Sentences with phrase «including maltreated children»

She is the principal investigator on three randomized efficacy trials of the KITS Program including maltreated children in foster care, children with developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral or social problems, and children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Her research interests include adoptive breastfeeding, long - term breastfeeding, peer - to - peer milk sharing and the parenting and care of maltreated children.

In a related study published recently in the journal Child Abuse and Neglect, Valentino found that maltreating parents, many of whom had experienced childhood trauma, could successfully be taught to use more elaborative and emotion - rich reminiscing with their preschool - aged children, which has been linked to a children's subsequent cognitive abilities in a number of areas including memory, language and literacy development.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study assessed the effects of participation in the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch - up (ABC) intervention on child abuse potential, parenting stress, and child behavior in maltreated children and their foster parents.

The program displayed the relevance of parenting programs to a diverse range of problems including children at risk of being maltreated, children with chronic conditions, health related problems, conduct and attentional problems, family conflict, child anxiety disorders, children with a range of developmental disabilities, and couple relationship difficulties.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

This manual examines the roles that teachers, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, special education professionals, administrators, and other school personnel have in helping maltreated children, including recognizing, reporting, and preventing child abuse and neglect.

The best evidence for reduction in mental - health conditions among maltreated children is for cognitive - behavioural therapy (CBT) for sexually abused children with post-traumatic stress symptoms.11 Several interventions show promise: some child - focused types of therapy for neglected children including resilient peer treatment, 12 an imaginative play program, 13 multisystemic therapy14 and a day treatment intervention.15 There is also some evidence of the benefits of post-shelter counseling intervention for women exposed to intimate - partner violence, 16,17 child - parent psychotherapy, 18,19 and trauma - focused CBT for children with intimate partner violence - related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.20

Although the research on resilience in foster children specifically is sorely lacking, studies of maltreated children suggest that maltreated children who exhibit resilience have high cognitive competence, self - esteem, and ego control (including flexibility, planfulness, persistence, and reflection).30 Thus, foster children, who have an increased likelihood of experiencing multiple risk factors such as poverty, maltreatment, and separation from family of origin, may have more positive outcomes if they are fortunate enough to also experience protective factors.

The article includes characteristics of delinquency cases and maltreated children who become delinquent, risk factors, mental health needs of youth in the criminal justice system, challenges to agency collaboration, and promising strategies for service integration are discussed.

Supporting Maltreated Children: Countering the Effects of Neglect and Abuse (PDF - 254 KB) Perry (2012) Adoption Advocate, 48 Focuses on the impact of abuse in early childhood on attachment and brain development, including specific behavioral indicators commonly exhibited by children who have experienced maltrChildren: Countering the Effects of Neglect and Abuse (PDF - 254 KB) Perry (2012) Adoption Advocate, 48 Focuses on the impact of abuse in early childhood on attachment and brain development, including specific behavioral indicators commonly exhibited by children who have experienced maltrchildren who have experienced maltreatment.

Like all young children, maltreated children need to receive regular medical care that includes the full schedule of immunizations, regular dental exams, and screening for vision and hearing problems.

Providers are lacking knowledge, skills, and tools for the early identification of risks and needs, including children with developmental difficulties and children maltreated or exposed to violence, and to assist families to secure early intervention and other needed social services.

Whereas the earliest work on this topic emphasized the socio - economic status of parents and the way in which (maltreating) parents were themselves reared, subsequent work, guided principally by Belsky's 6 process model of the determinants of parenting, highlights social - contextual factors and forces that shape parenting.7 These include (a) attributes of children; (b) the developmental history of parents and their own psychological make - up; and (c) the broader social context in which parents and this relationship are embedded.

Several reports have highlighted the inadequacies of the UK's care system and the high costs associated with implementing new services6 as well as the increasing costs that are associated with cycling placements or returns to care.7 Additionally, existing analyses have emphasised the challenges in conducting economic evaluations of interventions aimed at improving outcomes for maltreated children, which include the need for a long - term perspective, accounting for the context - specific nature of interventions, 8 and overcoming obstacles of cross-comparison due to variations in methods, samples etc..9

There is evidence that maltreated children are at greater risk for lifelong health and social problems, including mental illnesses, criminality, chronic diseases, disability1 and poorer quality of life.2 A history of child maltreatment is also associated with lower adult levels of economic well - being across a wide range of metrics, including higher levels of economic inactivity, lower occupational status, lower earnings and lower expected earnings.3 Existing research suggests a ripple effect caused by lower educational achievement, higher levels of truancy and expulsion reducing peak earning capacity by US$ 5000 a year4 or an average lifetime cost of US$ 210012 per person1 when considering productivity losses and costs from healthcare, child welfare, criminal justice and special education.

In specific, we included two types of interventions: preventive interventions targeting the general population or targeting families at risk for child maltreatment and curative interventions targeting maltreating families aimed at reducing maltreatment or recurrence of maltreatment.

Research on the continuity and influence of maltreated children's attachment representations, however, has not included youngsters removed from abusive or neglectful home environments.

As we aimed for a comprehensive meta - analysis, we included (a) two types of interventions: preventive interventions targeting the general population or families at risk for child maltreatment and curative interventions targeting maltreating families that are aimed at reducing maltreatment, (b) randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as well as high quality quasi-experimental studies, and (c) recently conducted studies, as previous meta - analyses included studies that were published until 2013.