Childhood Denied: Ending the Nightmare of Child Abuse and Neglect
About this ebook
Features and Benefits
- Explores viable solutions to mitigate child abuse, such as legislative changes; quality of child protection services and foster care; training and education within the judicial system; and developing national standards
- Draws a clear distinction between questionable parenting practices and situations where children′s lives and health are consistently in jeopardy
- Employs a strong call to action and inspires readers to help end the cycle of abuse and neglect by addressing the core of the problem
- Created in collaboration with First Star – an organization that offers a nonpartisan, multidisciplinary approach – and provides a catalyst for change
Intended Audience
This inspiring book is a must-have for child welfare professionals, policymakers, attorneys, law enforcers as well as anyone devoted to helping children at risk. It is also an excellent supplement for courses in social work, government, politics, and law.
About the author
Kathleen Kelley Reardon is professor of management at the University of Southern California Marshall School where she has served on the preventive medicine faculty. She is the author of seven books, including the Amazon Best Seller, The Secret Handshake and It’s All Politics about how politics impacts the careers of individuals and missions of organizations. She is the author of Persuasion in Practice (Sage) and three-time Harvard Business Review author– her latest article is “Courage At Work.” She was co-principal investigator and author on the feasibility study that launched Starbright later chaired by Steven Spielberg and conjoined with Starlight. Dr. Reardon was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Mortar Board, received her Ph.D. “With Distinction” from UMASS, Amherst, and has been a political analyst with The Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com).
Christopher Noblet is a professional writer and editor. He is currently co-authoring a book on strategies for patients to obtain excellent healthcare. He has worked as a journalist, newspaper editor, speechwriter for the Chairman of Transamerica Life Companies, book editor, and in public affairs, marketing and public relations. His BA and MA degrees are from the University of Connecticut and an MBA degree from the Marshall Business School at the University of Southern California.
