Child Safety: A Pediatric Guide for Parents, Teachers, Nurses, & Caregivers [Perfect Paperback]

Angelo P. Giardino (Author), Cynthia W. DeLago (Author), Hans B. Kersten (Author), Paul S. Matz (Author), Robert S. McGregor (Author), Laura E. Smals (Author), Nancy D. Spector (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1878060678 | ISBN-13: 978-1878060679 | Publication Date: February 15, 2007 | Edition: 1

Child Safety: A Pediatric Guide for Parents, Teachers, Nurses, and Caregivers calls upon the knowledge of expert pediatricians to empower those who care for children. Those responsible for a child's health and safety have a variety of concerns that continue throughout the child's development. This pediatric guide covers topics ranging from basic child safety in the home to the timely issue of terrorism. Parents and child advocates reviewed Child Safety to ensure the information is accessible to a diverse range of caretakers. Readers can quickly access safety information using tables and checklists designed to highlight important points. When it comes to the safety of a child, there is no time to lose. This thorough and affordable source gives parents and caregivers the most important tool for combating safety and health risks: information. Child Safety equips parents, teachers, nurses, and other caregivers with the information they need to protect our children. Topics discussed include: Techniques for preventing children from smoking as well as how to help them quit. How parents, teachers, and caregivers should discuss terrorism with children. What signs to look for if a child or adolescent appears to be depressed. Safety tips for children surfing the Internet. Information on what to do in emergency medical situations. Methods of disciplining children. Ways of selecting daycare providers to ensure children's safety.

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As the types and scope of influences on our children continue to mushroom at warp speed, parents and those who advise them are rightly feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how and when they should intervene, draw the line, or pull the plug. Dr. Giardino and his associates provide a solid book, grounded in the most current research and understanding of these complex issues. The text educates us about the issues but, more importantly, provides concrete advice about what really matters. From child abuse to interpersonal violence to substance abuse and the Internet, this is a powerful tool for everyone involved with raising children in a world where young people are bombarded with media, hype, and marketing from the moment they can sit up and watch television. --Sherryll Krazier, PhD, Founder of the Safe Child Program

Child Safety is a well-written, readable guide for parents and caretakers, educators, and health care professionals, providing an outstanding overview of timely, important, complex problems that confront us, and our children. It reminds us that our children are challenged everyday and must meet critical decisions related to substance use, sexuality, violence, and development of their self-image, among others, head-on. The authors offer practical, usable advice and educational information, including tips on how to respond and guide children through these turbulent issues. --Michael L. Haney, PhD, NCC, CCISM, LMHC, Division Director for Prevention and Intervention, Children s Medical Services, Florida Department of Health

This book is an excellent resource for anyone concerned with keeping children physically and psychologically safe and free from harm in an ever more complex world. Chapters related to the Internet and threats of terrorism give valuable and up-to-date information about the risks of living in today s highly complex world. The checklists offer easy-to-follow tips for parents and caregivers, allowing for the most difficult subject matter to be dealt with in an effective and informed manner. --Nancy Chandler, Executive Director, National Children s Alliance

This book is an excellent resource for anyone concerned with keeping children physically and psycho-logically safe and free from harm in an ever more complex world. Chapters related to the Internet and threats of terrorism give valuable and up-to-date information about the risks of living in today s highly complex world. The checklists offer easy-to-follow tips for parents and caregivers, allowing for the most difficult subject matter to be dealt with in an effective and informed manner. --Nancy Chandler, Executive Director, National Children s Alliance

As the types and scope of influences on our children continue to mushroom at warp speed, parents and those who advise them are rightly feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how and when they should intervene, draw the line, or pull the plug. Dr. Giardino and his associates provide a solid book, grounded in the most current research and understanding of these complex issues. The text educates us about the issues but, more importantly, provides concrete advice about what really matters. From child abuse to interpersonal violence to substance abuse and the Internet, this is a powerful tool for everyone involved with raising children in a world where young people are bombarded with media, hype, and marketing from the moment they can sit up and watch television. --Sherryll Krazier, PhD, Founder of the Safe Child Program

This book is an excellent resource for anyone concerned with keeping children physically and psycho-logically safe and free from harm in an ever more complex world. Chapters related to the Internet and threats of terrorism give valuable and up-to-date information about the risks of living in today s highly complex world. The checklists offer easy-to-follow tips for parents and caregivers, allowing for the most difficult subject matter to be dealt with in an effective and informed manner. --Nancy Chandler, Executive Director, National Children s Alliance

As the types and scope of influences on our children continue to mushroom at warp speed, parents and those who advise them are rightly feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how and when they should intervene, draw the line, or pull the plug. Dr. Giardino and his associates provide a solid book, grounded in the most current research and understanding of these complex issues. The text educates us about the issues but, more importantly, provides concrete advice about what really matters. From child abuse to interpersonal violence to substance abuse and the Internet, this is a powerful tool for everyone involved with raising children in a world where young people are bombarded with media, hype, and marketing from the moment they can sit up and watch television. --Sherryll Krazier, PhD, Founder of the Safe Child Program

About the Author

Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, FAAP Dr. Angelo Giardino is the Associate Chair for Pediatrics and the medical director for Child Abuse Services at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pa. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Giardino earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He earned his doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, where his work focused on outcomes assessment in professional education. He was named a clinical scholar at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar's Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is a research fellow in the Division of General Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. During fellowship training, he pursued specialized training in the evaluation of child abuse and neglect. In 1995, while at the Children's Seashore house, he founded the Abuse Referral Clinic for Children with Special Care Needs. This clinic provided interdisciplinary evaluations of children with disabilities who were suspected of having been abused. Currently, Dr. Giardino serves as an attending physician on the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 341 pages
• Publisher: STM Learning, Inc.; 1 edition (February 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878060678
• ISBN-13: 978-1878060679
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Child Safety: A Pediatric Guide for Parents, Teachers, Nurses, & Caregivers (Perfect Paperback)

Child Safety is a "must read" for anyone coming in contact with children, be it parents, teachers, daycare workers, boy scout or girls scout leaders, or anyone else working with children. This book is informative on so may levels, be it administering punishment in a constructive way, recognizing behaviors that signal trouble, preventing accidental injuries, and many more subjects. For the Mandated Reporter (daycare workers, teachers, nurses, social workers, law enforcement agents, etc) I would also recommend Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter, Third Edition