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 xi

Foreword xix

Acknowledgements xxi

Part I Frameworks for Practice 1

1 An Introduction to Child Psychology in Practice 3
Helen Pote, Anna Picciotto and Clare Norris

2 Theory and Evidence in Practice 13
Clare Norris, Helen Pote and Anna Picciotto

3 A Developmental Approach to Assessment and Formulation 39
Anna Picciotto, Helen Pote and Clare Norris

4 Supervision and Self-reflection 75
Helen Pote, Anna Picciotto and Clare Norris

5 Legal and Professional Contexts 100
Pinder Kaur and Chris Marshall

6 Frameworks of Service Delivery 130
Duncan Law

7 Inclusivity, Diversity and Power 151
Fatima Bibi

8 Working with Goals and Monitoring Progress and Outcomes 176
Duncan Law

9 Collaboration and Co-production 188
Shaun Liverpool and Paula Bailey

Part II Evidence-informed Practice 209

10 Adolescence 211
Emma Silver

11 Sleeping, Feeding and Toileting Difficulties for Young Children 238
Pinder Kaur and Lauren Bryan

12 Behavioural Difficulties and Parenting Interventions 298
Emma Karwatzki and Kajal Patel

13 Emotional Difficulties 323
Vicki Curry and Maria Loades

14 Complex Emotional Difficulties 357
Zoë Maiden

15 Eating Difficulties and Disorders 407
Tara Porter

16 Paediatrics and Long-term Health Conditions 427
Sophie Bennett and Kristina Soon

17 Disrupted Attachments 451
Clare Norris and Jade Weston

18 Young People with Intellectual Disabilities 492
Nancy Sheppard and Catherine Day

Part III Growing Areas of Practice 527

19 Neurodivergence 529
Imogen Newsom-Davis and Anita Marsden

20 Working in Schools 579
Anna Picciotto, Joe Hickey and Sian Barnett

21 Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 613
Jane Iles, Zoe Darwin and Florence Bristow

22 Mental Health Crisis and Inpatient Care for Children and Young People 642
Aspa Paspali

23 Youth Offending and Forensic Interventions 690
Simone Fox and Vicky Thakordas-Desai

24 Digital Practice 713
Helen Pote

25 Youth Community Practice 733
Katerina Alexandraki, Laura Casale, Jessica Davies, Rupert Goodman, Tasir Joseph, Jake Lake, Rachel McKail and Jon Oliver

26 Working within Children's Social Care 763
Clare Norris and Omar Timberlake

27 Trauma-informed Practice 800
Sian Barnett

Index 825