| Contents |
Overview and introduction : theoretical framework for collaborative practice. When a young person's health becomes problematic / Nancy Boyd Webb and Rose A. Bartone ; The emotional impact of a young person's illness on the family / Cindy Dell Clark ; The economic, social, and cultural context of health care / Virginia Rondero Hernandez -- Helping approaches of practitioners in different settings. A behavioral pediatrician's perspective on helping children recover from traumatic medical experiences / Joan Lovett ; Child life practice in hospitals / Deborah Vilas ; Working with families of medically challenged youth / Jennifer Baggerly ; School-based interventions for children and youth with medical conditions / Suzanne C. Griffith and Rosemary Doyle ; School social work interventions for medically compromised youth and families / Linda Openshaw ; Strengths-based group work with children / Ariel Allena Botta ; Play and expressive therapies with medically challeneged children and adolescents / Nancy Boyd Webb ; Meeting the spiritual needs of children with chronic and life-threatening illness / Paul Thayer -- Challenges and issues associated with chronic, ongoing, or recurring physical conditions and disabilities. Medical conditions present at birth / Patrick Shannon ; Medical conditions that appear during early childhood / Roxia B. Bullock ; Other conditions that may occur in childhood or develop in adolescence / M. Carlean Gilbert -- Acute health crises. Outpatient counseling for children and youth with life-threatening conditions / Douglas Davies and Nancy Boyd Webb ; Hospital treatment of children and youth with life-threatening conditions / Elaine C. Meyer ; Helping in the emergency room after accidents and traumatic injury / Leslie H. Wind -- Challenges and guidelines for helping. The challenge of maintaining hope and fostering resiliency : implications for youth, families, and practitioners / Nancy Boyd Webb. |
| Abstract |
"Many practitioners lack the training to deal competently with acute and chronic health issues presented by their young clients and students. Providing an innovative inter-professional model, Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions provides a multi-disciplinary approach 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 children's resilience and build on their emotional strengths. This is a vital tool for a broad range of health care professionals, including social workers, school counselors, play therapists, nurses, and many others"--Provided by publisher. |
