Using iPhones to enhance and reduce face - to - face home safety sessions with SafeCare ®: An evidence -
based child maltreatment prevention program.
Predictors of client engagement and attrition in home -
based child maltreatment prevention services.
Dynamic adaptation process to implement an evidence -
based child maltreatment intervention.
Home - Based Intervention for High - Risk Rural Families: A Randomized Clinical Trial Lwin (2012) McGill University, School of Social Work, Centre for Research on Children and Families, Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal View Abstract Illustrates the effectiveness of using a home -
based child maltreatment prevention program for families in rural communities struggling with substance use, intimate partner violence, and depression, factors that increase the risk of child abuse and neglect.
School -
based child maltreatment programs: Synthesis of lessons learned.
School -
Based Child Maltreatment Programs: Synthesis of Lessons Learned Series: Grantee Lessons Learned Year Published: 2003
Predictors of Client Engagement and Attrition in Home -
Based Child Maltreatment Prevention Services Damashek, Doughty, Ware, & Silovsky (2010) Child Maltreatment, 16 (1) View Abstract Examines the relative influence of provider, program, and individual factors from the Integrated Theory of Parent Involvement as well as maternal and family demographic and risk variables in predicting service enrollment and completion in a home -
based child maltreatment prevention service (SafeCare +) and a standard community care program (Services as Usual).
Not exact matches
With states and counties showing increased interest in adopting evidence -
based methods for preventing or reducing
child maltreatment and for parent training of families involved with
child welfare services, it is now time to test this array of science - informed and promising parent training programs and program components on a national scale.
In addition, he is the Senior Fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy (www.ChildTrauma.org), a Houston -
based organization dedicated to research and education on
child maltreatment.
Meta - analyses of this expanded research
base confirm the model's impacts on a range of risk and protective factors associated with
child maltreatment.7, 8,9 In addition, all of the major home visitation models in the U.S. are currently engaged in a variety of research activities, many of which are resulting in better defined models and more rigorous attention to the key issue of participant enrolment and retention, staff training and quality assurance standards.10 For example, recent findings emerging from the initial two - year follow - up of the Early Head Start National Demonstration Project confirm the efficacy of home visitation programs with new parents.
In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence -
based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and
child health,
child development and school readiness, reductions in
child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6
Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of an Evidence -
Based Parenting Intervention to Prevent
Child Maltreatment: The Triple P - Positive Parenting Program.
Research indicates that evidence -
based home visiting programs should benefit the families through improvements in maternal and
child health, parenting attitudes and behaviors, better cognitive and social - emotional outcomes for
children, and a lower incidence of
child abuse and
maltreatment.
The information packet upon which this course is
based was written to support
child maltreatment prevention efforts by describing strategies and activities that promote protective factors.
Provider Cultural Competency, Client Satisfaction, and Engagement in Home -
Based Programs to Treat
Child Abuse and Neglect Damashek, Bard, & Hecht Child Maltreatment, 17 (1), 2012 View Abstract Discusses how different types of family preservation programs impact child maltreatment and how the client's perception of provider cultural competence affects client satisfaction and engagement in serv
Child Abuse and Neglect Damashek, Bard, & Hecht
Child Maltreatment, 17 (1), 2012 View Abstract Discusses how different types of family preservation programs impact child maltreatment and how the client's perception of provider cultural competence affects client satisfaction and engagement in serv
Child Maltreatment, 17 (1), 2012 View Abstract Discusses how different types of family preservation programs impact child maltreatment and how the client's perception of provider cultural competence affects client satisfaction and engagement
Maltreatment, 17 (1), 2012 View Abstract Discusses how different types of family preservation programs impact
child maltreatment and how the client's perception of provider cultural competence affects client satisfaction and engagement in serv
child maltreatment and how the client's perception of provider cultural competence affects client satisfaction and engagement
maltreatment and how the client's perception of provider cultural competence affects client satisfaction and engagement in services.
The evaluation also will examine how school readiness and
child maltreatment vary
based on important family and program factors, such as the family's needs when entering the program and the family's length of time enrolled in the program.
Ronald J. Prinz and others, 8220; Population -
Based Prevention for
Child Maltreatment: The U.S. Triple P System Population Trial, 8221; Prevention Science, published online January 22, 2009; DOI 10.1007 / s11121 -009-0123-3.
Ronald Prinz and others, Population -
Based Prevention of
Child Maltreatment: The U.S. Triple P System Population Trial (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-009-0123-3 [accessed February 4, 2009]-RRB-.
