NCJ Number
173680
Date Published
1998
Length
225 pages
Annotation
This book describes the treatment approach, clientele and community networking of Cedar House, a pioneering and successful child abuse treatment program in Long Beach, CA.
Abstract
The book explores and explains Cedar House's hands-on treatment process and offers ideas on how the treatment can be adapted to other treatment settings. The book discusses: staffing; the setting; team intakes; group and individual therapy with parents; group and individual therapy with children; sexual abuse; crisis intervention; home visits and other outreach; transportation; advocacy; socialization and empowerment; parenting classes; volunteers; stages of treatment; rage -- the breeding ground of violence; atonement and forgiving; confidentiality; forming a community network; funding and its effects; program feedback and client update; starting and adapting the program; and what program designers and implementers would do differently today. Notes, index