(en) [The abusive grandparent: theoretical-clinical issues and networking practice]The prevalence of child maltreatment situations remains high, usually in the home setting of the young victim. While many theoretical and clinical aspects of forms of abuse are now being studied, there is little work focusing on the specific issues of transgressions committed by grandparents. From a clinical case, the author shows the usefulness of management based on the successive times of evaluation and treatment. Maintaining a framework and evaluating (which means making resources emerge on one side and identifying failures on the other) is essentially a time for construction. Four main categories of psychic functioning of abusive grandparents are found. As most of these require individual and family care, the distribution of tasks through networking improves care management.
de Becker, E. (2020). Le grand-parent maltraitant : questions théorico-cliniques et pratique de réseau. Dialogue : recherches cliniques et sociologiques sur le couple et la famille, 230(4), 141-157. https://doi.org/10.3917/dia.230.0141 (Original work published 2020)