Helping children and adolescents with chronic andserious medical conditions: a strengths-based approach

Many practitioners lack the training to deal competently with acute and chronic health issues presented by their young clients and students. This edited work provides an innovative inter-professional model so that practitioners from a diverse range of helping fields working in hospitals, out-patient clinics, agencies and schools may be better equipped to foster childrens' resilience andbuild on their emotional strengths. This book presents selected helping approaches that encourage positive attitudes and stimulate family and individual strengths as well as developmental considerations that impact patients, their siblings, and parents. In addition, this book covers counseling and therapy approaches that will assist families in helping their children to achieve the bestquality of life possible in their specific circumstances. Counseling methods involve the identification and utilization of the strengths of the young person and his or her family, rather than emphasizing the limitations and problems associated with the illness or disability. The majority of ill children survive until adulthood, and this book guides helping professionals to help those children and their families maintain hope and positive expectations for their futures.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-37139-8
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 16/09/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés