Children in Difficulty: A Guide to Understanding and Helping

by Julian Elliott, Maurice Place

Overview

This fully updated fourth edition of Children in Difficulty explores some of the most common, yet incapacitating, difficulties often encountered by young children and adolescents. Drawing on the latest research and with case studies throughout, chapters cover topics such as challenging behaviour and school refusal, eating disorders, anxiety and depression, substance misuse, neurodevelopmental disorders, dyslexia and dyspraxia.

The book provides a deeper understanding of each difficulty, considering the complexities of each problem at depth and analysing the best forms of intervention. It includes insights from the fields of genetics and neuroscience, and ensures that claims for the effectiveness of specific interventions are supported by rigorous scientific evidence.

Features of this new edition include:

• Up-to-date insights from the fields of psychology, genetics and neuroscience
• Recognition of the increasing impact of social media and the internet on children and young people.

Written by experts in the field, this book distils high level scientific and clinical knowledge in a way that is accessible to professionals from a range of child-care disciplines. It will be of significant value to those working in education, health or social care, and anyone who needs to be able to recognise and help children in difficulty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367538866
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/16/2021
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Julian Elliott is Principal of Collingwood College and Professor of Educational Psychology at Durham University, UK.

Maurice Place is Visiting Professor of Child and Family Psychiatry at Northumbria University, UK.

Table of Contents

List of tables vi

1 Introduction 1

2 The basics of being helpful 15

3 School refusal 44

4 Oppositional defiance, conduct and attachment disorders 66

5 Eating disorders 88

6 Anxiety, stress and trauma 108

7 Neurodevelopmental disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder 147

8 Disruptiveness and challenging behaviour in schools and classrooms 183

9 Addiction and substance misuse 207

10 Depression and self-harm 228

11 Dyslexia 246

12 Developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia) 269

Index 284

Editorial Reviews

Two practicing clinicians give advice to other professionals who work with children on treatments and therapies to common psychological difficulties frequently encountered by young children to adolescents. Drawing on recent research and employing case illustrations the authors discuss such topics as attention deficit disorder, depression, eating disorders, oppositional behavior, dyslexia, drug abuse, and disruptiveness in school. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'Its range is wide, covering areas as diverse as eating disorders and dyslexia, and the language is clear and simple ... Perhaps its greatest strength is in providing a basis for further exploration in a chosen area of work with children.' - Community Care

'This book delivers the guide that it promises. Without doubt, the authors achieve the right balance of providing a depth of quality information without inviting a reader into attempting what might, professionally, be irresponsible ... it is a book that will promote competence and inspire confidence.' - Educational Psychology in Practice

'Packed with a vast wealth of up-to-date research information.' - Child and Family Social Work

From the Publisher