Promoting Family Wellness and Preventing Child Maltreatment: Fundamentals for Thinking and Action

by Leslea Peirson and Isaac Prilleltensky

Book Overview

Based on extensive research over many years, with a broad range of participants in Canada and internationally, this collection of essays is an important contribution to the child welfare agenda. It deals with the promotion of emotional well-being in families, and the prevention of child maltreatment. Values, policies and resources are examined as both facilitators of, and barriers to, effective action.

The authors interviewed nearly 150 people,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802083838
• ISBN13: 9780802083838
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.0"