The measure of
child maltreatment incorporates formal investigations relating to potential child neglect as well as abuse (sexual or physical) that occur prior to grade 3.
Not exact matches
January 28 - 29, 2013 = Allie presented on The Co-Occurrence of Violence towards Animals and
Children, and Effectively
Incorporating Therapy Animals with Maltreated
Children at the
Child Maltreatment Conference in San Diego, CA
Indeed, Jay Belsky
incorporated all of these risk factors into his process model of parenting, 11 and data from multiple studies support links to
child well - being.12 In an experiment on the effectiveness of a program for low - birth - weight infants, Lawrence Berger and Jeanne Brooks - Gunn examined the relative effect of both socioeconomic status and parenting on
child abuse and neglect (as measured by ratings of health providers who saw
children in the treatment and control groups six times over the first three years of life, not by review of administrative data) and found that both factors contributed significantly and uniquely to the likelihood that a family was perceived to engage in some form of
child maltreatment.13 The link between parenting behaviors and
child maltreatment suggests that interventions that promote positive parenting behaviors would also contribute to lower rates of
child maltreatment among families served.
Family Violence Prevention: A Toolkit for Stakeholders (PDF - 4,567 KB) National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families & Center for Family Policy and Practice (2013) Provides a toolkit with information and resources to assist stakeholders in
incorporating domestic violence and
child maltreatment awareness into service provision, including information that will increase service providers understanding of these issues and will also help them identify other beneficial resources or referrals in the community that may support their efforts to institute healthy relationship policies and practices.
In Trauma - Informed Care for
Children in the
Child Welfare System: An Initial Evaluation of a Trauma - Informed Parenting Workshop (
Child Maltreatment, May 2016, 21 (2), 147 - 155), Sullivan et al. conducts an initial evaluation of a parent workshop for resource parents that
incorporates a trauma - informed perspective.
Family Violence Prevention: A Toolkit for Stakeholders National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families & Center for Family Policy and Practice (2013) View Abstract and Document Provides a toolkit with information and resources to assist stakeholders in
incorporating domestic violence and
child maltreatment awareness into service provision, including information that will increase service providers» understanding of these issues and will also help them identify other beneficial resources or referrals in the community that may support their efforts to institute healthy relationship policies and practices.