Treatment and Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse A Child-Generated Model

This practice-oriented book provides a model of intervention for sexually abused children. Its approach is that intervention strategy should be based on child-generated information. Models of intervention based on adult-generated information are ineffective - simply because children do not have the cognitive capability of utilising such strategies to prevent or stop abuse. In contrast, therapeutic strategies presented in this text emphasising child-generated information enable the clinician to assess and understand the vulnerability of sexually abused children in regards to their cognitive level of understanding and their emotional reactions. The book guides mental health professionals to: * acquire information about what and how children think about adults, in general, and perpetrators in particular * inventory children's own strategies for responding to perpetrators * document children's underlying logic for the strategies they identify * and use the information provided by children to guide the selection of treatment and prevention techniques. After the introduction of the topic, the book moves on to a discussion of the correlates of child sexual abuse. Information on a systematic research endeavour examining victim vulnerability is then presented, as well as children's responses to perpetrators. Other chapters focus on the Burkhardt child- generated model of sexual abuse intervention and procedures for assessment. Finally, the appendix provides a description of educational and psychological materials on child sexual abuse which can be used for prevention and intervention.Burkhardt, Sandra A. is the author of 'Treatment and Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse A Child-Generated Model', published 1995 under ISBN 9781560323204 and ISBN 1560323205.