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… Individual and organizational factors that contribute into reentry into out-of-home care Year of Publication 2011 Reviewed By Carrie Smith Citation Yampolskaya, S., Armstrong, M. I., et al. (2011). "Contextual and individual-level predictors of abused children's reentry … This study examines the effect of child and child welfare organization characteristics on the re-entry rate of children to out-of-home-care. The authors describe re-entry as an important indicator given that it may suggest that an additional allegation of serious maltreatment has occurred, that permanency has not yet been achieved, and the well-being of the child could be in jeopardy. Using…
… Promising results of an intervention to reduce substance use and delinquency among middle school girls in foster care Year of Publication 2011 Reviewed By Jennifer Nutton Citation Kim, H. K. & L. D. Leve (2011). Substance use and delinquency among middle school girls in foster care: A … Adolescent girls in foster care are at increased risk of engaging in unhealthy behaviours such as substance misuse and delinquency yet little research has been done to evaluate the efficacy of interventions to reduce health-risking behaviours among this population. This study evaluated the Middle School Success Intervention Program, which is designed to promote prosocial skills and self-efficacy…
… Harsh parenting and family conflict elevate the risk of child behavioural … maternal substance abuse symptoms Year of Publication 2013 Reviewed By Kara Fletcher Citation Conners-Burrow, N. A., McKelvey, L., Pemberton, J. R., Lagory, J., Mesman G.R. and L. Whiteside-Mansell (2013). Moderators of the … This study evaluated harsh parenting and family conflict as potential moderators of the relationship between child externalizing behaviour problems, and symptoms of maternal substance use problems. The authors purposely focused on preschool age children in a community sample to add to a literature predominantly focused on adolescent outcomes in clinical samples. Participants were recruited from…
… Interventions For Mothers with Concurrent Substance Abuse and Child Neglect Reports Under Child Protective Services Year of Publication 2014 Reviewed By Kara Fletcher Citation Donohue, B., Azrin, N. … of family behavior therapy in concurrent child neglect and drug abuse, Journal of Consulting and Clinical … For the past two decades, researchers have emphasized the need for empirically based behavioural treatments to address child neglect and substance abuse. Using a controlled experimental design, the authors evaluated a family-based behavioural therapy program with mothers who were referred by Child Protective Services (CPS) for child neglect and drug abuse. Family Behaviour Therapy (FBT) is a…
… Normative and problematic sexualized behaviours among children and youth in the child welfare system Year of Publication 2016 Reviewed By Biru Zhou Citation Grossi, L. M., Lee, A. F., … Sexualized behaviours can be observed throughout childhood and adolescence. In this study, the authors examined the patterns of normative sexualized behaviours (NSB) and problematic sexualized behaviours (PSB) among boys and girls in a high-risk child welfare sample. The sample was divided into three age cohorts: age two to seven for the youngest cohort, age 8 to 11 for the middle childhood…
… The impact of childhood maltreatment on depressive and anxiety disorders: Examining personal characteristics, childhood maltreatment domains, and remission Year of Publication 2016 Reviewed By David Blatt, Tara Black & Barbara Fallon … The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between childhood maltreatment and personality characteristics in order to determine the chance of remission of depressive and anxiety disorders in adults. Data was gathered from a longitudinal cohort study (Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety) that included 2,981 participants, aged 18–65 years. The study reports data from baseline…
… youth in a Canadian setting: Implications for policy and practice 2014 Authors Barker, Brittany Kerr, Thomas … government care are often fraught with social, economic, and emotional challenges, including substance misuse and street-involvement. This study aimed to provide an … The long-term trajectories of children who leave government care are often fraught with social, economic, and emotional challenges, including substance misuse and street-involvement. This study aimed to provide an estimate of the prevalence of prior history of government care among street-involved youth through a data from the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), which is a survey of a prospective cohort…
… child welfare involved youth: Results from the Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathway (MAP) longitudinal study 2014 Authors … Masako Wekerle, Christine International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 2, 29-31. 2937 This study … is a secondary analysis of data from MAP (Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathway) longitudinal survey, which randomly … This study examined the experience of dating violence for adolescents involved with the child welfare system. The study is a secondary analysis of data from MAP (Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathway) longitudinal survey, which randomly selected youth between the ages of 14 and 17 from a large urban child welfare catchment area in Ontario. Participating youth were involved with the…
… Intervention for maltreating fathers: Statistically and clinically significant change 2012 Authors Scott, Katreena L. Lishak, Vicky Child Abuse and Neglect, 36(9), pp. 680-684 2834 Little is known about … for fathers (n=98). Changes in parenting, co-parenting, and generalized aggression were measured between pre- and … Little is known about the effectiveness of interventions for fathers who have been substantiated for maltreatment, neglect, or exposing this child to domestic violence. In order to reduce the knowledge gap authors examined the efficacy of a community-based group treatment group for fathers (n=98). Changes in parenting, co-parenting, and generalized aggression were measured between pre- and post-…
… The Impact of Serial Transitions on Behavioral and Psychological Problems Among Children in Child … Conjugal unions tend to be unstable in stepfamilies and single parent families that receive child protection … of serial transitions on behaviour disorders, anxiety and depression. Results showed that the number of times a … In Quebec, 20-30% of children in protection services are from blended families. Conjugal unions tend to be unstable in stepfamilies and single parent families that receive child protection services. The children in these families often experience serial transitions with several episodes of family blending. This study analyzed data from 741 children in child protection services to look at the…