ABSTRACT
The aim of case management in cases of emotional abuse and neglect and related problems is to provide the child with a safe environment which fosters development and an opportunity to sustain relationships with both parents with a minimum of disruption and change in the child’s environment, providing sustaining such a relationship with the parents does not place the child at risk for further episodes of neglect abuse. This aim takes account of the fact that most neglected and abused children continue to feel loyalty to their abusing parents and to feel loved by them (Herzberger, Potts & Dillon, 1981).
