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Lee, Larry Joe. "Community-based intervention services: Program effectiveness in a child protection agency /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487946776021868.
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Khoo, Evelyn Grace. "Protecting Our Children : A comparative study of the dynamics of structure, intervention and their interplay in Swedish child welfare and Canadian child protection." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Univ, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-193.
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Charron, Lianne. "How youth involved in child protection services are included in intervention planning and decision making." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=104769.
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Little is known about youth involved in child protection services and their inclusion in formal planning and decision-making. This study seeks to explore youths' experiences of planning and decisions made about their lives as well as map current child welfare legislation in two Canadian provinces. This study is divided into three types of data collection. The first includes a single case interview with a youth living in foster care. The second is an analysis of secondary data obtained from an agency satisfaction survey, which included 16 youth between 14 and 17 years of age. The third method involved mapping current child protection legislation in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Three main themes emerged from my individual interview: The meaning of participation and decision-making; Intervention planning; and The relationship with caseworker and agency. Secondary data from the agency's satisfaction survey provided further insight about youths' experiences of intervention planning and service provision. Most youth respondents were satisfied with the way they were involved in planning and with the relationship they had with service providers. Legislation was mapped according to different types of decisions, the criteria for inclusion and conditions in place for inclusion. This study is a stepping stone towards a greater understanding of youths' experiences with child protection services. As service providers, we need to develop more collaborative approaches to communicate and work with youth. Researchers, policy makers and professionals must continue to give meaning to young people, especially as active participants in their own lives.II existe peu d'information au sujet des jeunes impliqués dans les services de protection de l'enfance ainsi que de leurs implications en termes de planification et de prises de décisions. Cette étude cherche à explorer l'expérience des jeunes face à la planification et les décisions qui ont un impact sur leurs vies ainsi que cartographier les lois courantes de la protection de l'enfance au Canada. Cette étude est divisée en trois types de collection de données. La première s'agit d'une étude de cas via l'entrevue d'un jeune en foyer d'accueil. La deuxième est une analyse de données secondaire provenant d'un sondage de satisfaction d'une agence externe incluant 16 jeunes âgés de 14 à 17 ans. La dernière méthode implique la cartographie des lois en protection d'enfance courantes dans les provinces de l'Ontario et du Québec Trois thèmes ont ressortit de l'entrevue avec l'individu : la signification de la participation et de la prise de décision; la planification d'intervention et; la relation avec l'agence et l'intervenant assigné au dossier. Bien que les données du sondage de satisfaction ne démontrent pas une différence statistique, on a su comprendre mieux au sujet de leurs expériences de la planification d'intervention et de la provision de services. La majorité des répondants étaient satisfaits avec leur implication et leurs relations avec le travailleur de dossier. La loi fut cartographiée selon le degré d'implication des jeunes dans les différents types de décisions, les critères d'implication et les conditions associées aux critères d'implication. Cette étude représente un premier pas et nous aide à mieux comprendre les expériences spécifiques de la planification et la prise de décisions. Les professionnelles doivent développés des approches collaboratives en ce qui attrait à la communication et le travaille avec les jeunes. Aussi, les chercheurs, les responsables politiques ainsi que les professionnelles doivent continuer à valoriser les jeunes, surtout comme participants actifs dans leurs propres vies.
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Muller, Sharon. "The role of social work practice and intervention in divorce mediation." University of Western Cape, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8449.
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Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)Marriage is one of the oldest institutions of mankind. It is the coming together of a man and woman for the purpose of procreation and society. In our society marriage is a social institution in which a male individual marries a female individual, provided both have attained their respective adulthood as specified by the law of the state. Although the definition of marriage varies with culture it can, in a nutshell, be defined as a social union or legal contract between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between the two of them, between them and their children and between them and their in-laws. It therefore falls within the ambit of those who are specifically trained in psycho-socio counselling to minimise the damaging consequences of a failed marriage.
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Sharland, Elaine Ruth. "Protection, partnership and the promotion of welfare : the experience of professional intervention in child sexual abuse referrals." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310561.
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Whitters, Hazel Grace. "Perceptions of the influences upon the parent-professional relationship in a context of early intervention and child protection." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2015. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=24932.
