Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions (ePub)

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:

* The emotional impact of illness on the individual and the
family

* Child-life practice in hospitals

* School-based interventions for children and adolescents with
medical conditions

* 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.