Similar numbers of child protection issues were identified in the two groups between 6 and 12 months of age (17 % home visiting groups and 15 % control group), but a non-significant increase in the likelihood of
placement on the child protection register or care proceedings in the intervention group (RR 2.02, 95 % CI 0.46 to 2.54) and a non-significant difference in the proportion of children being removed from the home (6 % v 0 %) were observed.
Indeed, during the 1970s,
child welfare services were specifically targeted at two types of children — those without extraordinary behavior problems who needed protection from parental abuse and those with extraordinary behavior problems whose parents often needed the assistance of treatment or placement services.27 Although the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 and subsequent child welfare legislation made federal funding for child welfare services contingent on parental incapacity or abuse, many children continue to enter care because of behavior prob
child welfare services were specifically targeted at two types of
children — those without extraordinary behavior problems who needed
protection from parental abuse and those with extraordinary behavior problems whose parents often needed the assistance of treatment or
placement services.27 Although the Adoption Assistance and
Child Welfare Act of 1980 and subsequent child welfare legislation made federal funding for child welfare services contingent on parental incapacity or abuse, many children continue to enter care because of behavior prob
Child Welfare Act of 1980 and subsequent
child welfare legislation made federal funding for child welfare services contingent on parental incapacity or abuse, many children continue to enter care because of behavior prob
child welfare legislation made federal funding for
child welfare services contingent on parental incapacity or abuse, many children continue to enter care because of behavior prob
child welfare services contingent
on parental incapacity or abuse, many
children continue to enter care because of behavior problems.
Exclusion criteria are: (1) attending another parenting programme during the intervention phase of the research; (2) refusal of consent to take part in the research; (3) family is in crisis (eg,
child is at risk of residential
placement); (4)
child is in foster care without a long - term plan in that
placement; (5)
child is
on the
child protection register.