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'Failure to thrive' revisited
- Author:
- BATCHELOR Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 17(3), May 2008, pp.147-149.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The term "non-organic failure to thrive" (FTT) has long been used in relation to young children with faltering growth for which no organic cause is found. In this paper, problems arising from dichotomised organic/non-organic responses to FTT are explored and reasons for the assumption that non-organic FTT was always due to emotional abuse or neglect are presented. The case is made that, except in a minority of cases, children fail to grow because they consume insufficient calories. Research studies on reasons for poor intake, from factors related to the child and their parents to the wider family and environment, are summarised. Following a brief reference to literature on outcomes, the author argues that centile charts should be routinely completed for all young children. If faltering growth is identified, a multi-factorial assessment should be undertaken. Such an assessment reduces the risk of interventions being based on outdated assumptions about non-organic FTT and maximises the potential for successful resolution of poor growth. After briefly summarising the literature on interventions, the author concluded with suggestions for improving practice in this field, including working in partnership with families and with health and social care professionals already known to them.
Dependence and independence: perceptions and management of risk in respect of children aged 12-16 in families with working parents
- Authors:
- LEWIS Jane, SARRE Sophie, BURTON Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 10(1), February 2007, pp.75-92.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The contributions that adult men and women make to households in terms of paid and unpaid work have undergone substantial change, particularly in respect of women's responsibility for income generation, and have been seen as part of the processes of individualization. Recent contributions to the literature have suggested that children are now acquiring independence earlier as part of those same processes. The paper uses qualitative methods to explore the way in which parents in two-parent families, where both are employed, perceive the risks attached to children's exercise of greater independence, how they seek to ‘manage’ those risks and how far the perceptions of parents accord with those of children. The authors find parents’ perceptions of risk to be strong, but to have little to do with working patterns. In addition, they are often at odds with the actual behaviour of the child. Risks are managed by negotiation, in which children played an active part. The authors are also able to make some preliminary comments on the difficulties of interpreting scale measures in relation to interview evidence.
Externalizing behavior disorders in child welfare settings: definition, prevalence, and implications for assessment and treatment
- Authors:
- KEIL Vivien, PRICE Joseph M.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 28(7), July 2006, pp.761-779.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The literature examining the externalizing behavior disorders of youth in child welfare settings reveals a general consensus regarding the severity and nature of these problems. Unfortunately, there is not agreement as to the operational definition of externalizing problems. The authors propose an operational definition in light of the existing literature and DSM-IV-TR criteria and then summarize the prevalence rates of externalizing problems in child welfare settings found across several investigations. The authors assert that this population is difficult to target for assessment and treatment due in part to the heterogeneity of the specific types of behavior problems exhibited by this group. A variety of behavior rating scales, diagnostic interviews, and instruments used for subtyping externalizing behavior disorders are reviewed with a discussion of their psychometric properties and practical utility in child welfare settings. The heterogeneity found among these youth suggests the need for a more comprehensive and dynamic assessment and treatment model, such as the multi-gating approach used by The Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.
Framework with clout
- Author:
- CRAGG Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.5.01, 2001, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Local authorities are falling foul of guidance on Children Act assessments introduced last year. Examines what has to be done under the guidance for social workers to discharge their duty correctly.
Assessing risk to children who live with family violence: a safety assessment form pilot
- Authors:
- FIELDING Kathy, TAYLOR Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 18, April 2001, pp.39-44.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Describes a New Zealand interagency initiative to address family violence affecting children, against a background of increased reporting and arrest rates and concern about how agencies can identify and more effectively respond to affected children and young people.
Assessment and the control of social work: an analysis of reasons for the non-use of the child assessment order
- Author:
- DICKENS Jonathan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 2 1993, 1993, pp.88-100.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The Child Assessment Order was one of the most hotly debated features of the Children Act 1989, but since the implementation of the Act there has been very little use of the Order. Discusses research into this phenomenon, whose findings are located within a theoretic framework encompassing perspectives on the relationship between 'the state' and 'the family', focussing particularly on the political and professional division within 'the state', and on the tensions between the discourses of law and welfare. It is concluded that the ostensibly pragmatic reasons which practitioners give for not using the Order may best be understood as symptoms of an underlying struggle for the control of social work.
Identifying social support resources of at-risk families
- Author:
- TRACY E.M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 35(3), May 1990, pp.252-258.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the method of assessing social support by means of a social network map and discusses the use of this tool for working with families.
Can we protect children from abuse? a review of three cases
- Authors:
- HANSEN C.M., DIAMOND P., LUDWIG S.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 68(6), November 1989, pp.615-621.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
Three examples of mistakes in the recognition of child abuse by doctors, judges and child care workers.
Decision-making and justice : do they register?
- Author:
- CORNWELL N.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 3.8.89, 1989, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Analyses the decision-making process in child protection work and the four possible exits where no further action is taken.
Predicting abuse
- Author:
- HIGGINSON S.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 8.6.89, 1989, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at predictive factors in child protection work and warns of their limitations in determining which children could be abused.