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Week ending 03 July 2009
| | | Childhood interrupted: growing up under the cruel regime of the Sisters of Mercy. |
| | Memoir of a woman who was raped by a neighbour as an eight-year-old. Her mother was deemed to be negligent and in 1950 she and her sister were placed in an industrial school run by the Sisters of Mercy order of nuns where they experienced hard labour, floggings, starvation and humiliation until they left aged sixteen. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Virago Press, 2005 pp 244 |
| | ISBN: | 9781844081189 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QLJ KCY EL |
| | Authors: | O'Malley, Kathleen |
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| | | Systematic reviews of interventions following physical abuse: helping practitioners and expert witnesses improve the outcomes of child abuse. |
| | Research investigating whether effective interventions exist for children and families where a child has experienced physical abuse. The review focuses on secondary prevention of adverse outcomes and recurrence of abuse in children who have experienced maltreatment. Interventions are grouped into three categories: child-focused, parent-focused, and family focused. Findings indicate there is limited research on child-focused therapies, particularly those that involve only the child in treatment. Recommends that policy should prioritise funding for interventions that are supported by strong evidence for improving outcomes for children. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 6 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Montgomery, Paul et al |
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| | | To what extent have local training, and implementation of Fabricated or Induced Illness by carers (FII) guidelines, improved professionals understanding of FII and impacted on practice to safeguard children? |
| | Dissertation submitted in application for MA in Child Studies, King's College University of London. 300 health professionals employed within a primary care trust and hospital trust were interviewed using questionnaires. Half of the selected respondents had attended local training on FII and half had not been trained. Focus groups composed of volunteers from the two groups were then used to explore the themes that emerged. Concludes that training has a significant impact on practice by raising professional awareness about the FII, the guidance and the support available. |
| | Publication Details: | London: University of London. King's College, 2008 pp 123 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QJK GF |
| | Authors: | Birbeck, Sue |
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| | | Emotion recognition abilities and empathy of victims of bullying. |
| | Looks at the emotion recognition abilities of children who were victims or perpetrators of physical bullying or relational (indirect) bullying. Findings showed physical victims did not have poorer abilities compared to bullies and neutrals (children who were not victims or bullies). Relational victims were not as adept as others at recognising emotions, most specifically on recognising angry and fearful faces. Bullies did not show the lowest levels of empathy compared to victims and neutral children. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 5, 2009 pp 307-311 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Woods, Sarah et al |
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| | | Out of the forest into the light. |
| | Case note on the provision of care by 'Radical Services', a therapeutic service for young people, for a 13 year old girl with a history of serious self harm. The girl was placed in a remote residential unit, risking the possibility she may self harm in a setting far from emergency services, in order to reduce the stress of urban living and treated using Transactional Analysis. |
| | Publication Details: | Community Care Volume 1776, 2009 pp 22-23 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Drinkwater, Mark |
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| | | Recurrent caustic esophagitis: a clinical form of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. |
| | Reports on a case involving a 9-month-old infant suffering from caustic oesophagitis following administration by the child's mother of an anti-limescale agent in her food. Highlights there have been no previous reports on recurrent caustic oesophagitis as a result of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) (also referred to as Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII)). |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 5, 2009 pp 293-295 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Clin, Benedicte et al |
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| | | Giving young witnesses a voice: experiences in criminal trials. |
| | CD of sound recordings of young witnesses made during the study "Measuring up? Evaluating implementation of government commitments to young witnesses in criminal proceedings" (Plotnikoff and Woolfson, 2009). Topics include: being called a liar; demonstrating intimate touching; pre-trial support; delays; choosing how to and waiting to give evidence; whether judges should wear wigs; how witnesses felt they were dealt with at trial; advice to other young witnesses. Notes give the gender and age of each speaker and a summary of their comments. Also includes PDFs of "Measuring up?" research report and good practice guidance. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: NSPCC, 2009 |
| | Shelf Mark: | DISK |
| | Corporate Authors: | NSPCC; Nuffield Foundation |
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| | | Measuring up? Evaluating implementation of Government commitments to young witnesses in criminal proceedings. |
