Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts Dr Valerie Gaus Jacqueline Atkinson explains their origins

Jacqueline Atkinson explains their origins and significance in the context of mental health legislation and compares advance directives in mental health with those in other areas of medicine like dementia or terminal illness

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Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts Dr Valerie Gaus Jacqueline Atkinson explains their originsWritten by an experienced adoptive parent, this clear, sensitive and practical handbook is designed to encourage and support adoptive and long term foster parents, their children and adolescents. An adopted child may well have suffered abuse, neglect or inconsistent parenting in the past; he or she will certainly have experienced painful separations and losses. These early traumatic experiences, often expressed in emotional and behavioural problems