How can professionals build constructive relationships with families
where the parents dispute professional allegations of serious child
abuse? How can meaningful safety for children be created in these
families? How can professionals work together constructively in such
cases? Situations where parents refute child abuse allegations made
against them are often deemed to be impossible or untreatable by
statutory and treatment professionals. These cases can consume enormous
amounts of professional time and energy and frequently become bogged
down by ongoing professional-family mistrust and dispute. Often, the
decision to close such cases comes about not because the children are
safe, but rather because the professionalsrun out of ideas, time and
energy.
"Working with 'Denied' Child Abuse" presents an innovative,
safety-focused, partnership-based, model called Resolutions, which
provides an alternative approach for responding rigourously and
creatively to such cases. It describes each stage of this practical
model and demonstrates the approach through many case examples from
therapists, statutory social workers and other professionals working in
Europe, North America and Australasia. The book is key reading for
legal, health and social care professionals working in the area of child
protection.