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Relationship-based practice provides a medium for implementation of strategies in early intervention and child protection. Scottish policy promotes a parent-professional partnership based upon honesty and trust. Little is known of the impact from personal, social, and cultural influences. This study had four aims: to investigate these influences through perceptions of parents and professionals, to compare perceptions of service-users and service-providers, to compare perceptions of professionals from three disciplines, and to investigate contextual factors which accompanied a change in perceptions. Previous studies linked positive outcomes to convergence of perceptions. The methodological approach was interpretivism. Qualitative data was collected from an integrated team of 21 health, education, and social work professionals, and 9 birth mothers affected by addictions and mental health issues. Thematic analysis was applied to interview transcripts, and documentary analysis to a 12 year case file. Parent-professional communicational styles facilitated the creation of a therapeutic alliance and indicated direct informal signalling of need. This led to timely implementation of intervention in the pre-crisis period. Participants agreed on the transferability of this positive relationship to the post-crisis context. An established therapeutic alliance was used by professionals to support parents' relationships with other service-providers. Consensus of professional opinion suggested collective practice by this integrated team. Service-users perceived child protection as a positive, developmental influence. Conversely service-providers expressed negativity associated with physical and emotional harm, and forensic investigation. This variance represented potential weakness in the organisational capacity of the parent-professional dyad. Formation of perceptions was linked to the community culture through childhood experiences and observational learning. Documentary analysis identified a lack of professional response to positive change in a parent's perceptions. Findings indicated that personal, social, and cultural influences may be perceived as strengthening and weakening the parent-professional relationship. It is recommended that perceptions should be recognised within policy and practice in order to optimise positivity, minimise negativity, and to support convergence.
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Lean, Kirstin. "Creating family resilience?" Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3395.
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The balance between family support and child protection services is continuously challenged by high-profile cases. These highlight shortcomings both of the UK system and of research on the effectiveness of child maltreatment interventions (Munro, 2011). One such intervention is the Resolutions Approach to ‘denied’ child abuse (Turnell and Essex, 2006) – a systemic approach which creates a support network including extended family, friends, community members and professionals. There is, however, only limited research analysing the supporters’ experience of this intervention. In the present study five semi-structured group interviews were conducted in order to investigate how the family support network members made sense of their participation in Resolutions. Through a thematic analysis three related themes: returning hope; building safety and trusting a professional were identified. Additionally, special attention was paid to processes linked to the creation of family resilience (Walsh, 2003). Based on two contrasting case studies the potential creation of family resilience through Resolutions was discussed and clinical recommendations for creating family resilience within support networks were outlined.
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Turlais, Amélie. "Pratiques psychothérapeutiques et protection de l’enfant : la décision difficile d’engager un processus de séparation : approches plurielles du processus décisionnel au sein d’une unité de psychothérapie infantile." Thesis, Paris 10, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA100071/document.
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Dans le champ de la protection de l’enfance, le débat sur l’évaluation pour déterminer les besoins et les objectifs d'une intervention socioéducative anime les acteurs de ce champ. Cette recherche s’intéresse à une équipe soignante qui, au sein d’une unité de soins intensifs du soir, accueille après l’école des enfants «agités». Cette équipe peut être amenée à prendre contact avec les services de protection de l'enfance et alors être actrice d'une démarche qui vise à déterminer les objectifs et les besoins d’une intervention des services de protection de l’enfance. Notre démarche compréhensive à partir d’une observation participante appréhende la pratique de ces soignants pour aborder la question de leur relation avec les services de protection de l’enfance. Nous nous sommes appuyée sur l'écologie de la prise de décision pour mettre en relief les différents facteurs qui interagissent dans la décision des soignants de prendre contact avec ces service. Nous définissons les cadres théoriques qui structurent la pratique des soignants et identifions les contraintes et les stratégies des acteurs dans la relation qu'ils construisent pour déterminer les besoins et les objectifs d'une intervention. Nous montrons que les soignants ne s’appuient pas pour s’engager dans un processus de séparation sur des caractéristiques de danger d'une situation mais plutôt sur la capacité des parents à se saisir de l'accompagnement des soignants pour agir sur leurs difficultés. Ces résultats nous conduisent à comprendre à une échelle plus large le passage, dans le travail social, d’une attente de conformisation de l'individu aux attentes sociales à une aptitude de ce dernier à élaborer les difficultés rencontrées pour les anticiper et les surmonter dans une exigence d’autoréalisationIn the last few decade, in the field of child welfare, the debate on assessment to determine both needs and aims of a social intervention has been developing. This research focuses on a mental health care intervention designed for children with behavioral disorders. The children come to the