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Children who Fail to Thrive: A Practice Guide

ISBN: 978-0-471-49720-2
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320 pages
March 2004
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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, andEffect.

4. Psychosocial Short Stature: Emotional Stunting of Growth.

5. Feeding/Eating Behaviour of Children who Fail to Thrive, andParental Feeding Styles.

6. Parent-Child Interaction in Failure-to-ThriveCases.

7. Child-Parent Attachment Behaviour of Children who Failto 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-THRIVECHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

10. Levels of Intervention.

11. Some Theoretical Approaches to Failure-to-ThriveIntervention.

12. Multidimensional/Integrated Model of Intervention inFailure-to-Thri ve Cases.

13. Approaches to Failure-to-Thrive Intervention Programmes.

14. Considerations Arising from Failure-to-Thrive InterventionResearch.

Epilogue.

References.

Index.
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