What Children Can Tell Us: Eliciting, Interpreting, and Evaluating Critical Information from Children (Jossey-Bass Social & Behavioral Science)

What Children Can Tell Us: Eliciting, Interpreting, and Evaluating Critical Information from Children (Jossey-Bass Social & Behavioral Science)

by Frances M. Stott (Contributor), James Garbarino (Author)

Synopsis

Children are often victims of abuse, victims of crime, or witnesses to such. It is critical that adults get information from them that is accurate without projecting or terrifying the children. This is an authoritative, comprehensive guide to obtaining and evaluating information from children in a variety of settings - from school and home to courts of law and clinics. The authors show how professionals in diverse fields - including law, social work, paediatrics, education, and psychology - can better understand, interview, and assess children in order to make well-informed decisions regarding their welfare and treatment.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 404
Edition: 1
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 28 Aug 1992

ISBN 10: 1555424651
ISBN 13: 9781555424657

Media Reviews
This well-written, comprehensive, often wise book should become a standard, well-thumbed reference for all adults who wish to increase their competency in communicating with children. Its wisdom is that while it consistently offers practical advice, it never offer simplistic solutions to the very complicated task of getting accurate information from children. --Children and Youth Services Review
Author Bio
JAMES GARBARINO is a professor at Cornell University, a world-renowned expert of child-abuse prevention, and a prolific author. He lives in Ithaca, New York.