Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents

Provides a comprehensive understanding of the detection, management, and treatment of child sexual abuse.

Confronting Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse gives an overview of working with children who have been sexually abused. It encourages students to envision themselves as future practitioners.

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Provides a comprehensive understanding of the detection, management, and treatment of child sexual abuse.

Confronting Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse gives an overview of working with children who have been sexually abused. It encourages students to envision themselves as future practitioners.

This text is available exclusively on Pearson Custom Library’s book build site (www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com). It can be used as part of a customized text book or can be ordered as is. Please contact your local Pearson representative to get started. 

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book readers will be able to:

• Recognize child sexual abuse in its many forms
• Assess how the social service system might intervene in a case of child sexual abuse
• Speculate the best type of treatment available for different types of CSA clients
• Understand the types of prevention and suggest what might be appropriate in given situations
• Speculate about the future and what changes might be made to better protect children