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Mills, Ryan; Scott, James; Alati, Rosa; O'Callaghan, Michael; Najman, Jake M.; Strathearn, Lane – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objective: To examine whether notified child maltreatment is associated with adverse psychological outcomes in adolescence, and whether differing patterns of psychological outcome are seen depending on the type of maltreatment. Methods: The participants were 7,223 mother and child pairs enrolled in a population-based birth cohort study in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mental Health, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Davis, Deborah Winders; Pressley-McGruder, Gloria; Jones, V. Faye; Potter, Deborah; Rowland, Michael; Currie, Melissa; Gale, Bruce – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013
Child sexual abuse poses a serious threat to public health and is often unreported, unrecognized, and untreated. Prevention, early recognition, and treatment are critically important to reduce long-term effects. Little data are available on effective methods of preventing child sexual abuse. The current research demonstrates a unique approach to…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Prevention, Qualitative Research
Herman-Smith, Robert L. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: A 2003 amendment to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) required states to develop plans to ensure that children younger than the age of 3 years who are victims of substantiated abuse or neglect have access to developmental screenings. Programs authorized under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Early Intervention, Toddlers, Infants
Fossey, Richard; Trujillo-Jenks, Laura; Eckes, Suzanne – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2013
Public schools are full of incidents that fill newspapers, but when a private school is struck with instances of libel, child abuse, and violations of Title IX, the community is at a loss as to what to do.
Descriptors: Private Schools, High Schools, Catholic Schools, Libel and Slander
Strawbridge, Marilyn – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2013
Because children and adolescents are not just miniature adults, it is important to know that children might be vulnerable to injury and may not respond positively to certain types or intensities of training. It is also important to recognize how training can positively affect growth and development, so it can be judiciously applied at critical…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Child Safety, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
Samuels, Bryan; Brown, Brett Vaughn – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
In their critique of differential response (DR), Hughes and colleagues raise a number of important issues that are central to broader efforts at the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) including the need for greater reliance on evidence-based practice in child welfare, more rigorous evaluation methodologies, and a robust set of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
Perry, Robin Ernest – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Hughes, Rycus, Saunders-Adams, Hughes, and Hughes's article represents an important effort to critically examine the foundation of thought and empirical evidence associated with the rise in prominence of differential response (DR) within child welfare systems throughout the United States. The insights and criticisms offered are an important…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
Luke, Nikki; Banerjee, Robin – Developmental Review, 2013
The extreme parenting experiences encountered by children who are physically abused or neglected place them at increased risk for impaired socio-emotional development. There is growing evidence that maltreated children may apprehend interpersonal encounters in different ways from children without such traumatic histories. This systematic review…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Emotional Development, Perspective Taking, Correlation
Reddy, Sheethal D.; Negi, Lobsang Tenzin; Dodson-Lavelle, Brooke; Ozawa-de Silva, Brendan; Pace, Thaddeus W. W.; Cole, Steve P.; Raison, Charles L.; Craighead, Linda W. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2013
Compared to the general population, youth in foster care experience multiple psychosocial difficulties due to exceptionally high rates of maltreatment. Many youth in care receive psychological and/or psychotropic treatment but not all require or are willing to accept that level of intervention. For many, a "mental health" approach feels…
Descriptors: Intervention, Adolescents, Foster Care, Altruism
Fallon, Barbara; Chabot, Martin; Fluke, John; Blackstock, Cindy; MacLaurin, Bruce; Tonmyr, Lil – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objective: Fluke et al. (2010) analyzed Canadian Incidence Study on Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) data collected in 1998 to explore the influence of clinical and organizational characteristics on the decision to place Aboriginal children in an out-of-home placement at the conclusion of a child maltreatment investigation. This study…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Incidence
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
Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Missing Children in the Coastal Region of Sao Paulo State, Brazil
Gattás, Gilka Jorge Figaro; Figaro-Garcia, Claudia; Landini, Tatiana Savoia; Estes, Richard J. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2012
The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has emerged as one of the world's most heinous crimes. The problem affects millions of children worldwide and no country or community is fully immune from its effects. This paper reports first generation research of the relationship that exists between CSEC and the phenomenon of missing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Crime, Sexual Abuse, Children
Kellett, Megan, Ed.; Tambascio, Donna, Ed. – Wellesley Centers for Women, 2012
The "Research & Action Report," published twice a year, is a window on the activities and initiatives at the Wellesley Centers for Women. The report typically features news about the Centers, interviews with researchers, commentary on recent events or social trends affecting women and girls, announcements of new publications, and much more.…
Descriptors: Females, Children, Slavery, Sociocultural Patterns
Panigabutra-Roberts, Anchalee – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2012
This second part of a two-part series is a survey of U.S. government web resources on human trafficking in the United States, particularly of the online publications and data included on agencies' websites. Overall, the goal is to provide an introduction, an overview, and a guide on this topic for library staff to use in their research and…
Descriptors: Internet, Library Personnel, Crime, Federal Government
Ballet, Jerome; Bhukuth, Augendra; Hamzetta, Bilal – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
"Talibe" children are children sent to Quranic schools (daaras), where they are completely dependent on a master, known as a marabout. This is a very common system of education in formerly French-speaking countries in West Africa. In the last 10 years or so, numerous cases of violence towards "talibe" children have been…
Descriptors: Violence, Risk, Foreign Countries, Child Abuse