Communicating with Vulnerable Children provides a wealth of practical suggestions for all professionals who work with children and young people. It explains how best to communicate when the child has suffered adversity, such as experiences of harm and abuse, or witnessing violence or other distressing events. The focus is on helping children provide full and accurate accounts of their experiences without suggestion from an adult.Each chapter sets out the relevant policy and procedural context and reviews the available evidence, then gives recommendations and practical advice about how best to communicate with the child.This book is aimed at anyone who works with or spends time with children. This ranges from professionals whose specialist tasks include helping those who have been abused or neglected, such as social workers, child and adolescent mental health professionals or children's guardians within the Family Justice system, through to those who see children every day, such as teachers. It will be also be an invaluable guide for doctors, health visitors and all those advising concerned parents.Also AvailableAdvanced Family Work for Schizophrenia: An Evidence-Based Approach - ISBN 1904671276Depression in Children and Young People: Identification and Management in Primary, Community and Secondary Care (National Clinical Guideline) - ISBN 1854334247 RCPsych Publications is the publishing arm of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (based in London, United Kingdom), which has been promoting excellence in mental health care since 1841. Produced by the same editorial team who publish The British Journal of Psychiatry, they sell books for both psychiatrists and other mental health professionals; and also many written for the general public. Their popular series include the College Seminars Series, the NICE mental health guidelines and the Books Beyond Words series for people with intellectual disabilities.    RCPsych publishes in all areas of psychiatry and mental health, including but not limited to:  Clinical psychiatric practice  Intellectual disability  Mental health services for children, adolescents, adults and the elderly  Psychopharmacology  Psychotherapy  Rehabilitation psychiatry  Family mental health  Service provision    RCPsych Publications books can help with the following disorders:   Addictions  Affective disorders   Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)   Bereavement  Borderline personality disorder  Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)   Dementia  Depression  Eating disorders  Perinatal psychiatric disorder  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)   Psychosis   Schizophrenia  Sleep problems

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