| | Compares recent government policies and guidance with children's experiences before, during and after trial to evaluate how well criminal justice organisations identify and respond to the needs of young witnesses. 182 young witnesses were interviewed. Most of the children interviewed for the study (87 per cent) gave evidence in sex abuse or violence cases. Findings show that young witnesses often have to wait more than a year to give evidence in Crown Court cases in England and Wales. More than one in three children said their hearings had been rescheduled at least once. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: NSPCC, 2009 pp 210 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Plotnikoff, Joyce, and Woolfson, Richard |
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| | | Measuring up? Evaluating implementation of Government commitments to young witnesses in criminal proceedings. Executive summary. |
| | Compares recent government policies and guidance with children's experiences before, during and after trial to evaluate how well criminal justice organisations identify and respond to the needs of young witnesses. 182 young witnesses were interviewed. Most of the children interviewed for the study (87 per cent) gave evidence in sex abuse or violence cases. Findings show that young witnesses often have to wait more than a year to give evidence in Crown Court cases in England and Wales. More than one in three children said their hearings had been rescheduled at least once. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: NSPCC, 2009 pp 19 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QDI 9BT |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Plotnikoff, Joyce, and Woolfson, Richard |
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Child and family services |
| | | Big bully: a resource pack to support schools and out-of-school clubs to run an anti-bullying awareness raising day. |
| | A resource pack which aims to support children and young people, and schools and out-of-school clubs, to create an event exploring issues around bullying. The pack is aimed at primary school age children and includes activity ideas, a training plan and a DVD (10 mins) featuring children and young people sharing ideas about activities for running an anti-bullying project. |
| | Publication Details: | [Durham]: Durham County Council, 2009 pp 35 |
| | Shelf Mark: | JGX X |
| | Corporate Authors: | Spice Project |
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| | | Creative coping skills for children: emotional support through arts and crafts activities. |
| | Aimed at helping parents and professionals teach coping skills to children in need of extra emotional support. Interventions are constructed around arts and crafts activities, workbooks, colouring pages, incentive charts, and prescribed rituals. Projects include making wish fairies, dream catchers, and mandalas; managing unstructured time with activities such as creating comics and tongue twisters; and ideas for soothing, such as taking deep breaths, and playing music. Includes specific interventions for anxious or grieving children such as making worry dolls and shrines. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Jessica Kingsley, 2009 pp 190 |
| | ISBN: | 9781843109211 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QES ITS V |
| | Authors: | Thomas, Bonnie |
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| | | Directory of bereavement services. |
| | Directory providing details of organisations that offer support to bereaved individuals and their families. |
| | Publication Details: | Bradford: Bradford Bereavement Network, 2009 pp 56 |
| | Shelf Mark: | REF/DIR |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Corporate Authors: | Bradford Bereavement Network |
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| | | Outreach to children and families - a scoping study. |
| | A short scoping study was carried out to gather information on identifying and documenting best practice in outreach work in Sure Start Children's Centres. Qualitative case studies were developed with fifteen Children's Centres and six schools providing access to extended services and utilised face-to-face interviews with staff, parents and local authority officers. Other service providers and stakeholders views were obtained through national and local focus groups. A literature review formed a further element of the study. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 145 |
| | ISBN: | 9781847754554 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Corporate Authors: | Capacity |
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| | | Working at the 'edges' of care? European models of support for young people and families. |
| | Summary of cross national study into policy, practice and professional skills of the workforce in four European countries (Denmark, France, Germany and England) when working with young people aged 10-15 at or near the point of requiring accommodation outside their family. Examines range of options available and professional skills of teams working with young people. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 8 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Boddy, Janet et al |
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Child health, development and welfare |
| | | Children caring for themselves and child neglect: when do they overlap? |
| | Considers the difficulties in deciding when leaving a child unsupervised should be considered neglect. Reports on a study into how child welfare agencies handle child neglect referrals. Findings show differences in guidelines and policies mean families investigated in one jurisdiction might not be investigated in another. All agencies reported similar causes (poverty, poor judgment, social isolation) of inadequate supervision and practitioners considered similar factors (child-specific, parental and case-specific) in determining whether to open a case or remove a child. |
| | Publication Details: | Washington D. C.: The Urban Institute, 2006 pp 33 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Zielewski, Erica H., and Malm, Karin, and Geen, Rob |
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| | | Sooooperb spiders. |