intervention site once school is finished. The intervention team offers care services, but in some situations the question of a possible intervention of child protection services may emerge. The team of mental health clinicians becomes then actor of the assessment process. A comprehensive methodology based on a participant observation enables us to get a better understanding of the clinicians’ practice and address the question of their relationship with child protection services. To underline the different factors which interact with the decision process of the clinicians we use the decision making ecology. We first define theoretical frameworks which structure the team practice. Then we identify constraints such as the French rules of child protection services and strategies used by clinicians such as their expertise position and by child protection workers such as their intermediate position to understand how their relationship is built. We also highlight that the clinician team rather than stressing out the risk of danger for the child may decide to contact child protection services when parents are not able to elaborate on their difficulties. These results lead to a new understanding of social workers’ intervention. Aims are not anymore to conform individuals to the social rules but to help them to elaborate on their difficulties to anticipate and deal with them with a demand of self-realization in mind
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Brown, James Roger. "Trajectories of parents' experiences in discovering, reporting, and living with the aftermath of middle school bullying." Connect to resource online, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2143.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2010.Title from screen (viewed on May 3, 2010). School of Social Work, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Margaret E. Adamek, Valerie N. Chang, Nancy Chism, Rebecca S. Sloan, Lorraine Blackman, Matthew C. Aalsma. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-241).
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Terling, Toni Lynn. "Family reunification practices of child protective services : interventions and outcomes /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Laird, Alexandra Kahnda. "Children who witness their mothers being beaten : the need for child protective services intervention and policies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76015.
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Hopkins, Laura C. "Examining the Potential Protective Effect of Structured Programming on Child Weight during the Summer Months through Intervention and Observational Research." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1510055469050897.
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Forsman, Maria. "Rättsliga ingripanden vid föräldrars våld och övergrepp mot barn." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-68837.
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The thesis concerns two pathways for legal intervention in cases of suspected child abuse at the hands of parents. One pathway is based on social law, where society's utmost tool is child protective custody. The other pathway is criminal law, where the abuse is investigated and enforced as a criminal offence. Sometimes only one of these pathways becomes relevant, sometimes both. The purpose of the thesis is to examine and analyse the regulatory framework and its practical application, and to highlight what the two pathways of intervention can accomplish in relation to the child victim's rights and interests. In the case of child abuse, the (legal) relationship between parents and children - and between children, parents and society - is brought to a head. The study demonstrates that many complex legal issues arise when the person subjecting the child to violence and abuse is the same person who under family law answers for the child's protection, care and representation. It is inter alia noted that the concept "best interests of the child" is interpreted somewhat freely, which can risk overriding the legal rights of the child victim. It is concluded that, in order to secure the child victim's legal protection, the regulation needs many small enhancements, each tailored to the problem conditions.
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Finestone, Michelle. "An Evaluation of a theory-based support group intervention for children affected by maternal HIV / Aids." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40207.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate a 24-week support group intervention programme which was designed to enhance adaptive behaviour of latent-phase children affected by maternal HIV/Aids. The meta-theoretical paradigms underlying the study were pragmatism and realism. The study was embedded in a concurrent nested (QUALquan) mixed-method design. The quantitative approach in the main study followed a quasi-experimental research design whereas the qualitative approach in this study, contributing to the largest part of the analysis in the study, followed a nested multiple case study design. The theory-driven outcome programme evaluation model applied in this study was the integrative process/outcome evaluation approach. The participants (n=139) were purposefully selected from among previously identified HIV-positive women (n=220) with children between the ages of 6 and 10 years at clinics in the Tshwane region, South Africa. Data were collected over a period of five years in multiple waves of intervention implementation. Prolonged, in-depth engagement by the researcher with participants was prioritized. The data collection strategies comprised of mother-and-child psychological questionnaires, group process notes, careworker focus groups, quality assurance questionnaires and field notes. The data were quantitatively analysed by means of a paired-sample t-test for within-group comparisons and descriptive statistics were furthermore applied. The qualitative text and narration obtained through the interviews, documents and focus groups were coded and analysed for themes. The themes of the emergent concepts were re-coded to establish improved defined categories. The different data sampling strategies assisted the researcher in triangulating the data for increased evaluation reliability.
