Book review: Helping Children to Tell about Sexual Abuse
Helping Children to Tell about Sexual Abuse: Guidance for Helpers
Rosaleen McElvaney | Jessica Kingsley | 14.99 | 160pp | ISBN: 9781849057127
Written in an easy-to-read style and with useful references to research, this book explores the issue of disclosure of sexual abuse.
It follows a childs experience of abuse, describing the challenges of disclosure from the childs and an adult helpers perspectives, then discusses the help needed after disclosure.
The importance of support for the professional is emphasised and the book explains why disclosure is rarely a single event. It also provides useful pointers in how to ask questions and be confident of not taking the wrong approach.
The voices of children with experience of abuse are presented effectively throughout the book.
My only disappointment is that there are no chapters on challenges for boys and the role
...Helping Children to Tell about Sexual Abuse: Guidance for Helpers
Rosaleen McElvaney | Jessica Kingsley | £14.99 | 160pp | ISBN: 9781849057127
Written in an easy-to-read style and with useful references to research, this book explores the issue of disclosure of sexual abuse.
It follows a child’s experience of abuse, describing the challenges of disclosure from the child’s and an adult helper’s perspectives, then discusses the help needed after disclosure.
The importance of support for the professional is emphasised and the book explains why disclosure is rarely a single event. It also provides useful pointers in how to ask questions and be confident of not taking the wrong approach.
The voices of children with experience of abuse are presented effectively throughout the book.
My only disappointment is that there are no chapters on challenges for boys and the role of creative arts in non-verbal communication.
The book is a must read for nurses working in the safeguarding field and will add to the knowledge of all children’s nurses. This would be a useful addition to any nursing library.
Reviewed by Raymond McMorrow, health lead at the NWG child sexual exploitation response unit, Derby
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