Children Who Soil: Assessment and Treatment [Paperback]

Ann Buchanan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 21, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0471934798 | ISBN-13: 978-0471934790 | Edition: 1

Combines psychological/medical assessment and treatment to provide a holistic approach for managing this disorder. Begins with an extensive review of international literature on the subject covering causation theories and curative studies. Explains how to assess the ``whole child'' plus his/her family along with the treatment and management of the problem using the ``whole child'' method. Describes neurological disorders associated with soiling, its relationship with sexual abuse, the wider implications from research and suggested ways of setting up specific services for the soiling child.

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Combines psychological/medical assessment and treatment to provide a holistic approach for managing this disorder. Begins with an extensive review of international literature on the subject covering causation theories and curative studies. Explains how to assess the ``whole child'' plus his/her family along with the treatment and management of the problem using the ``whole child'' method. Describes neurological disorders associated with soiling, its relationship with sexual abuse, the wider implications from research and suggested ways of setting up specific services for the soiling child.

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Children Who Soil Assessment and Treatment Ann Buchanan in collaboration with Graham Clayden Children who soil. Whether it is called encopresis, faecal incontinence, or neurogenic soiling, it is hard to imagine a social or physical problem that is more devastating to a child’s sense of personal worth than an inability to control the most basic of human functions. This volume, written by Ann Buchanan, an experienced child psychiatric social worker, in collaboration with Graham Clayden, one of the foremost paediatric authorities on the subject in the UK, is the first devoted comprehensively to children who soil. It focuses on the ‘whole child’: an approach which incorporates the physical, the psychological and social aspects of the problem for the child and its family. The book is designed for both the busy professional who wants to assimilate the essentials of the ‘whole child’ approach for assessing and treating soiling children in the shortest possible time and those practitioners who require a more comprehensive and authoritative account of the subject.

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (August 21, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471934798
• ISBN-13: 978-0471934790
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,506,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete guide to a common issue in childhood, October 15, 2002

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Vanessa B. Ream (Urbana, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Children Who Soil: Assessment and Treatment (Paperback)

I have really enjoyed this book as it is only about soiling. Most professional texts are a combination of soiling and wetting. Though they do occur together, soiling can be the most disturbing for the family. With this text I was able to offer the parents the guide book in the appendix that educated them on the problem. I was able to learn about the multitude of signals children receive and don't perceive in the course of normal digestion and elimination. Being a play therapist by training I was able to use the child's innate sense of healing and the sand play became an important part of the process. An excellent reference and guide to the issue of soiling.