Children who fail to thrive a practice guide / Dorota Iwaniec.

Author/creator Iwaniec, Dorota
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons,
Descriptionx, 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents Introduction. Historical perspective of failure to thrive. -- Failure to thrive: definition, prevalence, manifestation, and effect. Psychosocial short stature: emotional stunting of growth. Feeding/eating behaviour of children who fail to thrive, and parental feeding styles. Parent-child interaction in failure-to-thrive cases. Child-parent attachment behaviour of children who fail to thrive and parental responsiveness. Fabricated or induced illnesses and failure to thrive -- Section II. The framework of assessment. A framework of assessment of failure to thrive cases: ecological approach -- Section III. Intervention and treatment of failure-to-thrive children and their families. Levels of intervention. Some theoretical approaches to failure-to-thrive intervention. Multidimensional/integrated model of intervention in failure-to-thrive cases. Approaches to failure-to-thrive intervention programmes. Considerations arising from failure-to-thrive intervention research.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2003016091
ISBN0471497207 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN047087077X (hbk. : alk. paper)