differential response

Differential response describes a child welfare service response provided after a report of maltreatment. Such alternative child welfare service responses vary by jurisdiction and according to factors including the type and severity of alleged maltreatment and the willingness of the family to participate in services.

Title	Year of Publication
Information Sheet What is Child Physical Abuse?	2024
Journal article The manifest and latent functions of differential response in child welfare	2016
Journal article What's so different about differential response? A multilevel and longitudinal analysis of child neglect investigations	2016
Journal article Does differential response make a difference: Examining domestic violence cases in child protection services	2015
Information Sheet A Profile of Customized and Traditional Investigations in Ontario in 2008	2012
Book chapter Making the Connection: Strategies for Working with High-risk Youth	2009
Journal article From Evolving Discourses to New Practice Approaches in Domestic Violence and Child Protective Services	2008
Report Empowering Families, Strengthening and Protecting Children: Introducing Kinship Program and Family Group Conferencing Program at the Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex	2007
Report The Perceived Utility of Child Maltreatment Risk Assessment and Clinical Assessment Tools	2007
Report Family Group Conferencing: Assessing the long-term effectiveness of an alternative approach in child protection	2006