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Chemtob, Claude M.; Griffing, Sascha; Tullberg, Erika; Roberts, Elizabeth; Ellis, Peggy – Child Welfare, 2011
The role of parental trauma exposure and related mental health symptoms as risk factors for child maltreatment for parents involved with the child welfare (CW) system has received limited attention. In particular, little is known about the extent to which mothers receiving CW services to prevent maltreatment have experienced trauma and suffered…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Child Welfare, Depression (Psychology), Trauma
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Park, Jung Min; Metraux, Stephen; Brodbar, Gabriel; Culhane, Dennis P. – Child Welfare, 2004
An analysis of 8,251 homeless children in New York City found that 18% of them received child welfare services over the five-year period following their first shelter admission, and an additional 6% had a history of having received such services before their first shelter admission. Recurrent use of public shelters, exposure to domestic violence,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Welfare Services, Housing Needs, Family Violence