The PhD-study was conducted within a broader longitudinal study on resilience in South African mothers and children affected by HIV/Aids – the Promoting Resilience in Young Children Study. The findings of the Child Support Group Evaluation Study (e.g. PhD) showed that the content, methods and processes employed in the group-based sessions were effective and culturally sensitive. The intervention sessions enhanced the children’s coping skills, internalised and externalised behaviour and daily living, communication and socialisation skills. The group provided a buffer for the children and supported them in coping with their mothers’ illness. The children displayed normative values through their religious coping styles, their quest for and display of respect and their unambiguous assertion of right and wrong. A specific finding of this study was that the children created a sphere or space in which to order their thoughts, behaviours and emotions within the intervention. This provided them with parameters in their adverse circumstances to display adaptive behaviour or resilience which they could use to function adequately. The study suggests that the use of support groups should be incorporated into intervention programmes dealing with latent-phase children affected by HIV/Aids.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Mörner, Robin, and Emelie Tegbäck. "Motståndskraft och skyddsfaktorer hos barn med deprimerade föräldrar : En litteraturstudie." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-6524.
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Larsson, Anna. "Parent-Child Relations as Protective and Promotive Factors for Ethnic Minority Children Living in Relative Poverty : A systematic literature review." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, CHILD, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44209.
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Ethnic minority children living in relative poverty are a high-risk group for poor outcomes in all aspects of wellbeing. The relationship and interactions between child and parent are a key part of child development and a platform for providing positive experiences which can benefit a child’s wellbeing. There is therefore a need to identify what facilitates wellbeing for ethnic minority children in low-socioeconomic status families. By focusing on protective and promotive factors encompassing the parent-child relationship, factors can be identified which can use family strengths as a basis for interventions and practice within healthcare, social work and education, which is what this systematic literature review set out to do. Through a diligent search of the literature, 12 articles were identified for review according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, containing research on African American, Roma, Native American and Hispanic/Latino youth. The results inform how child wellbeing can be facilitated through several parental factors, including parental involvement and support, maternal attachment, paternal warmth and ethnic identity and ethnic socialization. The findings also indicate a need for further studies on paternal influence on wellbeing in especially Native American and Roma youth, as well as the impact of ethnic socialization on youth wellbeing. Parents have an important role to play in child wellbeing and are vital partners alongside the child when planning interventions. Considerations naturally need to be shown for each ethnic minority, the child’s setting and its individual characteristics.
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Yap, Yee-Yin, and Abigail Leffler. "A Communication Analysis for UNICEF Lebanon - A media landscape of Lebanon, media consumption habits of Syrian refugees and potential C4D interventions to promote social inclusion and child/youth protection for Syrian children and youths in Lebanon." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21850.
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The objective of this study is to put forward informed C4D recommendations to help organizations like UNICEF combat the situation for Syrian refugee children and youths in Lebanon, who through displacement and resettling into the complex Lebanese socio-political landscape may be at risk of becoming a lost generation. This paper focuses on the prevention and elimination of actions such as bullying, sexual harassment, gender-based violence, and early marriage.Conceptual framework: the communication theoretical framework considers Bourdieu’s habitus model as well as the uses and gratification model. Concepts conducive to social cohesion include citizenship, communitas and cosmopolitanism.Methodology: data were gathered through a variety of primary and secondary sources. The former includes semi-structured interviews with subject matter experts and analysis of UNICEF’s external communication practices. The latter comprises the collection, assessment, comparison and summarizing of various reports about Lebanese media.Findings: Lebanon has a pluralistic media landscape, though it appears fragmented, reflecting its socio-political sectarian situation. The media in Lebanon is criticized for lack of public service. The arts scene seems to fill a void in terms of examining the collective memory in respect of not only the civil war (1975-1990) but also of social issues arising as a result of globalization and modernity. Syrians in Lebanon consume Lebanese media as much as media from their own country. Interpersonal communication channels appear to be the preferred mode of communication among both the host and the refugee communities, although among the youth social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook are commonplace. Among the traditional media channels, television appears to be popular. The representation of Syrian refugees in Lebanese media is varied, with about one fourth of the published material portraying Syrians as a security issue.Results: a series of C4D recommendations that use sports and the arts as an overarching theme.
