Monthly Archives: April 2012

Systematic review of models of analysing significant harm.

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Systematic review of models of analysing significant harm.
Summary: Identifies, appraises and evaluates available tools for measuring the likelihood of significant harm to children. Includes a brief summary of the advantages and disadvantages of each tool including: the Children’s Research Centre – Structured Decision-Making System; Comprehensive Assessment Tool (CAT); Victorian Risk Framework (VRF); Graded Care Profile (GCP); Signs of Safety (SoS); and Resilience Matrix (RM). Features recommendations on the potential for implementing such tools in England and identifies areas in need of further research.
Publication details: [London]: Department for Education (DfE), 2012 pp 101
ISBN: 9781781050873
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Authors: Barlow, Jane, and Fisher, Joanne D., and Jones, David

Stop child trafficking in its tracks: advice for A&E department and walk-in clinic staff.

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Stop child trafficking in its tracks: advice for A&E department and walk-in clinic staff.
Summary: Leaflet for accident and emergency (A&E) and walk-in clinic staff explaining what child trafficking is and why children are trafficked into the UK. Outlines risk indicators and signs that a child may have been trafficked. Also offers advice on how to respond to concerns including disclosures.
Publication details: [London]: NSPCC, 2012 pp 6
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Corporate authors: NSPCC. National Child Trafficking Advice and Information Line (CTAIL)

Stop child trafficking in its tracks [advice for social workers].

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Stop child trafficking in its tracks [advice for social workers].
Summary: Leaflet for social workers explaining why children are trafficked and offering advice on how to respond to child trafficking concerns.
Publication details: [London]: NSPCC, 2012 pp [4]
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Corporate authors: NSPCC. National Child Trafficking Advice and Information Line (CTAIL)

Child trafficking is child abuse.

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Child trafficking is child abuse.
Summary: Leaflet for professionals explaining the reasons why children are trafficked and outlining the support and services available from the NSPCC’s National Child Trafficking Advice and Information Line (CTAIL). Includes a brief case study of 14-year-old Van, who was trafficked from South East Asia to the UK.
Publication details: [London]: NSPCC, 2012 pp 2
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Childhood cruelty to animals: psychiatric and demographic correlates.

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Childhood cruelty to animals: psychiatric and demographic correlates.
Summary: Compares two groups within a child psychiatric unit in the American Midwest, those who were recorded as being cruel to animals and those who were not. Those who were recorded as cruel to animals had more difficulties with peers, were more often perpetrators of bullying and were more likely to have been sexually abused and to have a history of sexually aggressive behaviour and acting out. Recommends screening for animal cruelty in assessments in child mental health settings.
Publication details: Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma Volume 20 Issue 7, 2011 pp 812-819
Authors: Boat, Barbara W., et al.

Child maltreatment and allostatic load: consequences for physical and mental health in children from low-income families.

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Child maltreatment and allostatic load: consequences for physical and mental health in children from low-income families.
Summary: Investigates child maltreatment and biomarkers of allostatic load in relation to child health and psychological problems. Sample consisted of 137 maltreated and 110 non-maltreated children from low income families who were aged 8 to 10 years old. As well as physical indicators of allostatic load such as blood pressure, child self reports were obtained and mothers provided information on health problems. Results indicated that higher allostatic load and child abuse and neglect status independently predicted poorer health outcomes and greater behavioural problems.
Publication details: Development and Psychopathology Volume 23 Issue 4, 2011 pp 1107-1124
Authors: Rogosch, Fred A., and Dackis, Melissa N., and Cicchetti, Dante

Allostatic processes in the family.

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Allostatic processes in the family.
Summary: Looks at how early exposure to stressful family environments affects mental and physical health in adulthood. Identifies ways in which immediate responses to stressors can impact longer term development and health. Details how outcomes aimed at protection from immediate danger (such as heightened vigilance, and enhanced responses to infectious microorganisms) can manifest as disadvantages in later development.
Publication details: Development and Psychopathology Volume 23 Issue 3, 2011 pp 921-938
Authors: Repetti, Rena L., and Robles, Theodore F., and Reynolds, Bridget

The effectiveness of training and support for carers and other professionals on the physical and emotional health

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The effectiveness of training and support for carers and other professionals on the physical and emotional health and well-being of looked-after children and young people: a systematic review.
Summary: A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of training provided to carers on the physical and emotional health and well-being of looked-after children and young people. Found six studies all focusing on foster carers. Three studies from the USA reported a benefit of training and three from the UK reported no benefit. Those reporting a benefit had longer-duration training, shorter follow-up assessment and recruited carers of younger children than studies that reported no benefit.
Publication details: Child: Care, Health and Development Volume 38 Issue 2, 2012 pp 162-174
Authors: Everson-Hock, E. S., et al.

The benefits and challenges of kinship care.

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The benefits and challenges of kinship care.
Summary: Looks at the positive and negative aspects of relative care. Considers which service model would be best placed to optimise the benefits of kinship care, how it should be financed, and how it fits in with adoption and guardianship. Recognises kinship care as a unique form of fostering and one which requires a new approach from both policy makers and practitioners.
Publication details: Child Care in Practice Volume 18 Issue 2, 2012 pp 127-146
Authors: O’Brien, Valerie

Adoptive parents’ suspicion of preadoption abuse of their adopted children and the use of support services.

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Adoptive parents’ suspicion of preadoption abuse of their adopted children and the use of support services.
Summary: A US study examining whether pre-adoption abuse has a significant impact on the use of support services by adopted children aged 6-17 years. Found 7 out of 10 adopted children had used some form of support service and a larger percentage of children aged 6 to 12 years suspected of experiencing pre-adoption abuse used a support service compared with children not suspected of experiencing abuse. Significant relationships existed between type abuse and the use of different types of support services.
Publication details: Child: Care, Health and Development Volume 38 Issue 2, 2012 pp 175-185
Authors: Ward, B. W.