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Frantsman-Spector, Alin; Shoshana, Avihu – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
This article examines the life stories of adults in Israel who were defined as 'at-risk children' in their childhood and removed from their homes by court order to therapeutic boarding schools against the backdrop of 'inadequate parenting,' 'neglect,' and/or 'abuse.' The findings reveal how graduates experienced their forced removal from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Early Experience, Educational Experience
Kosher, Hanita, Ed. – Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2015
This document, based on the statistical yearbook, "Children in Israel 2014," presents data on the population of young children in Israel. The document presents a current picture of the well-being of young children in Israel intended to assist policy-makers and practitioners to understand the situation of this group of children and to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Well Being, Age Differences
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Gal, Gilad; Levav, Itzhak; Gross, Raz – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
The association between childhood and adolescent abuse and suicidal behavior, and the possible contribution of abuse to sex differences in non lethal suicidal behavior, was investigated. Data were extracted from the Israel-based component of the WHO World Mental Health Survey (Kessler & Utsun, 2008a). Increased risk for ideation, plan, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Suicide, Child Abuse
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Ronen, Tammie – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
The Renata Adler Memorial Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection operates within the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel-Aviv University in Israel. The main aims of this research center are to facilitate study and knowledge about the welfare of children experiencing abuse or neglect or children at risk and to link such knowledge to…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Social Work, Child Abuse
International Child Development Initiatives (NJ1), 2009
International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) is a Dutch non-profit organization with a world-wide brief, and a focus on transitional and developing countries. ICDI promotes the well-being of children growing up in difficult circumstances. As a result of the global recession, 2009 was a challenging year for many organizations working in the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Child Development
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Shor, Ron – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
Israeli pediatricians (N=135) rated 40 vignettes of abuse and neglect for risk to the child and willingness to report. They also rated 15 signs for significance in suspected maltreatment. Pediatricians ranked biomedical concerns as riskier than psychological abuse or educational neglect. They were less willing to report child maltreatment to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Clinical Diagnosis
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Shor, Ron – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Compared knowledge and attitudes regarding inappropriate parenting among immigrant parents from European and Caucasus countries of the former Soviet Union residing in Israel. Found that immigrants from the Caucasus related inappropriate parental behaviors to what is normative, whereas European immigrants were concerned with potential harm to the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Rearing