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Key messages from research on intra-familial child sexual abuse
- Authors:
- McNEISH Di, SCOTT Sara
- Publisher:
- Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
Summarises key messages from research on child sexual abuse that occurs within a family environment. It covers the prevalence, identifying intra-familial child sexual abuse, the impacts of child sexual abuse, and effective responses in the areas of child protection, criminal justice, therapeutic support, and family-focused interventions. Key messages include that: perpetrators may not be related to the child, but may feel like family from the child’s point of view; abuse in the family often remains undisclosed; and that it is important to provide support to the whole family, and particularly to non-abusing parents, following abuse. The briefing is particularly relevant for frontline practitioners and commissioners. (Edited publisher abstract)
Evaluation of the Building Everyday Life positive parenting programme
- Authors:
- LOPEZ Susana Torio, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Children's Services, 10(2), 2015, pp.173-184.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
... and Resources, and the Final Evaluation Questionnaire for parents. The authors also use these tools to evaluate the degree to which the changes are maintained six months after the completion of the programme. Participants in the study comprised a group of 35 individuals that included parents in nuclear families and single mothers. The assessment process involved three stages: a pre-test assessment, a qualitative report (summative assessment) and, finally, a post-test assessment at least six months after completion of the programme. Findings: The results show lasting changes over time. Regarding domestic work, parents say that they are more aware of the need to achieve a fairer and more equal distribution of the tasks in question. Families also report that they have perceived changes in the dimensions of communication and conflict resolution. Bearing in mind the limited nature of the aforementioned changes, the results suggest the need for support processes over time, as well as the establishment of follow-up sessions with families. Originality/value: The main contribution of the study is to show that the Building Everyday Life programme is effective and valuable in improving parental educational styles. (Publisher abstract)
The effectiveness of dyadic interventions for people with dementia and their caregivers
- Authors:
- MOON Heehyul, ADAMS Kathryn Betts
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 12(6), 2013, pp.821-839.
- Publisher:
- Sage
To review the effects of dyadic interventions on caregivers and care recipients in the early stages of dementia searches were carried out on four databases (AgeLine, Medline, EBSCO, and PyscINFO) and relevant literature from 2000 onwards reviewed. The twelve studies identified used a variety of intervention approaches including support group, counseling, cognitive stimulation, skill training, and notebook-keeping. This review suggests that intervention programs for early-stage dementia caregiving dyads were feasible and well accepted by participants. The reviewed studies provided rich evidence of the significance of mutual understanding and communication to partners’ well-being and relationship quality within the caregiving process. The findings suggest that these intervention approaches improved cognitive function of the care recipients, social relations, and the relationship between the primary caregivers and the care recipients, although evidence of long-term effectiveness is lacking. (Edited publisher abstract)
Enhancing safety-planning through evidence-based interventions with preschoolers exposed to intimate partner violence
- Authors:
- MILLER Laura E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 18(1), January 2012, pp.67-82.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Preschool children who witness severe intimate partner violence are at increased risk for a wide range of emotional, behavioural, cognitive, and health problems. As part of a larger trial of the effectiveness of mother and child group interventions for families exposed to intimate partner violence in Michigan, this study examined safety planning strategies for preschool children and the impact of the Preschool Kids' Club intervention programme in teaching children safety planning skills. Information was gathered through interviews with preschool-age children both before and after participation with their families in the 10 week Preschool Kids' Club intervention. The article describes the intervention, and the study methodology and findings. The results indicated that preschool children are able
Predicting program completion among families enrolled in a child neglect preventive intervention
- Authors:
- GIRVIN Heather, DePANFILIS Diane, DAINING Clara
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 17(6), November 2007, pp.674-685.
- Publisher:
- Sage
An exploratory analysis of self-report data gathered by the Family Connections program in the United States is used to build a predictive model of program completion. The sample includes 136 families in a poor, urban neighbourhood who meet risk criteria for child neglect. Families are randomly assigned to receive 3- or 9-month interventions. Bivariate analyses compare families who did and did not complete services. Logistic regression analysis identifies service-completion predictors for 136 families for whom pre- and post-data are available. More caregivers in the 3-month group complete services. Completers have more children and report a more positive alliance with their workers. Depressive symptoms, worker alliance, and treatment-group status predict service completion in the final model.
Safety in numbers
- Author:
- HOCKING Josephine
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.2.07, 2007, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article reports on Europe's first family justice centre in Croydon, where 32 agencies work together under one roof to help victims of domestic violence. Professionals at the family justice centre include an on-call duty and assessment social work service, advocates, police, solicitors, housing officers, Women's Aid, Victim Support, debt and benefits advisers, and probation staff.
Some families need us 24/7
- Author:
- HAYES Darren
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.04.06, 2006, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article reports on the success of the NCH Scotland's Dundee Families Project, which aims to tackle problem behaviour in families by tackling its root causes. The author talks to the deputy project manager.
L'intervention des centres jeunesse. Une solution pour contrer les comportements de fugue des adolescents?
- Authors:
- ROBERT Marie, LÉVESQUE Maurice, FOURNIER Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Canadian Social Work Review, 21(2), 2004, pp.151-167.
- Publisher:
- Canadian Association for Social Work Education
Centres jeunesse (youth centres) were created in Quebec in 1992, to provide specialized services to young minors in difficulty (up to 18 years of age) and their families. A number of studies have shown that adolescents under the care of Centres jeunesse have been at risk of experiencing episodes of running away or homelessness. This study, examined the family and personal characteristics of 385
Why do they stay?: domestic violence, motherhood and family intervention
- Author:
- HALLOWS Claire
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia. School of Social Work and Psychosocial Studies
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 54p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Many battered women stay because of economic dependency, a desire to keep the family together, shame and humiliation, lack of support, religious beliefs, and often, continued hope. The foremost reason for a victim to stay with an abuser is fear, and no one should minimize the causes for such intense fear. Methods of family intervention are detailed.
Application of child protective services in Korea
- Author:
- PARK Myung Sook
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 11(4), 2005, pp.117-131.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Because childrearing is a very culturally oriented practice, cultural sensitivity in Child Protective Services (CPS) is a very important factor for effective services. Korea has recently begun social intervention in cases of child abuse, but faces many difficulties resulting from cultural dilemmas. In particular, Korean society has the value of corporal punishment and negative attitudes toward social intervention into family issues. These cultural characteristics result in strong resistance to intervention by CPS. In the future, the success of child abuse intervention in Korean society will depend on how these cultural dilemmas are resolved. The development of a CPS model based on Korean culture can be an alternative to reduce conflicts in the application of CPS. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)