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Dodge, Timothy – 1997
The overall topic of this annotated bibliography, directed to users of the Auburn University libraries, is child abuse. It contains 63 federal government publications in 4 major areas: (1) definitions and prevalence of child abuse, including child pornography and pedophilia, family violence, abductions, and emotional abuse; (2) recent legislation,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children
Duker, Laurie – 1992
In an effort to reduce the current epidemic of gun violence among children and adolescents in the United States, this fact sheet presents various approaches to reducing access to and interest in carrying firearms. Suggested approaches to reducing access include: (1) urging parents to turn in their guns to police; (2) repealing anti-gun control…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adolescents, Children, Family Violence
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (DHHS/OHDS), Washington, DC. – 1992
The purpose of this publication is to help the reader understand the problems of child abuse and neglect and become familiar with prevention and intervention efforts. Introductory pages define child abuse and neglect, suggest the scope of the problem, delineate reasons for its occurrence, and explain how to recognize abuse or neglect. This section…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect, Children
Kelley, Barbara R.; Beauchesne, Michelle A. – School Nurse News, 2002
Suggests violence prevention strategies that can be adapted for school health offices. The activity teaches school nurses to: recognize at least four steps in identifying family violence in a health history; discuss at least three parent, child, family, and community activities to reduce family violence; and identify at least three resources to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Community Programs
Dike, Mary Margaret – NHSA Journal, 1996
Describes new services offered by the Community Action Agency of Franklin County, New York, after carefully listening to Head Start families. The agency now operates programs that successfully address problems Head Start families and other members of the community are having with housing, nutrition, domestic violence, and emergency assistance.…
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Programs

McCloskey, Laura Ann; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Examined the link between different forms of family aggression and children's symptoms of psychopathology through interviews with 365 mothers and 1 of each mother's children between the ages of 6 and 12. Found that although domestic violence predicted children's general psychopathology, little evidence was uncovered for the presence of specific…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Child Neglect

Palmer, Sally E.; Brown, Ralph A.; Rae-Grant, Naomi I.; Loughlin, M. Joanne – Child Welfare, 1999
Surveyed adult survivors of abuse about their attempts, as children, to get help by disclosing it to someone who might intervene. Found that disclosure usually did not bring an end to the abuse, and that little action was taken to control the perpetrator; responses received by children were linked to their levels of self-esteem and family…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Adults, Child Abuse, Children

MacKenzie-Keating, Sandra E.; McDonald, Linda – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Reviews research on the effect of marital violence on children. Discusses some of the adjustment problems children face when exposed to parental fighting, the prevalence of marital violence, the factors that may protect children from the effects of violence, and the implications for professionals who work in the area of family violence. (JPB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adjustment Counselors, Behavior Problems, Children

Strickler, Heidi – Mental Retardation, 2001
Characteristics that make individuals with mental retardation more vulnerable to family violence are discussed in the areas of child, adult, and sexual abuse. Common psychological effects of this trauma are then explored followed by implications for practice. A case study of a female with mental retardation is presented. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Children
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2009
This publication is intended to help ensure full and prompt implementation of the improvements in the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act for children being raised by grandparents and other relatives. It was prepared by 18 organizations, many of whom have been working individually and together for a number of years to…
Descriptors: Human Services, Family Violence, State Courts, Family Programs
Malchiodi, Cathy A. – 1994
Although many clinicians use drawing tasks to assess children who have been exposed to family violence, few professionals are aware of current research in this area. Professionals should be apprised of the graphic indicators of child abuse in drawings, reliable art-based assessment tools, and legal and ethical principles surrounding the use of…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Child Abuse, Child Behavior

Christopoulos, Christina; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1987
Compared individual and familial adjustment of 40 battered women and their children with that of 40 community families. Abused women were much more distressed than were community women. Found significant differences between children on internalizing and externalizing subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist. Found no between-group differences in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Battered Women, Behavior, Children
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Board on Children, Youth, and Families. – 2000
This workshop coordinates with the publication of a volume of "The Future of Children." The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers, policymakers, health providers, and law enforcement to review available research literature on children and domestic violence. Topics that were addressed include prevalence and effect of…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Children, Counselors
Levy, David L., Ed. – Speak Out for Children, 1999
This document comprises the three issues of Volume 13 of the "Speak Out for Children" newsletter, published to strengthen families through education and to assist children of unwed parents, separation, and divorce. The Spring 1998 issue contains articles on joint custody and the reduction of parental conflict, access grant programs,…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Children, Childrens Rights, Court Litigation
Thomson, Nam Hee – 2000
This paper begins by reviewing literature relevant to the history of children of battered women and difficulties in defining domestic violence. Major attempts to explain the behavioral profile of children of battered women include issues related to family characteristics and patterns; effects of family violence on children; links between marital…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Child Development