| | Story book for children aged around 7 or 8 years of age. Tells of the adventures of a family of spiders who have to move house because the family web has been destroyed by a combination of storms, rain, snow, children, cats and dogs. |
| | Publication Details: | Leeds: McCarton Books, 2006 pp 62 |
| | ISBN: | 9780955361708 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QK3 RG |
| | Authors: | McCarton, Gerry, and Sayles, Karen ill. |
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| | | The house with no snow. |
| | Story book for children aged about 7 to 8 years of age. Lee is a shy boy with no friends and falls victim of Bobby the class bully until a boy from space arrives who becomes Lee's friend and helps him to become the school hero. |
| | Publication Details: | Leeds: McCarton Books, 2006 pp 48 |
| | ISBN: | 9780955361715 |
| | Shelf Mark: | JGX X |
| | Authors: | McCarton, Gerry, and Sayles, Karen ill. |
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| | | Effectiveness of the new Local Safeguarding Children Boards in England: interim report. |
| | Draws upon research undertaken between January 2008 and January 2009, and which is based on three core data sources: a national mapping exercise of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), providing data on the size, membership and organisational structures that have been put in place; a survey of LSCB Chairs, designed to explore the different approaches that LSCBs have adopted to fulfil their core functions and how arrangements are working in practice; and in-depth qualitative interviews with Chairs and Business Managers from six case study areas (12 in total). |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 85 |
| | ISBN: | 9781847754653 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | France, Alan et al |
| | Corporate Authors: | Loughborough University. Centre for Child and Family Research |
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| | | Emotional maltreatment: what works? |
| | Literature review summarising the evidence about what works to prevent child emotional maltreatment before it occurs and also to prevent its recurrence (i.e. once it has taken place), and focuses on the parents or primary carers of children aged 0-19 years. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 12 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Barlow, Jane, and Schrader-MacMillan, Anita |
| | Corporate Authors: | University of Warwick |
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| | | Understanding serious case reviews and their impact: a biennial analysis of serious case reviews 2005-2007. |
| | Presents findings from the fourth biennial analysis of serious case reviews. The study analyses 189 serious case reviews published between 2005 and 2007. Details the serious case review process and policy, and the characteristics and circumstances of the children and their families, and the agency involvement. Outlines the key findings and learning points, and includes a comparison with the 2003-2005 study. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 156 |
| | ISBN: | 9781847754745 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Brandon, Marian et al |
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| | | How useful are skeletal surveys in the second year of life? |
| | Study to test they hypothesis that skeletal surveys would prove to be less useful in the second year of life compared to the first year of life in cases of possible physical abuse, a theory based on clinical impressions. Findings showed no statistical difference between the usefulness of skeletal surveys in the first and second years of life. Concludes the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for skeletal surveys in possible cases of physical abuse are correct and should be followed. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 5, 2009 pp 278-281 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Hansen, Karen Kirhofer, and Campbella, Kristine A. |
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Children's rights, participation and attitudes |
| | | Yes, they can!: children researching their lives. A selection of articles based on the 2nd International Conference on Research with and by Children. |
| | Presents evidence from conference proceedings which explored young people's ability to collect data for research and to transfer the knowledge they acquire to other young people. Includes presentations from young people who conducted their own research projects. |
| | Publication Details: | Baltmannsweiler, Germany: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, 2009 pp 230 |
| | ISBN: | 9783834005618 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QL6 6C |
| | Authors: | Fiedler, Julia ed., and Posch, Christian ed. |
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| | | Young peoples perspectives on the rights of the child: implications for theory, research and practice. |
| | Collection of articles focusing on children's and adolescents' conceptions of their rights and responsibilities. Uses developmental science and theoretical frameworks to address the tensions and complexities of children's rights both locally and globally. |
| | Publication Details: | Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 pp 943 |
| | ISBN: | 9781405194341 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QLA KDB |
| | Authors: | Ruck, Martin D. ed., and Horn, Stacey S. ed. |
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Disability and special needs |
| | | Literature analysis to determine the inclusion of children with disabilities in abuse interventions. |
| | In a letter to the editor, the author highlights that children with disabilities are an understudied population in the field of child abuse. A literature analysis is provided to highlight the need to evaluate the effectiveness of child abuse prevention and intervention programmes for families of children with disabilities. Highlights the benefits such programmes could offer to families with disabled children, and argues that programmes could also help reduce stress and increase competency among parents of children with disabilities. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 6, 2009 pp 326-327 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Fisher, Marisa Helene |
