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Chief inspectors' report highlights lack of cohesion over at-risk children
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.10.02, 2002, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Social services were criticised again last week in the report Safeguarding Children. Interagency efforts to safeguard children are being undermined by social work's staff problems. Also discusses whether other agencies are ignoring their own responsibilities.
Research into practice
- Author:
- THOMPSON Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.5.02, 2002, p.47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at a review of research into parental problem drinking and its impact on children's behaviour and emotions.
Child care
- Author:
- BERRIDGE David
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, April 2002, pp.17-22.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
The author questions how far the Children Act 1989 has gone towards meeting its objectives and whether it has improved access to services and professionals' ability to intervene on behalf of children.
Afghanistan: supporting displaced children
- Author:
- BLEIER Wayne
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 58, May 2002, pp.26-17.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Reports from Afghanistan and Tajikistan on how the application of brief and family therapy can help local communities support and care for displaced children by building on communities' protective structures.
Searching for safety
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.3.02, 2002, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite the debate about the increased violence and crime facing children, the author discusses why policy makers are slow to listen to children.
Research into practice
- Author:
- AYRE Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.01.02, 2002, p.49.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The balance between child protection and child welfare is often a source of controversy. Looks at some new research on the issue.
Parenting the hurt child: helping adoptive families heal and grow
- Authors:
- KECK Gregory C., KUPECKY Regina M.
- Publisher:
- Pinon
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 295p.
- Place of publication:
- Colorado Springs, CO
The authors explore how parents can help adopted or foster children who have suffered neglect or abuse. They begin by outlining changes in adoption and fostering procedures in recent years and use case studies to document the friction and disruption introduced into a household when a hurt, adopted child is brought into the family. The authors examine attachment disorders and control issues as well as parenting techniques that work (praise, consistency, flexibility, anger management) and those that don't work (punishment, withholding parental love, grounding, time-outs, deprivation). They highlight the symptoms of abuse and options for therapy. Foster or adoptive parents need to claim the role of parent in the child's life, the authors advise, suggesting ways to deal with teachers and other authority figures in the child's life. The book includes a variety of resources on, among other topics, finance, therapy for siblings and parents, cultural differences, and marriage counselling
Vulnerable children: young runaways and children abused through prostitution
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Many children will experience pressures in their lives from within their family or from their peers and wider community. For some children these pressures will increase the possibility of damaging behaviour and negative outcomes such as self-harm, substance misuse, sexual exploitation through prostitution and running away. Research has shown that one in nine (11%) children in Scotland ran away or were forced to leave home before the age of 16. This paper outlines: why the needs of young runaways and children involved in sexual exploitation through prostitution are important; the preventative work which is being taken forward to address the underlying issues which may increase a child’s vulnerability; and the provision of services to support children and young people.
Impact of an intergenerational programme on fourth graders' attitudes toward elders and school behaviours
- Authors:
- CUMMINGS Sherry M., WILLIAMS Mona M., ELLIS Rodney A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 6(3), 2002, pp.91-107.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The rapid growth of the elderly population coupled with research demonstrating the existence of ageist stereotypes even among very young children have led to the rise of intergenerational programmes. Very limited research has been conducted, however, to demonstrate the effectiveness of these programmes in producing attitudinal change or other beneficial outcomes for at-risk children. This study examined the impact of an intergenerational program on children's attitudes toward elders and on their school-based behaviours.
Risk factors for child abuse and neglect among former TANF families: do later leavers experience greater risk?
- Authors:
- OVWIGHO Pamela Caudill, LEAVITT Katharine L., BORN Catherine E.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 25(1/2), January 2002, pp.139-163.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Recent research has found that families leaving the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) in later years of reform face more challenges to leaving welfare to work and are not faring as well as earlier exiters. This American study uses data from a large scale, longitudinal study of leavers of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to examine the risk factors for child maltreatment. Of the families studied (17,441 children from 8,900 families) over 7 percent experiences a child protective services investigation during the first year after exit, in which abuse or neglect was substantiated or indicated. Child welfare history emerged as one of the most significant predictors of child abuse and neglect. Results found the risk of substantiated child protection service report is higher for later leaving families, even after controlling for family characteristics and post-exit experiences.