Evidence is also becoming available about Parents Anonymous, © which has recently undergone a long - term single - group evaluation indicating significant reductions in the risks associated with
child maltreatment.64 Circle of Parents, © another well - known support group intervention, is beginning to develop an evidentiary
base (although the research conducted so far would not yet lift this program into the group generally known as «promising practices»).65
The total lifetime cost to society of all
child maltreatment cases (
based on a 2008 estimate of 579,000 cases per annum) is $ 124 billion (Fang et al., 2012).
Family -
based risk factors for non-suicidal self - injury: Considering influences of
maltreatment, adverse family - life experiences, and parent —
child relational risk.
This realization calls for broad -
based campaigns to reduce
maltreatment, because narrowly focused risk -
based efforts may leave out many
children and families.
A 2012 meta - analytic review of EBHV programs that focused on outcomes of
child maltreatment or injury / hospitalizations, found that the NFP program had a cost / benefit ratio range of $ 1.05 to $ 12.62,
based on 2010 dollars (Dalziel & Segal, 2012).
Objective:
Maltreatment, family violence, and disruption in primary caregiver attachment in childhood may constitute a developmental form of trauma that places
children at risk for multiple psychiatric and medical diagnoses that often are refractory to well - established evidence -
based mental health treatments.
Collaboration FRIENDS National Center (2018) Provides information and resources on Community -
Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) programs and creating effective partnerships for child maltreatment preven
Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) programs and creating effective partnerships for
child maltreatment preven
child maltreatment prevention.
Few prevention programs have been rigorously evaluated, and only a few have proven effective.60, 61 Health - care
based prevention programs, including parent education programs to reduce rates of abusive head trauma, and improving physician ambulatory care practices to help families decrease risk factors for
child maltreatment have shown good initial results, but require further evaluation.62, 63 Specific intensive home visitation programs such as nurse home visiting programs for first - time mothers have proven to be both clinically and cost effective in preventing maltreatment.64, 65 However, a program of nurse home visitation has been found ineffective as a treatment model for abusive and neglectful families, highlighting the importance of primary prevention, as well as the need to rigorously evaluate potential treatments for abusive families.66 Child welfare services are historically structured as short - term interventions that monitor families for recidivism, provide parenting education and assist with referrals to community - based serv
child maltreatment have shown good initial results, but require further evaluation.62, 63 Specific intensive home visitation programs such as nurse home visiting programs for first - time mothers have proven to be both clinically and cost effective in preventing
maltreatment.64, 65 However, a program of nurse home visitation has been found ineffective as a treatment model for abusive and neglectful families, highlighting the importance of primary prevention, as well as the need to rigorously evaluate potential treatments for abusive families.66
Child welfare services are historically structured as short - term interventions that monitor families for recidivism, provide parenting education and assist with referrals to community - based serv
Child welfare services are historically structured as short - term interventions that monitor families for recidivism, provide parenting education and assist with referrals to community -
based services.
Based on prior research suggesting that distinctions between allegations and substantiations are not useful, 31,32 official reports of alleged child abuse were coded using a slightly modified version33 of the maltreatment classification scheme developed by Barnett et al. 34 Three general indicators of child abuse were created, each dichotomized as present or not, based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical abuse (any blows or injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript injury); (2) sexual abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3) psychological maltreatment (threats to psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats to self - esteem, or failure to allow age - appropriate auton
Based on prior research suggesting that distinctions between allegations and substantiations are not useful, 31,32 official reports of alleged
child abuse were coded using a slightly modified version33 of the
maltreatment classification scheme developed by Barnett et al. 34 Three general indicators of
child abuse were created, each dichotomized as present or not,
based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical abuse (any blows or injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript injury); (2) sexual abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3) psychological maltreatment (threats to psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats to self - esteem, or failure to allow age - appropriate auton
based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical abuse (any blows or injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript injury); (2) sexual abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3) psychological
maltreatment (threats to psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats to self - esteem, or failure to allow age - appropriate autonomy).
To achieve safety, permanency, and well - being,
child welfare professionals can implement trauma screening, functional and clinical assessment, and evidence -
based interventions to address the effects of
maltreatment or other traumatic events.
Respite and Crisis Care (PDF - 101 KB) FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community -
Based Child Abuse Prevention (2007) Describes the components and benefits of respite programs, characteristics of families that need respite services, and research on the effectiveness of respite programs in reducing the incidence of child maltreat
Child Abuse Prevention (2007) Describes the components and benefits of respite programs, characteristics of families that need respite services, and research on the effectiveness of respite programs in reducing the incidence of
child maltreat
child maltreatment.
