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Baker, Amy; Schniederman, Mel; Brassard, Marla R.; Donnelly, Lauren J. – Child Welfare, 2012
Psychological maltreatment (PM) is a widespread form of child maltreatment, both in high-risk and maltreating parents, yet there are no intervention programs that target it directly. In this study, the content of parenting programs for high-risk and maltreating parents was assessed to determine whether the program manuals include content on PM.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Evidence, Intervention, Parent Education
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Rockhill, Anna; Green, Beth L.; Newton-Curtis, Linda – Child Welfare, 2008
The complex issues associated with barriers to treatment entry for parents who are involved with child welfare has not been well explored. Accessing "timely" treatment is now critical for these parents since the introduction of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, limiting the time until a permanency decision is made. Using a longitudinal,…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Child Welfare, Welfare Services, Drug Education
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Massat, Carol Rippey – Child Welfare, 1995
Analyzed findings of previous studies of the adolescent parent population to determine the relationship between age of parent and maltreatment, and whether adolescent parents are overrepresented within the maltreating and foster care populations. Found that adolescents are not overrepresented, suggesting that programs for adolescents should focus…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Rearing, Early Parenthood
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Haight, Wendy L.; Shim, Woochan S.; Linn, Linda M.; Swinford, Laura – Child Welfare, 2007
During in-depth, individual interviews, seventeen battered women involved in the public child welfare system discussed the effects of domestic violence on their children, and their strategies for protecting and supporting them. Most mothers articulated the detrimental effects of domestic violence on their children and coherent strategies to…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Mothers, Child Welfare, Parent Responsibility
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Bryan, George M., Jr.; DeBord, Karen; Schrader, Karen – Child Welfare, 2006
Designing a professional development system for parent educators requires weaving together multiple pieces from within the network of organizations providing parenting education. North Carolina examined how to build a system using the influence of evidence-based programs as well as professional credentialing for parenting educators. A system built…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Systems Building, Design, Parent Education
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Romney, Stephanie C.; Litrownik, Alan J.; Newton, Rae R.; Lau, Anna – Child Welfare, 2006
The influence of disabilities on placement outcomes was examined for 277 children who were removed from their biological parents due to substantiated maltreatment. Results indicated that children with a disability were less likely to reunify and more likely to reside in non-kin foster care two years later than typical children. Children with…
Descriptors: Placement, Physical Disabilities, Foster Care, Child Welfare