Supporting vulnerable babies and young children : interventions for working with trauma, mental health, illness and other complex challenges

Bunston, Wendy (author.). Jones, Sarah J. (editor.). Music, Graham, (foreword.).

Summary: "The diverse challenges that clinicians and children's workers tasked with safeguarding babies and young children face are complex, and this unique book looks at effective, evidence-informed approaches to working across a wide range of issues. It outlines relevant theory and good practice, gathering case examples from around the world to illustrate what interventions look like in direct practice. Leading contributors address a wide range of challenges, including babies and very young children who have a serious illness, have complex diagnoses, or have been exposed to violence or adversity in early childhood. This is an essential guide for those who work to support and safeguard the welfare of babies and very young children, including professionals in health care, social work, mental health and child protection settings"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781785923708
ISBN: 1785923706
Physical Description: print
312 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: London, UK ; Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Honouring Beginnings -- Introduction -- 1. Introducing the Infant: And How to Support Vulnerable Babies and Young Children / Sarah J. Jones -- 2. Reflective Supervision's Essential Place in Thoughtful Practice / Wendy Bunston -- pt. 2 Relationship Traumas -- 3. Restoring Ruptured Bonds: The Young Child and Complex Trauma in Families / Fiona True -- 4. Developing an Intervention for Infants and Young Children in Foster Care: "Watch Me Play!' / Jenifer Wakelyn -- 5. Keeping the Child in Mind When Thinking About Violence in Families / Angelique Jenney -- 6. `Murder in Their Family': Making Space for the Experience of the Infant Impacted by Familial Murder / Wendy Bunston -- 7. Homelessness in Infancy: Finding `Home' for Babies in Crisis Accommodation after Family Violence / Wendy Bunston -- pt. 3 Culture and the Infant -- 8. Self-Determining Support for Indigenous Children in Australia: The Bubup Wilam Case Study / Kerry Arabena -- 9. Infants and Young Children in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident / Hisako Watanabe -- 10. Play With Us: Bringing Hope and Healing to KwaZulu-Natal's Children / Julie Stone -- 11. `International Infant': Examining the Experiences and Clinical Needs of Separated and Reunited Transnational Infant-Parent Dyads / Natasha Whitfield -- pt. 4 Political and Legal Systems -- 12. `Invisible Children': How Attachment Theory and Evidenced-Based Procedures Can Bring to Light the Hidden Experience of Children at Risk from Their Parents / Jeremy Gunson -- 13. Infants and Young Children Living Within High-Conflict Parental Disputes: `Keep Me Safe and Organise My Emotional World' / Professor Jennifer Mcintosh by Sarah J. Jones -- 14. Playing Behind the Barbed-Wire Fence: Asylum-Seeking Infants and Their Parents / Christine Hill -- pt. 5 Mental Health, Community Nursing and Medical Systems -- 15. Infants With Cancer: The Oncology Unit as Their Second Home / Helen Shoemark -- 16. High-Risk Infant Mental Health Outreach: Creating a Professional Community of Caregivers Using a Collaborative Mental Health and Nursing Approach / Louise Dockery -- 17. ART of finding Authentic Discourses for Parents About and With Their Donor-Conceived Children / Sarah J. Jones.