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Wekerle, Christine – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
A human rights perspective places the care for children in the obligation sphere. The duty to protect from violence is an outcome of having a declaration confirming inalienable human rights. Nationally, rights may be reflected in constitutions, charters, and criminal codes. Transnationally, the United Nation's (UN) Convention on the Rights of the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Evidence, Intervention, Well Being
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Ellenbogen, Stephen; Klein, Benjamin; Wekerle, Christine – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The profound injuries caused by child maltreatment are well documented in the neurological, attachment, cognitive, and developmental literature. In this review paper, we explore the potential of early childhood education (ECE) as a community-based resilience intervention for mitigating the impacts of child abuse and neglect and supporting families…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Early Childhood Education, Resilience (Psychology), Intervention
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Wekerle, Christine; Leung, Eman; Wall, Anne-Marie; MacMillan, Harriet; Boyle, Michael; Trocme, Nico; Waechter, Randall – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: For child protective services (CPS) youth who may have experienced more than one form of maltreatment, the unique contribution of emotional abuse may be over-looked when other forms are more salient and more clearly outside of accepted social norms for parenting. This study considers the unique predictive value of childhood emotional…
Descriptors: Intervention, Antisocial Behavior, Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder