The child's world : the essential guide to assessing vulnerable children, young people and their families / edited by Jan Horwath and Dendy Platt.

Revised edition of The child's world, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The assessment task / Jan Horwath -- The assessment process : gathering information / Jan Horwath -- The assessment process : making sense of the information, analysis and forming judgements / Danielle Turney, University Of Bristol, And Dendy Platt -- Effective communication with children and young people / Audrey Tait, Captains Road Social Work Centre, Edinburgh And Helen Wosu, University Of Edinburgh -- Open door : involving pre-school children / Ruth Marchant, Triangle, UK -- Assessments involving young people with complex needs / Ruth Marchant -- Engaging parents in the assessment process / Danielle Turney And Gillian Ruch, University Of Sussex -- Multidisciplinary participation in assessment from early help to child protection / Julie Taylor, University Of Birmingham, Dawn Hodson, NSPCC, UK And Patrick Neil, Consultant, Oxford -- Assessing parenting capacity / Liz Hadcroft, Consultant, Norfolk And David Jones, Oxford -- Assessing parenting: contemporary perspectives on parenting / Stan Houston, Queen's University Belfast -- Assessing parental motivation and ability to change / Dendy Platt And Katie Riches -- The impact of parenting issues on parenting capacity / Michael Murphy And Michaela Rogers, University Of Salford -- Assessing the developmental needs of the child / Aideen Naughton, NHS Wales -- Assessing health needs / Jane Appleton, Oxford Brookes University -- Assessing educational needs / Christine Gould And Barbara Lawrie, Yorkshire -- Emotional and behavioural development : the importance of attachments / David And Yvonne Shemmings, University Of Kent -- Assessing the needs of asylum seeking and trafficked children / Emma Palmer, University Of Lancaster -- Assessing the needs of young people who sexually abuse / Simon Hackett, University Of Durham -- Assessing the needs of young carers / Katherine Bishop, Research In Practice, Sheffield -- Identifying the needs of young people leaving care / Emily Munro, University Of Bedfordshire -- Pre-birth assessments / Jane Barlow, University Of Warwick -- Assessing cumulative harm in cases of emotional abuse and neglect / Jan Horwath -- Assessing possible physical abuse / Arnon Bentovim And Stephen Pizzey, The Child And Family Practice, London -- Assessing possible sexual abuse in the family / Arnon Bentovim, Stephen Pizzey And Jenny Gray -- Assessing possible child sexual exploitation and on-line abuse / Emilie Smeaton, Paradigm Research, York -- The impact of poverty on vulnerable children and families / Dave Backwith, Anglia Ruskin University -- Family and community support needs for vulnerable families / Dave Backwith -- Working with cultural & religious diversity / Claudia Bernard, Goldsmiths, University Of London; Contributor Bios -- Index.

This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their families. It explores the challenges that practitioners face routinely - with suggestions as to how to address them - as well as the established areas for assessment, of children's developmental needs, parenting ability and motivation, and socio-economic factors. This new edition has been extended substantially to include recent practice, policy and theoretical developments, such as understanding the lived experience of children, young people, and family members.