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| | | Fathers matter: the views and experiences of fathers on their involvement with local authority children's services. |
| | DVD (~35 mins) presentation which draws upon research which explores the engagement of fathers with social care services because of child welfare concerns. Considers what barriers exist and how some authorities and practitioners are attempting to address them. Includes a film which can be used to support training of social work students, front line social workers and their managers, as well as supplementary footage for those wishing to explore the issues further. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: Family Rights Group, [2007] |
| | ISBN: | 9781871515596 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QKQ TD |
| | Corporate Authors: | Family Rights Group |
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| | | Impact of family breakdown on children's well-being: evidence review. |
| | Reviews evidence on family breakdown and its effect on children. Shows that although children are at greater risk of adverse outcomes following family breakdown, which can persist into adulthood, the difference between children from intact and non-intact families is a small one. Family functioning seems to have a greater impact on outcomes for children than family structure. |
| | Publication Details: | Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 36 |
| | ISBN: | 9781847754509 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Mooney, Ann, and Oliver, Chris, and Smith, Marjorie |
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| | | Impact of family breakdown on children's well-being: evidence review. |
| | Summary of research report into evidence on family breakdown and its effect on children; full report found at: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR113.pdf Shows that although children are at greater risk of adverse outcomes following family breakdown, which can persist into adulthood, the difference between children from intact and non-intact families is a small one. Family functioning seems to have a greater impact on outcomes for children than family structure. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 36 |
| | ISBN: | 9781847754509 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Mooney, Ann, and Oliver, Chris, and Smith, Marjorie |
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| | | International perspectives on parenting support: non-English language sources. |
| | Presents findings from a study which aimed to build on evidence about what works in parenting support in England by reviewing promising activities in five European countries - Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The study also identified key issues and messages to inform practice in England. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 134 |
| | ISBN: | 9781847754516 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Boddy, Janet et al |
| | Corporate Authors: | University of London. Institute of Education |
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| | | Parenting and conduct disorders. |
| | SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) analysis of research into parenting programmes for parents of children with behavioural problems. Examines recruiting parents, accessibility and uptake, matching parents to programmes, preparing parents for programmes, overcoming barriers, tailored programmes and additional support. |
| | Publication Details: | Community Care Volume 1776, 2009 pp 24-25 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Corporate Authors: | Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) |
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| | | Screening for harsh punishment in a pediatric primary care clinic. |
| | Compares the responses of parents on child punishment questions in a parent screening questionnaire (PSQ) with their answers on the Parent-Child Conflict Tactic Scale (CTSPC). Findings showed harsh punishment experienced by older children was similar to that in published studies but punishment of infants was concerning with a large number of parents using physical (14%) or psychological (21%) punishment against infants. Concludes the PSQ can be used to screen out parents who are not using harsh discipline measures. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 5, 2009 pp 269-277 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Feigelman, Susan et al |
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| | | Child protection and self-regulation in the internet industry: the UK experience |
| | Examines the policy of self-regulation for stopping the sharing of child abuse images on the Internet. Examines the role of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and Internet Service Providers and calls into question the effectiveness of the self-regulatory approach. Advocates the need for more effective leadership from the internet industries. |
| | Publication Details: | Children and Society Volume 23 Issue 4, 2009 pp 303-308 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Carr, John, and Hilton, Zoe |
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| | | Disproportionality in child welfare - prevalence of black and ethnic minority children within 'looked after' and 'children in need' populations and on child protection registers in England. |
| | Examines reasons for the difference in numbers amongst ethnic groups of children in care, children in need or on the child protection registers: over-representation from black and mixed ethnic groups, under-representation from Asian groups. Highlights factors such as lack of access to appropriate support services; greater unwillingness in some cultures to report concerns about a child's safety; and greater uncertainty among child welfare professionals about how to respond appropriately to the needs of minority ethnic families. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp 52 |