Family Risk as a Predictor of Initial Engagement and Follow - Through in a Universal Nurse Home Visiting Program to Prevent
Child Maltreatment Alonso - Marsden, Dodge, O'Donnell, Murphy, Sato, Christopoulos (2013) Child Abuse and Neglect, 37 (8) View Abstract Examines family demographic and infant health risk factors that predict engagement and follow - through in a universal home - based maltreatment prevention program for new mothers in Durham County, Nor
Maltreatment Alonso - Marsden, Dodge, O'Donnell, Murphy, Sato, Christopoulos (2013)
Child Abuse and Neglect, 37 (8) View Abstract Examines family demographic and infant health risk factors that predict engagement and follow - through in a universal home -
based maltreatment prevention program for new mothers in Durham County, Nor
maltreatment prevention program for new mothers in Durham County, North Carolina.
Even when abused
children are brought to the attention of health or
child welfare professionals, the abuse may be unrecognized or ignored by those in a position to protect the
child.10, 11 It is estimated that approximately 40 million
children around the world suffer from
maltreatment, and recent population
based research suggests that approximately 125/1, 000 American
children are victims of
maltreatment.12, 13
Preventing the Recurrence of
Maltreatment (PDF - 1,034 KB) Carnochan, Rizik - Baer, & Austin (2013) Journal of Evidence - Based Social Work, 10 Explains potential risk factors that may contribute to recurrence of child abuse and m
Maltreatment (PDF - 1,034 KB) Carnochan, Rizik - Baer, & Austin (2013) Journal of Evidence -
Based Social Work, 10 Explains potential risk factors that may contribute to recurrence of
child abuse and
maltreatmentmaltreatment.
For each of the selected home visiting program models, this study examined the evidence
base for six parenting outcomes (prenatal care, breastfeeding, well -
child visits / immunizations, learning support behaviors,
child maltreatment, and harsh discipline).
Terao and colleagues16 offer a six - step decision - making model useful in differentiating
child maltreatment from culturally -
based parenting practices.
Although many health impacts of
child maltreatment have been documented, no claims -
based study has quantified the impact of
maltreatment on health service utilization and costs.
Research indicates that evidence -
based home visiting programs should benefit the families who participate in them through improvements in maternal and
child health, parenting attitudes and behaviors, better cognitive and social - emotional outcomes for
children, and a lower incidence of
child abuse and
maltreatment.
«Participation in evidence -
based parenting programs has also been shown to reduce risk factors for
child maltreatment.
Nativity and Immigration Status Among Latino Families Involved in the
Child Welfare System: Characteristics, Risk, and Maltreatment Cardoso, Dettlaff, Finno - Velasquez, Scott, & Faulkner (2014) Children and Youth Services Review, 44 Discusses the incidence of child maltreatment among Latino families based on the legal status and household structure of families involved in the child welfare sy
Child Welfare System: Characteristics, Risk, and
Maltreatment Cardoso, Dettlaff, Finno - Velasquez, Scott, & Faulkner (2014) Children and Youth Services Review, 44 Discusses the incidence of child maltreatment among Latino families based on the legal status and household structure of families involved in the child wel
Maltreatment Cardoso, Dettlaff, Finno - Velasquez, Scott, & Faulkner (2014)
Children and Youth Services Review, 44 Discusses the incidence of
child maltreatment among Latino families based on the legal status and household structure of families involved in the child welfare sy
child maltreatment among Latino families based on the legal status and household structure of families involved in the child wel
maltreatment among Latino families
based on the legal status and household structure of families involved in the
child welfare sy
child welfare system.
Chaffin, Bard, Bigfoot, & Maher (2012)
Child Maltreatment, 17 (3) View Abstract Reviews the implementation and outcomes of a statewide study of the SafeCare home -
based model with the American Indian population in Oklahoma.
Protective Factors Survey FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community -
Based Child Abuse Prevention (2008) Offers a self - administered survey for use with caregivers receiving child maltreatment prevention services, measuring protective factors in five areas: family functioning / resiliency, social support, concrete support, nurturing and attachment, and knowledge of parenting / child develop
Child Abuse Prevention (2008) Offers a self - administered survey for use with caregivers receiving
child maltreatment prevention services, measuring protective factors in five areas: family functioning / resiliency, social support, concrete support, nurturing and attachment, and knowledge of parenting / child develop
child maltreatment prevention services, measuring protective factors in five areas: family functioning / resiliency, social support, concrete support, nurturing and attachment, and knowledge of parenting /
child develop
child development.
Children who have experienced chronic early
maltreatment that results in Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or reactive attachment disorder can be effectively treated with Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy [2][3][4], which is an evidence -
based family -
based treatment approach.
In addition, many of the early intervention programs that have been shown to have positive treatment effects are resource intensive and target high - risk families, on the
basis of socioeconomic status, childhood disabilities, parental substance use, or
child maltreatment.1
Five of the evidence -
based programs showed improvements in reductions in
child maltreatment, measured in different ways, including substantiated reports and parents» self - report of behaviors.
