Not exact matches
While some former students have spoken positively about their experiences at residential schools, these stories are far overshadowed by tragic
accounts of the emotional, physical and sexual abuse and
neglect of helpless
children, and their separation from powerless families and communities.
These findings approximate those of the more recent National Survey of
Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general popula
Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of
children in an investigation for abuse and
neglect had a mother who, by either the
child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general popula
child welfare worker's or mother's
account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for
children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and
child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general popula
child maltreatment among
children in out - of - home care and among
children in the general population.
Contextual factors, notably the family environment and wider community, are also important because they may moderate the developmental effects of
child maltreatment, thereby
accounting for some of the heterogeneity in the outcomes associated with abuse and
neglect (Zielinski and Bradshaw, 2006; Berry, 2007); the extent to which
children who get hit experience impaired health or development depends on its frequency and whether it occurs in a low - warmth / high - criticism environment (DoH, 1995).
This collection of narratives and fictional vignettes provides a lucid, informative and comprehensive
account of the attachment of
children traumatised by early
neglect, separation, abuse and loss with their adoptive families.
If the incident counts of physical
child abuse reported by
child welfare agencies appropriately are adjusted into percentage format — as they have to be to speak in terms of «likelihoods» by taking into
account actual numbers of
children cared for by mothers and fathers, actual time spent directly caring for
children by mothers and fathers, numbers of incidences per actual numbers of direct caregiver mothers and fathers — not to mention making adjustment to differentiate «
neglect» reports from affirmative «physical abuse» — you will find that
children are at many times more risk of physical abuse in the care of fathers than mothers, and at astronomically more risk for serious physical abuse and sexual abuse.
-- In conducting the statewide needs assessment required under paragraph (1), the State shall coordinate with, and take into
account, other appropriate needs assessments conducted by the State, as determined by the Secretary, including the needs assessment required under section 505 (a)(both the most recently completed assessment and any such assessment in progress), the communitywide strategic planning and needs assessments conducted in accordance with section 640 (g)(1)(C) of the Head Start Act, and the inventory of current unmet needs and current community - based and prevention - focused programs and activities to prevent
child abuse and neglect, and other family resource services operating in the State required under section 205 (3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
child abuse and
neglect, and other family resource services operating in the State required under section 205 (3) of the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.
If the incident counts of physical
child abuse reported by
child welfare agencies appropriately are adjusted into percentage format by taking into
account actual numbers of
children cared for by mothers and fathers, actual time spent directly caring for
children by mothers and fathers, numbers of incidences per actual numbers of direct caregiver mothers and fathers — not to mention making adjustment to differentiate «
neglect» reports from affirmative «physical abuse» — you will find that
children are at many times more risk of physical abuse in the care of men than women, and at astronomically more riskfor serious physical abuse and sexual abuse.
Effects of Multiple Maltreatment Experiences Among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Youth Boxer & Terranova (2008)
Child Abuse and
Neglect, 32 (3) View Abstract Examines the extent to which different forms of maltreatment may
account for variations in youths» emotional and behavioral problems.