The high prevalence and serious consequences of
child maltreatment point to the importance of effective prevention and treatment programs.
Not exact matches
«We can't say for sure that there would be even fewer cases of
child maltreatment if hourly pay were that high, but our findings
point in that direction,» Bullinger said.
Nonetheless, we believe that the associations shown below provide a useful starting
point for understanding the educational consequences of
child maltreatment.
Closer partnerships between
child welfare agencies and schools, hospitals, and other common sources of reports could facilitate more accurate and equitable identification of cases of
maltreatment at the
point of reporting.
Although on - the -
point research is lacking about the
child maltreatment risk for parents of
children with aggressive behavior who themselves come from families with delinquent behavior, a strong association seems plausible.
Moreover,
child maltreatment is unequally distributed by race / ethnicity, with many more black, Native American, and Hispanic
children experiencing a confirmed report of
maltreatment at some
point than white or, especially, Asian / Pacific Islander
children.
Research overwhelmingly
points to the benefits of supporting
children and families at an early age to prevent
maltreatment and its negative effects on brain development before they occur.
Egeland and Sroufe1
pointed out the dramatically negative impact of neglecting or abusive maternal behavior for attachment and personality development, for which they accumulated unique prospective evidence in later phases of the Minnesota study.2 What do we know about the association between
child maltreatment and attachment, what are the mechanisms linking
maltreatment with attachment insecurity and disorganization, and what type of attachment - based interventions might be most effective?