If the prospective adoptive parent (s) and / or adult household member has been or is currently the subject of an indicated (aka founded)
child abuse and
maltreatment report, the home study provider agency shall determine on the
basis of the information it has available whether to approve or reject the individual as an adoptive parent.
SafeCare California Evidence -
Based Clearinghouse for
Child Welfare (2012) Describes the SelfCare Home Visiting for Child Well - Being program as an in - home parenting model program that provides direct - skill training to parents in child behavior management and planned activities training, home safety training, and child health care skills to prevent child maltreat
Child Welfare (2012) Describes the SelfCare Home Visiting for
Child Well - Being program as an in - home parenting model program that provides direct - skill training to parents in child behavior management and planned activities training, home safety training, and child health care skills to prevent child maltreat
Child Well - Being program as an in - home parenting model program that provides direct - skill training to parents in
child behavior management and planned activities training, home safety training, and child health care skills to prevent child maltreat
child behavior management and planned activities training, home safety training, and
child health care skills to prevent child maltreat
child health care skills to prevent
child maltreat
child maltreatment.
In the discussion of program efficacy, we focus on the DHHS evidence -
based programs that included statistically significant findings — either favorable or unfavorable / ambiguous — on
child health and development or
child maltreatment (Table 1).
Hennepin - University Partnership
Child Well - Being Re-entry to Foster Care Report (PDF - 614 KB) Jones & LaLiberte (2010) Presents a guide to evidence - based practices in preventing children from reentering the foster care system and a literature review that includes information on risk factors that contribute to the recurrence of child maltreat
Child Well - Being Re-entry to Foster Care Report (PDF - 614 KB) Jones & LaLiberte (2010) Presents a guide to evidence -
based practices in preventing
children from reentering the foster care system and a literature review that includes information on risk factors that contribute to the recurrence of
child maltreat
child maltreatment.
Prevention of
Child Maltreatment in High - Risk Rural Families: A Randomized Clinical Trial With Child Welfare Outcomes Silovsky, Bard, Chaffin, Hecht, Burris, Owora, et al. (2011) Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (8) View Abstract Shares results from a randomized clinical trial of SafeCare ® training augmented for rural high - risk population, and compares them to standard home - based mental health services to examine reductions in future child maltreatment reports, as well as risk factors and factors similar to child maltreat
Child Maltreatment in High - Risk Rural Families: A Randomized Clinical Trial With Child Welfare Outcomes Silovsky, Bard, Chaffin, Hecht, Burris, Owora, et al. (2011) Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (8) View Abstract Shares results from a randomized clinical trial of SafeCare ® training augmented for rural high - risk population, and compares them to standard home - based mental health services to examine reductions in future child maltreatment reports, as well as risk factors and factors similar to child m
Maltreatment in High - Risk Rural Families: A Randomized Clinical Trial With
Child Welfare Outcomes Silovsky, Bard, Chaffin, Hecht, Burris, Owora, et al. (2011) Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (8) View Abstract Shares results from a randomized clinical trial of SafeCare ® training augmented for rural high - risk population, and compares them to standard home - based mental health services to examine reductions in future child maltreatment reports, as well as risk factors and factors similar to child maltreat
Child Welfare Outcomes Silovsky, Bard, Chaffin, Hecht, Burris, Owora, et al. (2011)
Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (8) View Abstract Shares results from a randomized clinical trial of SafeCare ® training augmented for rural high - risk population, and compares them to standard home -
based mental health services to examine reductions in future
child maltreatment reports, as well as risk factors and factors similar to child maltreat
child maltreatment reports, as well as risk factors and factors similar to child m
maltreatment reports, as well as risk factors and factors similar to
child maltreat
child maltreatmentmaltreatment.
FRIENDS Protective Factors Survey Family Resource Information, Education, and Network Development Service (2017) Explains an evidence -
based evaluation tool for use with families receiving
child maltreatment prevention services.
In 2003, the
Children's Bureau released a request for proposals (RFP) to build home - and community - based systems of care to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families at risk of child maltreatment, children and youth who have been identified as victims of maltreatment but have not been removed from their home, or children and youth in State custody (foste
Children's Bureau released a request for proposals (RFP) to build home - and community -
based systems of care to improve outcomes for
children, youth, and families at risk of child maltreatment, children and youth who have been identified as victims of maltreatment but have not been removed from their home, or children and youth in State custody (foste
children, youth, and families at risk of
child maltreatment,
children and youth who have been identified as victims of maltreatment but have not been removed from their home, or children and youth in State custody (foste
children and youth who have been identified as victims of
maltreatment but have not been removed from their home, or
children and youth in State custody (foste
children and youth in State custody (foster care).