Deciding Children’s Futures addresses the thorny task of how to assess parents and children who belong to struggling families where there are issues of neglect or significant harm, and when separating parents are contesting arrangements for the care of their children. This is a practitioner’s guide: it discusses how to create relationships that are capable of breaching natural parental defences to assessment and the importance of keeping an open mind.
Key Features
- Comprehensive Guide: Discusses assessment techniques for parents and children in challenging family situations.
- Relationship Building: Focuses on creating relationships to facilitate effective assessment.
- Evidence-Based Approach: Integrates practice knowledge, theory, and research findings.
- Professional Insights: Valuable resource for expert witnesses, social workers, and mental health professionals.
Additional Information
Joyce Scaife’s approach enables professionals to make informed decisions designed to impact positively on children’s futures. This accessible and comprehensive book will be of great interest to ‘expert’ witnesses, practising social workers, children’s guardians, solicitors, barristers, magistrates and mental health professionals.
Joyce Scaife is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience in carrying out assessments for the family court. She is former Director of Clinical Practice for the Doctor of Clinical Psychology training course at the University of Sheffield.
