promising interventions for working with these children? Through discussions of this pressing social issue, this book aims to identify research gaps and to establish a research agenda.
Contents
Introduction Margaret B. Feerick and Gerald B. Silverman; Children Exposed to Violence: Prevalence and Consequences; Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence Annie Lewis O'Connor, Phyllis W. Sharps, Janice Humphreys, Faye A. Gary, and Jacquelyn Campbell; Children Exposed to Community Violence Michael Lynch; Children Exposed to War and Terrorism; Paramjit T. Joshi, Deborah A. O'Donnell, Lisa M. Cullins, and Shulamit M. Lewin; Services and Interventions for Children Exposed to Violence; Child Parent Psychotherapy and the Early Trauma Treatment Network: Collaborating to Treat Traumatized Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Patricia Van Horn and Alicia F. Lieberman; Interventions and Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Betsy McAlister Groves and Abigail Gewirtz; Crisis Intervention: Secondary Prevention for Children Exposed to Violence Steven J. Berkowitz and Steven Marans; Mental Health Interventions for Children Affected by War or Terrorism B. Heidi Ellis, Audrey Rubin, Theresa Stichick Betancourt, and Glenn Saxe; Legal and Policy Issues Related to Children Exposed to Violence; A Response System for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Public Policy in Support of Best Practices Jeffrey L. Edleson; Children with Disabilities Exposed to Violence: Legal and Public Policy Issues Patricia M. Sullivan; Conclusion and Future Directions Margaret M. Feerick and Gerald B. Sullivan.
