The child in mind : a child protection handbook

Cover Page......Page 1
Cover Page 2......Page 2
Half-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
1 Safeguarding children......Page 14
Designated and named professionals......Page 15
What health service workers can do......Page 16
The paediatric assessment......Page 18
Partnership with parents and children......Page 20
Anti-discriminatory practice......Page 21
Area child protection committees (ACPCs)......Page 22
Parental care......Page 24
Predisposing factors......Page 25
Assessing risk......Page 27
Assessing harm......Page 28
5 Physical abuse......Page 31
ABDOMINAL INJURY......Page 35
SUSPICIOUS SIGNS......Page 36
SUSPICIOUS SIGNS......Page 37
DROWNING......Page 38
WARNING SIGNS......Page 39
SUSPICIOUS SIGNS......Page 40
SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANCY......Page 41
SUFFOCATION......Page 42
6 Sexual abuse......Page 43
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS......Page 47
MEDIUM LEVEL OF SUSPICION......Page 48
BEHAVIOURAL PRESENTATIONS......Page 49
MANAGEMENT OF SUSPECTED OR ACTUAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE......Page 50
7 Neglect......Page 52
8 Emotional abuse......Page 56
9 Failure to thrive......Page 60
10 Abuse of children with disabilities......Page 65
11 Non-compliance......Page 69
12 The child protection conference......Page 71
13 Records......Page 79
14 The legal framework......Page 82
APPENDIX 1 The assessment framework......Page 87
Dimensions of child’s developmental needs......Page 88
Dimensions of parenting capacity......Page 89
Family and environmental factors......Page 91
APPENDIX 2 The paediatric assessment......Page 94
Investigation of suspected non-accidental injury......Page 99
X-RAY......Page 100
FIRST-LINE INVESTIGATIONS......Page 101
SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH......Page 102
Suggested reading......Page 103
Index......Page 105