In many instances, the quality of the research is not sufficient to draw conclusions about the effects of a given
model on child maltreatment.8
In many instances, the quality of the research is not sufficient to draw conclusions about the effects of a given
model on child maltreatment.8
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Two - part regression
models were used to estimate the impact of
child maltreatment on expenditures.
The Impact of In - home Services From
Child Protective Services
on Child Maltreatment Recurrence: A Process
Model
In addition, 3 of the 14
models had impacts
on maternal health, 6 of the 14
models had impacts
on child health, and 5 of the 14 had impacts
on child maltreatment.
For instance, some
models may be more focused
on health outcomes, others
on child maltreatment, and still others
on child development.
VPO major functions are: (a) Coordination of the development, implementation, and evaluation of two major programs: the ACT / Raising Safe Kids Program (parenting skills training and
child maltreatment prevention program) and The Effective Providers for Child Victims of Violence Program (training for mental health and other professionals on trauma, assessment tools and treatment models for children victimized by violence); (b) Development of training and educational materials, technical assistance and training to professionals and organizations participating in both programs; (c) Dissemination of research - based knowledge, information, and materials to professionals and the general public on violence, prevention and related topics through Web (www.actagainstviolence.apa.org), Facebook page www.Facebook.com/ACTRaisingSafeKids and other social media outlets; (d) Collaboration with other national associations, national collaboratives, and federal agencies to promote the contributions of psychology and psychologists to the understanding and prevention of viol
child maltreatment prevention program) and The Effective Providers for
Child Victims of Violence Program (training for mental health and other professionals on trauma, assessment tools and treatment models for children victimized by violence); (b) Development of training and educational materials, technical assistance and training to professionals and organizations participating in both programs; (c) Dissemination of research - based knowledge, information, and materials to professionals and the general public on violence, prevention and related topics through Web (www.actagainstviolence.apa.org), Facebook page www.Facebook.com/ACTRaisingSafeKids and other social media outlets; (d) Collaboration with other national associations, national collaboratives, and federal agencies to promote the contributions of psychology and psychologists to the understanding and prevention of viol
Child Victims of Violence Program (training for mental health and other professionals
on trauma, assessment tools and treatment
models for
children victimized by violence); (b) Development of training and educational materials, technical assistance and training to professionals and organizations participating in both programs; (c) Dissemination of research - based knowledge, information, and materials to professionals and the general public
on violence, prevention and related topics through Web (www.actagainstviolence.apa.org), Facebook page www.Facebook.com/ACTRaisingSafeKids and other social media outlets; (d) Collaboration with other national associations, national collaboratives, and federal agencies to promote the contributions of psychology and psychologists to the understanding and prevention of violence.
Evidence - based home visiting
models have shown positive long - term impacts
on children in the long term, via increased school readiness, reduced
child maltreatment, and reduced lifetime arrests and convictions.
His efforts resulted in the establishment of Trauma Center, that consist of a well - trained clinical team specializing in the treatment of
children and adults with histories of
child maltreatment, that applies treatment
models that are widely taught and implemented nationwide, a research lab that studies the effects of neurofeedback and MDMA
on behavior, mood, and executive functioning, and numerous trainings nationwide to a variety of mental health professional, educators, parent groups, policy makers, and law enforcement personnel.