Assessing Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Preschool Children: Understanding Small Voices, Vol. 22 » (1st Edition)

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

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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.