Book description
Praise for Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious
Medical Conditions
A Strengths-Based Approach
"Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious
Medical Conditionsprovides a wellspring of knowledge, from the
theoretical to the clinical. The many vignettes and transcriptions
immeasurably enrich the reader's understanding of the interventions
and their broader applicability."-Barbara M. Sourkes, PhDJohn A.
Kriewall and Elizabeth A. Haehl Director of Pediatric Palliative
CareLucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
An important and practical guide to providing compassionate care
and support to medically compromised children and their families
Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical
Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach presents practical
guidance on integrating the latest research into evidence-based
practice to ensure the best client care. Edited by a top scholar in
the field, this essential resource contains contributions from
renowned specialists in various helping fields. Utilizing an
inter-professional perspective, helping professionals will draw from
the experiences and expertise of a wide range of medical
professionals, providing a "window" into their roles,
responsibilities, and challenges, offering the most effective
approaches for working with this special population of children and
their families.
Equipping practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to
encourage children's resilience and help them build their emotional
strengths, this book uses a caring yet authoritative tone and discusses:
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The emotional impact of illness on the individual and the family
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Child-life practice in hospitals
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School-based interventions for children and adolescents with
medical conditions
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How to meet the spiritual as well as emotional needs of
children with chronic and life-threatening illness
With thoughtful coverage of positive helping approaches that
encourage family and individual strengths, Helping Children and
Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A
Strengths-Based Approach is an invaluable resource for social
workers, teachers, school counselors, and other mental health and
medical professionals who work with medically challenged children and
adolescents in every setting.
Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, RPT-S, recently retired from
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service where she taught
in the clinical practice area for thirty years and developed a
Post-Master's Certificate Program in Child and Family Therapy. Dr.
Webb is a leading authority on social work and play therapy with
children who have experienced trauma, various kinds of losses, and
bereavement, and has published widely on these topics.
