«It's Hard to Wrap Your Head Around»: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert and Public
Understandings of Child Maltreatment and Child Sexual Abuse in Alberta This multi-media report lays the groundwork for efforts to reframe child maltreatment, and child sexual abuse in particular, in the province of Alberta.
Each of these narratives is missing critical components, however — thus allowing the public to «fill in» these gaps with dominant
understandings of child maltreatment.
«I Have no Idea How That Works or What You Would do About it»: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert and Public
Understandings of Child Maltreatment in the UK (2013).
Four distinct narratives of child maltreatment are used by Canadian media, each of which is found missing critical components, inviting the public to «fill in» these gaps with dominant
understandings of child maltreatment.
Experts know that cases of abuse or neglect that are substantiated by a child protective agency represent only a small fraction of children who are maltreated.122 That being the case, it would be far more useful to gain a better
understanding of child maltreatment so that it can be prevented (and strategies to prevent it can be assessed) before it becomes necessary for the state to intervene.
Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting: A Self - Study Guide for People Working With Children (PDF - 784 KB) University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (2009) Helps people who work with youth gain
an understanding of child maltreatment and related implications.
Not exact matches
To
understand how confidence in parenting may predict parenting behaviors in women who were abused as
children, psychologists at the University
of Rochester have found that mothers who experienced more types
of maltreatment as
children are more critical
of their ability to parent successfully.
Nonetheless, we believe that the associations shown below provide a useful starting point for
understanding the educational consequences
of child maltreatment.
She noted that home visitation programs can increase school readiness and parents»
understanding of their role in
child development, strengthen parenting practices, improve maternal and
child health, and help to reduce
child maltreatment.
This factsheet is intended to help parents (birth, foster, and adoptive) and other caregivers better
understand the challenges
of caring for a
child who has experienced
maltreatment and learn about the resources available for support.
Helping parents
understand their
child's development, learn effective parenting strategies, and experience the joys
of child - raising now form the foundation
of both Bright Futures7 and efforts that, like Essentials, seek to reduce
child maltreatment.
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.
It includes a series
of public seminars that provide general tips on everyday parenting issues; one - off discussion groups addressing the most common parenting problems; brief and short - term primary care consultations for specific problems; group or online courses for a comprehensive
understanding of Triple P strategies; a one - on - one personal support program for tackling serious behavior problems; and two high intensity programs that deal with complex family and / or mental health issues, including the risk
of child maltreatment.
Our findings show that domestic violence represents an important part
of the context for
understanding the conditions under which a home - visitation intervention prevented
child maltreatment.
Boys Will Be Boys:
Understanding the Impact
of Child Maltreatment and Family Violence on the Sexual, Reproductive, and Parenting Behaviors of Young Men (PDF - 793 KB) Kahn & Paluzzi (2006) Describes the long - term effects of child maltreatment and family violence on males, and discusses the roles of practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and educators in addressing these is
Child Maltreatment and Family Violence on the Sexual, Reproductive, and Parenting Behaviors of Young Men (PDF - 793 KB) Kahn & Paluzzi (2006) Describes the long - term effects of child maltreatment and family violence on males, and discusses the roles of practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and educators in addressing t
Maltreatment and Family Violence on the Sexual, Reproductive, and Parenting Behaviors
of Young Men (PDF - 793 KB) Kahn & Paluzzi (2006) Describes the long - term effects
of child maltreatment and family violence on males, and discusses the roles of practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and educators in addressing these is
child maltreatment and family violence on males, and discusses the roles of practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and educators in addressing t
maltreatment and family violence on males, and discusses the roles
of practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and educators in addressing these issues.
Memorandum
of Understanding Children's Bureau (HHS) User Manual Series (2010) In Community Partnerships: Improving the Response to Child Maltreatment Answers frequently asked questions about the development of memoranda of understanding and their role in enhancing services for children
Understanding Children's Bureau (HHS) User Manual Series (2010) In Community Partnerships: Improving the Response to Child Maltreatment Answers frequently asked questions about the development of memoranda of understanding and their role in enhancing services for children and f
Children's Bureau (HHS) User Manual Series (2010) In Community Partnerships: Improving the Response to
Child Maltreatment Answers frequently asked questions about the development
of memoranda
of understanding and their role in enhancing services for children
understanding and their role in enhancing services for
children and f
children and families.
Follow the #CO4kids professionals blog to get a more indepth
understanding of what these 15 communities decide to do to prevent
child maltreatment later this year.
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.
The
Child Welfare Information Gateway produced an informative issue brief in November 2009 on
Understanding the Effects
of Maltreatment on Brain 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.
Specifically, Ms. functioning should Lowell's current dissertation project aims have the capacity to to examine early childhood adversity and other mechanisms
of action in the
understand their own prediction
of child maltreatment potential emotions, regulate those in substance - involved mothers.
Understanding the different channels and developing a thoughtful, comprehensive media strategy are important steps that can support the goal
of preventing
child maltreatment and enhancing
child well - being in your community.
Others are using analytics at a higher, community level to
understand the associations among various factors and the incidence
of child maltreatment.
Understanding the Geospatial Relationship
of Neighborhood Characteristics and Rates
of Maltreatment for Black, Hispanic, and White Children Freisthler, Bruce, & Needell Social Work: A Journal of the National Association of Social Workers, 52 (1), 2007 View Abstract Presents the results of a study examining how neighborhood characteristics are associated with rates of child maltreatment for Black, Hispanic, and Whi
Maltreatment for Black, Hispanic, and White
Children Freisthler, Bruce, & Needell Social Work: A Journal of the National Association of Social Workers, 52 (1), 2007 View Abstract Presents the results of a study examining how neighborhood characteristics are associated with rates of child maltreatment for Black, Hispanic, and White c
Children Freisthler, Bruce, & Needell Social Work: A Journal
of the National Association
of Social Workers, 52 (1), 2007 View Abstract Presents the results
of a study examining how neighborhood characteristics are associated with rates
of child maltreatment for Black, Hispanic, and Whi
maltreatment for Black, Hispanic, and White
childrenchildren.
For a better
understanding of the effects
of maltreatment on
child development, it is important according to van IJzendoorn and Bakermans - Kranenburg1 to examine the mechanisms involved in the development
of disorganized attachments and the capacity for resilience so unexpectedly displayed in some maltreated
children.
Effects
of early stress on brain structure and function: Implications for
understanding the relationship between
child maltreatment and depression