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Children who Fail to Thrive: A Practice Guide
ISBN: 978-0-470-09398-6
Adobe E-Book
316 pages
April 2004
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  • Description
  • Table of Contents
  • Author Information
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About the Author.

List of Epigraphs.

Acknowledgements.

SECTION I: THE PROBLEM.

1. Introduction.

2. Historical Perspective of Failure to Thrive.

3. Failure to Thrive: Definition, Prevalence, Manifestation, and Effect.

4. Psychosocial Short Stature: Emotional Stunting of Growth.

5. Feeding/Eating Behaviour of Children who Fail to Thrive, and Parental Feeding Styles.

6. Parent–Child Interaction in Failure-to-Thrive Cases.

7. Child–Parent Attachment Behaviour of Children who Fail to Thrive and Parental Responsiveness.

8. Fabricated or Induced Illnesses and Failure to Thrive.

SECTION II: THE FRAMEWORK OF ASSESSMENT.

9. A Framework of Assessment of Failure-to-Thrive Cases: Ecological

Approach.

SECTION III: INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF FAILURE-TO-THRIVE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

10. Levels of Intervention.

11. Some Theoretical Approaches to Failure-to-Thrive Intervention.

12. Multidimensional/Integrated Model of Intervention in Failure-to-Thri ve Cases.

13. Approaches to Failure-to-Thrive Intervention Programmes.

14. Considerations Arising from Failure-to-Thrive Intervention Research.

Epilogue.

References.

Index.