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CHEN, YI-YING, and 陳伊盈. "The Means and Boundaries of Government Authority for the Child Protection and Abuse Intervention." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50353525702266416205.
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碩士國立臺北大學
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The rise of social state ideas in recent history enhances the awareness of human rights protection. Most countries, no longer in a passive position, not only legislate a variety of welfare acts but also provide various welfare services actively. Especially for the child of abuse and neglect, the state is willing to apply “protective service” to domestic affairs in order to protect children's rights. However, during the application, the administration presentation which provides benefits to people may cause the change of people’s rights, obligations, and the family autonomy. Although the policy of state is to "state paternalism ," from the Constitution protecting the (fundamental) rights of the people, the government should pay attention to the balance between children's rights and traditional family ethics ; then develop the foreseeable principles and standards which could decide to intervene in the family. The content of this research is as following: Chapter 2 is the introduction of the legal basis behind government authority’s intervention. After we understand the relevant legal basis, the thesis begins arranging the current legal systems which protect abused children in chapter 3. Then in chapter 4, the principles and boundaries of government authority for the child protection and abuse intervention are discussed, and with which to exam the means of abused children protection and point out the problems in current legal system in chapter 5. Finally, the conclusions are made in chapter 6.
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Lee, Chiung-Hua, and 李瓊華. "Cooperation and Supervision on Child Protection Service Outsourcing ─The Case of Family-Based Intervention Plan." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66743825196954824221.
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碩士中原大學
財經法律研究所
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Child protection service is a combination of intervention, services and care. In practice, Taiwan’s local governments make use of the public-private partnership model to include more manpower and resources from the private sector for providing better service. The author discusses issues regarding cooperation and supervision of outsourcing child protection service, focusing on the family-based intervention plan. Based on theoretical analysis and the results of interview with social workers in both private and administrative agencies, this thesis suggests that child protection service outsourcing should be considered as “professional involvement.”, and the “Child and Youth Family-Based Intervention Program Contract” as administrative contract. For public service outsourcing, cooperation and supervision are equally important. However, governmental supervision seems to be easier said than done, especially when the manpower and resources provided by the private agencies are critical to the network of child protection service. To strike a balance between cooperation and supervision, this thesis advocates that the contract between public and private agencies should include provisions addressing terms and conditions of government supervision.
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Nwaorie, Ijeoma. "Child protection services in Sweden: experiences of Nigerian parents in Sweden." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16752.
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The global issue of child protection is of paramount importance in the social work profession.
Child protection, parenting styles, corporal punishments and child abuse are interconnected
issues which confronts daily family life relationships. Thus, adapting pre-emptive measures
for altered patterns of abuse against a child. The existence of child abuse and the use of
corporal punishment as a form of discipline led to the development of global and national
laws of protecting a child which are being monitored by child protection practitioners. Based
on this, how the practitioners and social actors involved in protecting a child intervenes in the
family, remains the driving focus of this research. Also, the research aims to ascertain the
experiences of Nigerian parents on Swedish child protection service, and to evaluate the
challenges and possibilities that can arise while working with the professionals. To achieve
this, three research questions; 1) How do interviewed Nigerian parents perceive the
intervention process of the child protection service in Sweden according to their
experiences?, 2) What are the challenges interviewed Nigerian parents encounter while
working with the child protection professionals?, 3) How can the intervention process of
child protection in Sweden be enhanced? Formed the fulcrum upon which this study stands,
while the exploratory instrumental case study was adopted as the research design used to
develop an understanding of five specific cases of parents encounter with social workers in
Sweden. Hence, this research presents an explanation of the different frameworks to child
protection in Nigeria and Sweden. It further explores literatures on parenting, emergence of
the Swedish ban on corporal punishment and the social work intervention process with
principles that can guide social workers in their activities with families and children. The
research takes the qualitative method with the use of semi-structured interviews which are
analysed using the thematic analysis. There are seven (7) themes that were coded and
analysed from the findings with focus on the experiences of the interviewed parents which
presents a substantial discussion to theoretical approaches and previous research. The
research findings reveal a strong link between social work educations, social work research
and field practice in working with families and children in a multicultural context,
communication gap between expatriate parents and relevant agencies responsible for child
protection as obtainable in Sweden, and parents detest as being seen as defaulters of the law
on child protection due to the negative image that accompanies it among others.
