This book was awarded
a High Commendation by the British Medical Association in
2004
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Author: Dorota Iwaniec
Three to five per cent of children fail to thrive. Without
early intervention this can lead to serious growth failure
and delayed psychomotor development.
Such children typically present difficulties with feeding
and sleeping, as well as other behavioural problems. Failure
to grow can also involve attachment disorders, emotional
maltreatment, neglect, and abuse.
There are substantial variations in reasons why certain
children fail to thrive, not least those connected with
poor nutrition. Some children may have sucking/eating problems,
or mild oral-motor dysfunction, while others may not be
acquiring sufficient nutrition because of parental lack
of understanding of what and how to feed, because of poverty
or because of neglect. In addition, some parents may react
to presenting problems and to caring tasks in many different
ways. Some worry and become anxious about their children’s
poor intake of food and poor growth; others become angry
and frustrated; some may perceive their children’s
refusal of food as personal affronts, involving rejection
by the children themselves; and yet others may assume that
their children are simply not hungry.
Parental attitudes to food will play roles as well. How
food is presented to children, and what is fed to them will
often establish that fears concerning potential obesity
of children will be important factors in those parental
attitudes. Some will deliberately withhold food, and some
will fabricate illnesses: in both instances the children
will fail to thrive.
On the other hand, children will also react to parental
behaviour: some will be anxious, apprehensive, and fearful;
while others will withdraw, become lethargic, and detached.
Thus, the behaviours of parents and of children may influence
each other and create tension, a sense of lack of achievement
(and therefore of disappointment), and trigger feelings
of depression. Such problems are not conducive to healthy
growth, and vicious circles may be created which produce
major difficulties requiring complex remedies.
Dorota Iwaniec has carried out the longest ever study on
failure to thrive, following up on 198 clinical cases over
a 20-year period. This extensive practical guide includes:
• numerous checklists and other instruments for use
in assessments
• four chapters on intervention and treatments, with
a particular focus on multidisciplinary approaches
• a comprehensive literature review alongside original
research data
• case studies drawn from the author's lengthy clinical
experience
This book is essential reading for social workers, health
visitors, nurses, pediatricians, psychologists and child
care workers.
Reviews
“ .. This book is an accolade for psycho-social therapeutic
interventions that look to me like gold standard ‘social
work’ …” (Alexis A Taylor, Consultant
in Child Welfare)
"...anyone interested in childcare will find it absorbing...this
practical guide is full of information..."(Familyonwards.com,
19 February 2004)
"...anyone interested in this subject, will gain from
reading this book." (Child and Adolescent Mental Health,
Vol.10, No.2, May 2005)
"...Overall, this very informative book covers much
of the substantial research literature in a clear and accessible
style." (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,
vol 14, no. 8, 2005)
"...this very informative book covers much of the substantial
research literature in a clear and accessible style..."
(European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, March 2006)
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316 pages |
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January 2004 |
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978-0-471-49720-2 |
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Chapter List
About the Author.
List of Epigraphs.
Acknowledgements.
SECTION I: THE PROBLEM.
1. Introduction.
2. Historical Perspective of Failure to Thrive.
3. Failure to Thrive: Definition, Prevalence, Manifestation, and Effect.
4. Psychosocial Short Stature: Emotional Stunting of Growth.
5. Feeding/Eating Behaviour of Children who Fail to Thrive, and Parental Feeding Styles.
6. Parent–Child Interaction in Failure-to-Thrive Cases.
7. Child–Parent Attachment Behaviour of Children who Fail to Thrive and Parental Responsiveness.
8. Fabricated or Induced Illnesses and Failure to Thrive.
SECTION II: THE FRAMEWORK OF ASSESSMENT.
9. A Framework of Assessment of Failure-to-Thrive Cases: Ecological
Approach.
SECTION III: INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT
OF FAILURE-TO-THRIVE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
10. Levels of Intervention.
11. Some Theoretical Approaches to Failure-to-Thrive Intervention.
12. Multidimensional/Integrated Model of Intervention
in Failure-to-Thrive Cases.
13. Approaches to Failure-to-Thrive Intervention Programmes.
14. Considerations Arising from Failure-to-Thrive Intervention Research.
Epilogue.
References.
Index.
Search.
Epilogue.
References.
Index.
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