Supporting Children when Parents Separate

Embedding a Crisis Intervention Approach within Family Justice, Education and Mental Health Policy

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvMervyn Murch

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After years of research and reflection on the work of the interdisciplinary family justice system Mervyn Murch offers a fresh approach to supporting the thousands of children every year who experience a complex form of bereavement following parental separation and divorce. This stressful family change, combined with the loss of support due to austerity cuts, can damage their education, well-being, mental health and long-term life chances.Murch argues for early preventative intervention which responds to children's worries when they first present them, without waiting until things have gone badly wrong. His radical proposals for reform involve a much more coordinated and joined up approach by schools, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.This book encourages practitioners and academics to look outside their professional silos and to see the world through the eyes of children in crisis to enable services to offer direct support in a manner and at a time when it is most needed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-07-04
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt611 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor404
FörlagBristol University Press
ISBN9781447345961

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Part I: Illuminating the field of policySome key background dataSetting out the stallNumbers, scale and trendsSummarised research reviews upon which to promote social and emotional wellbeing in children of separated parentsHearing the voice of the child: messages from research that expose gaps between theory, principle and realityPart II: Primary preventionChildren dealing with the crisis of parental separation: towards new supportive practice and policyChildren in crisis speak outThe crisis model of preventive mental health and its potential application for support services for children coping with parental separationThe pros and cons of the preventive mental health approachProviding short-term primary preventative crisis intervention for children in schoolsPart III: Secondary preventionFamily justice policy under the Coalition government (2010–15): how will a new regime meet the needs of children with separating and divorcing parents?The repeal of S41 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and related reforms: is the state turning a blind eye to the needs of children in divorce proceedings?Demolition and reconstruction in the family justice regime: what can be salvaged for children whose parents separate and divorce?Changing the culture of family justice: barriers to be overcomePart IV: Embedding the crisis intervention approachThe future policy and practice challengeBarriers obstructing a preventive mental health approachPolicy and practice proposals to support children and young people coping with interparental conflict and separationScanning the horizon

"This book contains the wisdom of a professional lifetime spent integrating mental health and judicial concerns from a leading architect of the family justice system." Christopher Clulow, PhD. Senior Fellow, the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology "Distilling a lifetime's work and reflection, this is an essential read for anyone concerned about the needs of children on family breakdown." Gillian Douglas, Executive Dean, King's College London "At a time when the mental health of our young people is of national concern... This is an essential text that should inform policy and practice both in family law and education." James Wetz, Author of 'Urban Village Schools'