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Martin, Aisling; Nixon, Carol; Watt, Kirsty Leanne; Taylor, Abigail; Kennedy, P. J. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: "Adverse Childhood Experiences" (ACEs) have been linked to negative outcomes for adult behavioural, physical and mental health. There is limited research into the prevalence of ACEs experienced by children and young people in the children and young people secure estate, and specifically, a lack of research into England's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, Early Experience, Trauma
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Neagoe, Ioana M.; Papasteri, Claudiu C. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Children and adolescents in residential care have more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) than those living in any other type of care. However, there is scant research on risk factors accounting for this accumulation. Objective: To establish the prevalence of ACEs in child residential care and to explore predictors of accumulation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Residential Care
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Overcamp-Martini, Mary Ann; Nutton, Jennifer S. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2009
Children in out-of-home care due to familial maltreatment and other developmental and behavioral problems remain at risk for abuse and neglect in the very placements designed for care and treatment. The background of federal involvement in Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) requirements, as well as the states' responses for…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Child Care, Child Abuse, Child Neglect