NCJ Number
118255
Editor(s)
M S Samples
Date Published
1988
Length
268 pages
Annotation
This volume presents 22 papers presented at a 1987 conference that focused on child abuse and neglect among American Indians.
Abstract
Topics included the characteristics of emotional abuse in American Indian children, the role of emotional and social deprivation in the development of drug abuse, the assessment of physical or sexual abuse, and parent education programs. Other papers discussed child welfare programs and legislation, treatment of abusive parents, child abuse prevention, the training of residential child care staff, permanency planning, and the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. Lists of speakers and participants.