Despite heightened media attention and the increase in professional knowledge about child abuse, many children are still being failed by the system. This text addresses the acute practice dilemmas concerning these children.
Author(s): Sue Richardson, Heather Bacon
Edition: 2
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 244
COVER......Page 1
Creative Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Revised Edition......Page 5
Untitled......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Foreword......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
1 Unspeakable truths: Child sexual abuse and the media......Page 17
2 Piecing the fragments together......Page 31
3 Attachment, trauma and child sexual abuse: An exploration......Page 46
4 Telling the baby crocodile’s story: Attachment and the continuum of disclosure......Page 62
5 Multi-perpetrator abuse of children: Mothers of the victims tell their story......Page 87
6 Flamingos or sparrows? Paediatricians and the recognition of child sexual abuse......Page 102
7 Advocacy for the sexually abused child: The role of the guardian ad litem......Page 120
8 A zebra among horses: Sexually abused children in the care system......Page 135
9 Pre-trial therapy for children who have been sexually abused......Page 154
10 Monsters and angels: How can child victims achieve resolution?......Page 169
11 Daleks and kerbstones: Surviving the aftermath of abuse......Page 185
12 Maintaining awareness of unspeakable truths: Responses to child abuse in the longer term......Page 199
THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 223
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 225
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 233
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 240