| | ISBN: | 9781847754509 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Owen, Charlie, and Statham, June |
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| | | Disproportionality in child welfare - prevalence of black and ethnic minority children within 'looked after' and 'children in need' populations and on child protection registers in England. |
| | Summary of research report examining the reasons for the difference in numbers amongst ethnic groups of children in care, children in need or on the child protection registers: over-representation from black and mixed ethnic groups, under-representation from Asian groups. Full report found at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR124.pdf |
| | Publication Details: | London: Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2009 pp [4] |
| | ISBN: | 9781847754639 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Owen, Charlie, and Statham, June |
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| | | Health service access across racial/ethnic groups of children in the child welfare system. |
| | Study assessing health service access finds receipt of health care did not differ across racial/ethnic groups. However, counselling access was lower for black children than for white children. A history of sexual abuse, adolescence, and greater caseworker effort to secure services were found to increase access to counselling. Concludes that one possible reason why black children are less likely to be identified as needing counselling is the fact that they are less likely than white children to have reports of sexual abuse. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 5, 2009 pp 282-292 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Wells, Rebecca et al |
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| | | How well are they doing? The impact of children's centres and extended schools. |
| | Evaluates the impact of the services provided by extended schools and Sure Start children's centres, particularly on vulnerable groups, and on promoting the "Every child matters" outcomes. Findings show that those schools with the most effective services integrated the development of extended provision into school improvement plans and also had a clear focus on improving outcomes for children and young people. |
| | Publication Details: | London: OFSTED, 2008 pp 34 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Corporate Authors: | OFSTED |
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| | | The five dimensions of social pedagogy within schools. |
| | Examines the concept of 'social pedagogy' in schools: five dimensions are developed as an attempt to identify the key elements of social pedagogy: care and welfare, inclusion, socialisation, academic support and social education. Discusses the role of teachers and other professionals in providing this programme to children in a school setting. |
| | Publication Details: | Pastoral Care in Education Volume 27 Issue 2, 2009 pp 101-108 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Kyriacou, Chris |
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| | | Assessing the effectiveness of the NICHD investigative interview Protocol when interviewing French-speaking alleged victims of child sexual abuse in Quebec. |
| | 83 interviews conducted by Protocol trained police officers and mental health workers with children aged 3 to 13 years were compared with 83 interviews conducted by the same interviewers before they were trained to use the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Protocol. In Protocol interviews, interviewers used more open-ended prompts, asked less questions overall and the number of details per prompt increased. Concludes investigators using the NICHD Protocol needed fewer questions to get relevant information than comparison interviews. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 5, 2009 pp 257-268 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Cyr, Mireille, and Lamb, Michael E. |
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| | | Letter to the editor. |
| | Letter response to a paper published in Volume 31, Number 8 of this journal, concerning a study on anogenital examinations of non- abused children. Argues that an anogenital examination of a child for no medical reason is child abuse. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 6, 2009 pp 328 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | McCarthy, Kevin |
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| | | Response to Kevin McCarthy. |
| | Response to Kevin McCarthy's objections to a study involving genital medical examinations of non-abused children. Argues that his commentary represents a common misunderstanding that a genital medical examination is traumatic, and that there is no evidence supporting this view in this study of non-abused children. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 6, 2009 pp 329 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Gulla, Kari |
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| | | The international epidemiology of child sexual abuse: a continuation of Finkelhor (1994). |
| | Compares prevalence rates of child sexual abuse reported by Finkelhor (1994) with those found in recent publications, in order to confirm the widespread prevalence of child sexual abuse. Thirty-eight independent articles were identified, corresponding to 39 prevalence studies; these articles report the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse in 21 different countries. Results of the comparison suggests a general pattern that has remained more less constant over the years, especially in women. |
| | Publication Details: | Child Abuse and Neglect Volume 33 Issue 6, 2009 pp 331-342 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | Pereda, Noemi et al |
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