Child Psychology

HELEN POTE is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of Clinical Programmes for Psychological Practitioners at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She has over 25 years’ experience as a clinical psychologist and trainer of psychologists, and her research particularly focuses on digital interventions. ANNA PICCIOTTO is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Associate Director of CAMHS and Mental Health, Whittington Health NHS Trust, UK. She has more than two decades’ experience in child and adolescent mental health and now leads one of the most well-respected community-based mental health services for children in the UK. CLARE NORRIS is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Lead Clinical Psychologist for the Family Safeguarding Service, Hertfordshire County Council, UK. She has over twenty years’ experience as a clinical psychologist and specialises in traumatized and attachment-disordered children.

• Contributors xiForeword xixAcknowledgements xxiPart I Frameworks for Practice 11 An Introduction to Child Psychology in Practice 3Helen Pote, Anna Picciotto and Clare Norris2 Theory and Evidence in Practice 13Clare Norris, Helen Pote and Anna Picciotto3 A Developmental Approach to Assessment and Formulation 39Anna Picciotto, Helen Pote and Clare Norris4 Supervision and Self-reflection 75Helen Pote, Anna Picciotto and Clare Norris5 Legal and Professional Contexts 100Pinder Kaur and Chris Marshall6 Frameworks of Service Delivery 130Duncan Law7 Inclusivity, Diversity and Power 151Fatima Bibi8 Working with Goals and Monitoring Progress and Outcomes 176Duncan Law9 Collaboration and Co-production 188Shaun Liverpool and Paula BaileyPart II Evidence-informed Practice 20910 Adolescence 211Emma Silver11 Sleeping, Feeding and Toileting Difficulties for Young Children 238Pinder Kaur and Lauren Bryan12 Behavioural Difficulties and Parenting Interventions 298Emma Karwatzki and Kajal Patel13 Emotional Difficulties 323Vicki Curry and Maria Loades14 Complex Emotional Difficulties 357Zoë Maiden15 Eating Difficulties and Disorders 407Tara Porter16 Paediatrics and Long-term Health Conditions 427Sophie Bennett and Kristina Soon17 Disrupted Attachments 451Clare Norris and Jade Weston18 Young People with Intellectual Disabilities 492Nancy Sheppard and Catherine DayPart III Growing Areas of Practice 52719 Neurodivergence 529Imogen Newsom-Davis and Anita Marsden20 Working in Schools 579Anna Picciotto, Joe Hickey and Sian Barnett21 Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 613Jane Iles, Zoe Darwin and Florence Bristow22 Mental Health Crisis and Inpatient Care for Children and Young People 642Aspa Paspali23 Youth Offending and Forensic Interventions 690Simone Fox and Vicky Thakordas-Desai24 Digital Practice 713Helen Pote25 Youth Community Practice 733Katerina Alexandraki, Laura Casale, Jessica Davies, Rupert Goodman, Tasir Joseph, Jake Lake, Rachel McKail and Jon Oliver26 Working within Children's Social Care 763Clare Norris and Omar Timberlake27 Trauma-informed Practice 800Sian BarnettIndex 825