Special Children Special Risks

How does one investigate a child maltreatment case when the victim is blind mute deaf mentally retarded or confined to an institution? Special Children Special Risks presents analysis recommendations and related research from social work psychology psychiatry medicine and education essential for establishing and maintaining safe environments for handicapped children.This book brings together a diverse group of experts to pool their knowledge and share their concerns about the risks of abuse faced by handicapped children. The contributors' perspectives come from the fields of medicine social work developmental psychology psychiatry clinical psychology education child welfare law public policy and journalism.