2nd Edition

Child and Family Assessment Clinical Guidelines for Practitioners

By Ian Wilkinson Copyright 1998

    Child and Family Assessment is based on Ian Wilkinson's extensive experience of working with troubled children and families over the last twenty years. This completely revised and updated edition of Family Assessment (Gardner Press, 1993) combines a clear summary of current knowledge with practical, detailed and adaptable procedures for practitioner use.
    Part one reviews the literature on child and family assessment; part two discusses the practical issues involved and provides detailed guidelines for practitioners; a final part examines the relationship between clinical practice, assessment and science with respect to children and families.
    Written from an eclectic point of view in a clear and precise style, using common sense terms, this book will be an essential guide for all those in the helping professions, including therapists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, social workers and lawyers.

    1 Introduction and overview PART I Theoretical background 2 Psychological problems, social relationships and mental health 3 Psychotherapy—the individual and the family 4 Developments in family assessment PART II Family assessment in practice 5 A framework for family assessment 6 Beginning the assessment 7 Using a structured interview to obtain a broader Assessment 8 Using additional assessment procedures for more specific investigations 9 Integrating and applying assessment information PART III Bridging the gap between science and practice 10 Science, learning and clinical guidelines

    Biography

    Ian Wilkinson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at South Tees Community and Mental Health Trust and co-founder of the Marion Family Centre in Darlington. He has also worked as an academic tutor for the University of Newcastle upon Tyne doctoral course in clinical psychology, and his work on child and family assessment has received wide recognition.

    'This book will be a useful resource for both traniees and clinicians offering client-sensitive, clear guidelines for assessment . . . The book is easy to read through extensive use of tables, bullet points and summaries and I would recommend this book for students of psychology, social work and medicine.' - Journal of Adolescence