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Direct linkFeldman, Marion; El Husseini, Mayssa'; Dozio, Elisabetta; Drain, Elise; Radjack, Rahmeth; Moro, Marie Rose – Child Care in Practice, 2019
Close observation of the interactions between a traumatised mother and her infant son provides information on the modes of transmission of psychic trauma in the mother-infant dyad. Following the presentation of a current literature review on the theme, the subject of "radioactive residue" and counter-transference in the transmission of…
Descriptors: Trauma, Mothers, Infants, Foreign Countries
Mc Elhinney, Helena; Taylor, Brian J.; Sinclair, Marlene – Child Care in Practice, 2021
Protecting an unborn baby from abuse and neglect presents particular challenges for professionals due to the uncertainties about appraising future harm and functioning of family relationships. This systematic narrative review synthesises studies of professional decision making by health and social care professionals regarding child protection of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Prenatal Care, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Lazenbatt, Anne – Child Care in Practice, 2013
Although child maltreatment due to abuse or neglect is pervasive within our society, less is known about fabricated or induced illness by carers (FII), which is considered to be a rare form of child abuse. FII occurs when a caregiver (in 93% of cases, the mother) misrepresents the child as ill either by fabricating, or much more rarely, producing…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Care, Medical Services, Mothers
Holt, Stephanie – Child Care in Practice, 2011
Drawing on a three-year Irish research study, this paper focuses on the decision-making process in child contact, specifically the assessment and management of risk of continuing abuse to young people previously exposed to domestic abuse. A mixed methodological approach involved the completion of survey questionnaires by 219 mothers and the…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Abuse, Mothers, Participant Observation
Lapierre, Simon; Cote, Isabelle – Child Care in Practice, 2011
This article presents findings from a study that investigated child protection policies and practices, and focuses on data gathered in a child protection agency located in Quebec, Canada. This research project draws upon a qualitative case-study methodology, involving a documentary analysis of both national and local child protection policies, as…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Mothers, Foreign Countries
Jennens, Roger – Child Care in Practice, 2009
This article discusses the wider implications of a pattern of behaviour in which a parent, usually the mother, persistently presents a false story of illness or disability in the child. Such behaviour can be harmful to the child. The parent may deliberately produce symptoms of illness; the child may be exposed to unnecessary but painful and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mothers, Psychological Patterns, Mental Disorders
