{"product_id":"stopping-child-maltreatment-before-it-starts-1","title":"Stopping Child Maltreatment Before it Starts","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly prevention of child maltreatment is most commonly delivered through home visitation services, with the goal of promoting a positive start in parenting to avert potential child abuse and neglect, \u003cb\u003eStopping Child Maltreatment Before It Starts\u003c\/b\u003e introduces best practice principles for early home visiting, examining the contexts from which these strategies arise.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBeginning with a discussion of the nature and etiology of physical child abuse and neglect, Guterman then examines the mechanisms by which child protective and early home visitation services have traditionally operated. The book explores best practice principles by providing a detailed \"inside tour\" of those practices that have been empirically linked with positive outcomes in serviced families. Guterman also discusses in detail ways how home visitation may more adequately address the problem of family substance abuse in reducing child maltreatment risk, and ways visitation can attend to social network and community influences and increase parent empowerment. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAn essential text for child welfare courses, \u003cb\u003eStopping Child Maltreatment Before It Starts\u003c\/b\u003e will also appeal to practitioners and policy makers in the child abuse and neglect field. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262698967384,"sku":"9780761913115","price":262.88,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780761913115_f0e35ee0-096d-4c41-9dc1-8c73bfb715ec.jpg?v=1777784479","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/stopping-child-maltreatment-before-it-starts-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}