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The following are links to articles or web sites involving current research relevant to public child welfare services. The web changes constantly so this is not an exhaustive list. We hope to update this list regularly with pertinent information designed to keep you apprised of the latest research in a given area. If you find other valuable resources to share with other trainers, please email Anita.
Child
Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov
Evidenced Based
Practice
California
Evidenced Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
Child
Trends 2007-Success Drivers
Child
Trends 2007-Replicability
Evidence-Based
Programs to Prevent Children from Entering and Remaining in the Child
Welfare System: Interim Report Stephanie Lee, Steve Aos, Marna Miller
The 2007 Washington Legislature directed the Institute to estimate whether
“evidence-based” programs and policies can “reduce the likelihood of children
entering and remaining in the child welfare system, including both prevention
and intervention programs.” In this interim report, we study two basic
questions: Is there evidence that any programs “work” to improve these
outcomes and, if so, do benefits outweigh program costs?
America's
Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2008
Clearinghouse
Publications Search
National
Adoption Information Clearinghouse Library
National
Center for Cultural Competence
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/
Juvenile
Court
"Juvenile Court Statistics 2000"
Juvenile
Delinquency Guidelines: Improving Court Practice
Stats
and Data
Child
Welfare Services Reports-(CWS/CMS)
Key
National Indicators of Children's
Well-Being 2005
Child
Maltreatment
Total
estimated cost of child abuse and neglect in the U.S.
Shaken
Baby Syndrome
The
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW)
Child
Abuse and Neglect Working Group (CANWG)
Action
for Child Protection. The Differences Between Risk & Safety (Jan. 2003)
Abdominal
Injury Due to Child Abuse
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Child Welfare
Information Gateway
Sexual Abuse
A
National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations
Juvenile
Female and Male Sex Offenders
Substance
Abuse
SAMHSA/CSAT
Treatment Improvement Protocols
Methamphetamine
Resource List: Methamphetamine and its Impact on Women, Children and Families
Maternal
Methamphetamine Use During Pregnancy
Psychiatric
Symptoms and Substance Abuse Disorders in a Nationally Representative Sample of
American Adolescents Involved with Foster Care
Parental
Drug Use As Child Abuse
Guidelines
for safety intervention and management with methamphetamine-using familes
Identifying
and Helping Patients with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders:
A Guide for Primary Care Providers
Hispanic
Females and Substance Abuse Treatment
Domestic
Violence
Domestic
Violence and Children
A
Perspective on Domestic Violence in the Muslim Community
Research
on Family Violence in Military Families
Updated
guidelines for physicians concerning the identification of domestic violence
Risk Assessment
Issues
in Risk Assessment in Child Protective Services
An
Actuarial Model of Violence Risk Assessment for Persons with Mental Disorders
Chronic
Maternal Depression and Children's Injury Risk
Visitation
Improving
the Quality of Home Visitation
Visitation
with Incarcerated Parents
Adoption
About
Adoption: A Children's Views Report
This report from Children's Rights
in the United Kingdom looks at what adopted children themselves think about adoption--about
the way they got adopted, about being an adopted person and whether that makes
a difference at home or at school, and about what might be special about being
adopted
Attachment
The
Importance of Attachment in the Lives of Foster Children: Key Messages from Research
Reinforcing
the Importance of Attachment for Child Welfare Practice
Parenting
Design
Guides: Supports for Parents of Children and Youth, Birth Through Age 20
This
web-site is an excellent resource for those developing training materials and
gaining additional information on child welfare services working with immigrant
and refugee populations. A number of excellent publications can be downloaded:
http://www.brycs.org/default.htm
One of the main criticisms of child welfare reports as outcome measures
has been that they are vulnerable to surveillance bias. Surveillance bias refers
to the possibility that service participants may be more likely to be reported
for maltreatment than comparable nonservice participants because they are subject
to greater scrutiny by virtue of interacting with service providers and service
systems. Where maltreatment reoccurrences are used as benchmarks to evaluate child
welfare systems under federal reporting requirements, surveillance conceivably
could bias findings against those systems that provide greater amounts of services.
This article examines the effects of surveillance bias under three different conditions
to determine what, if any, effects it has on re-reporting for child maltreatment.
Impact
of Surveillance Bias on Analyses of Child Welfare Report Outcomes
Culture and Parenting: A Guide for Delivering Parenting Curriculums to Diverse Families
Deployment
Linked to Increased Child Maltreatment
A study that compared rates of child
maltreatment over time in military and nonmilitary families in Texas found that
maltreatment rates in military families increased in relation to the deployment
of soldiers. Analyzing data on approximately 150,000 children from 2000 to 2003,
researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health found
that the child maltreatment rates increased 30 percent for every 1 percent increase
in the number of active-duty personnel who departed or returned from operational
deployment.
"Effects
of Deployment on the Occurrence of Child Maltreatment in Military and Nonmilitary
Families"
Inflicted skeletal trauma: The relationship of perpetrators
to their victims
Although inflicted skeletal trauma is a very common presentation of
child abuse, little is known about the perpetrators of inflicted skeletal
injuries. Studies exist describing perpetrators of inflicted traumatic
brain injury, but no study has examined characteristics of perpetrators
of inflicted skeletal trauma.
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Child Maltreatment 2006
This 17th annual publication provides national and State findings
on referrals for child maltreatment, substantiated cases, and types of
abuse and neglect. Information on perpetrators of maltreatment, child
protective services (CPS) workload, and preventive and postinvestigation
services is also included.
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/index.htm
Diversity Series-Religion, Cultures and Communities
This DVD series explores some of the many religions and cultures with
which law enforcement officials come into contact. Each video clip offers
tips on working with people of different faiths and backgrounds, including
suggestions for inoffensive law enforcement techniques.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/pubs/diversity.html
Tribal Youth Focus Group Report Will Guide OJJDP Efforts
The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention has released the
report “Building Brighter Futures in Indian Country: What’s on the Minds
of Native Youth”. The report captures the meeting of the 2007 Tribal Youth
Focus Group, which was comprised of boys and girls, ages 10 to 17, from
20 tribes across the United States and their chaperones.
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/typ/download/223353.pdf
Child Abuse and Neglect and American Indians-Overview and Policy Briefing