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Chang, Yayun, and 張雅雲. "A Study Of The Using Resources By Social Workers In Family Intervention Of Child And Youth Protection." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87646260838322144687.
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碩士靜宜大學
社會工作與兒童少年福利學系
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This study aimed to investigate the resources utilization of social workers in family intervention of child and youth protection. This research includes following purpose: First, to collate the type of resource; Second, to investigate resources linkage strategies; Third, to understand encounter difficulties and coping strategies when using resources; Fourth, to analyze the factors influencing the resources utilization; Fifth, to collate recommendations or direction for collaboration. The study used qualitative research methods. Using purposeful sampling types, the researcher invites 8 staffs who have worked in family intervention of child and youth protection, and proceed one-to-one in-depth interviews. The results of this study are as follows: 1. The most commonly used resources are social welfare and educational institutions by social workers in family intervention of child and youth protection. 2. With the different stages of treatment, staffs will take different resources linkage strategies. 3. When encounter difficulties in the different stages of treatment, staffs will build their own coping strategies. 4. Factors influencing the resources utilization of social workers in family intervention of child and youth protection are included into the client level, worker level, the organizational level, and the other organizational level. 5. The recommendations of ideal operation of family intervention service are concluded into two parts including the suggestions of collaboration, and staffs who work in family intervention of child and youth protection. Based on the research results above, researcher brought out some suggestions toward policy, practice, and future research of family intervention service of child and youth protection.
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WEI, DAO-MING, and 魏道名. "Go along with Me－The Experience of Receiving Intervention Services from Primary Caregivers of Child Protection Case." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m3qk2m.
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碩士國立暨南國際大學
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In recent years, studies related to child protection have largely been carried out from the perspective of social workers to explore how child protection services have been provided, as well as the feelings and experiences of the social workers in providing such services. On the contrary, there is a lack of research from the perspective of the care receivers. As professional relationships should be a two-way relationship, there is a loss of balance if such relationships are solely explored from a single perspective. Therefore, with an aim to listen to the voices of children’s primary caregivers, this study focuses on the perspective of care receivers in order to understand their feelings and experiences in engaging child protection services, and further investigate the challenges and difficulties they face throughout the process of receiving child protection services. This study adopts a qualitative research method and carries out in-depth semi-structured interviews to explore the understanding, interpretation and role definition of which primary caregivers have towards child protection social workers, their feelings and experiences throughout the service process, as well as their expectations towards how they would like to be treated and serviced. As such, for the purposes of this study, six primary caregivers receiving child protection services are interviewed and information is organized and analyzed using a model of five steps for qualitative analysis. This study has found that how well the interviewees accept and cooperate with family intervention programs is not only affected by whether the services provided are able to satisfy their needs, the effectiveness of the intervention service is also further impacted by “how” social workers provide such service throughout the process. The results also show that gender norms are invariably confined by society’s expectations, At the same time, the discrepancy between public authorities and parental rights in the understanding of “discipline” and “abuse” causes conflict between the two parties. In addition, it seems that child protection social workers are less well-received in comparison to other general social workers, and under the role division model between public and private sector, the interviewees are naturally led to develop different feelings during the intervention program as a result of the different roles. Based on the above research findings, this study proposes the following suggestions: explore the possibilities of “cooperative intervention”, and extend child protection services from the front end towards primary caregivers; provide individualized services for child protection families; violence began with love but should also end with love; allow “professional” social workers to become the key to providing successful intervention services.
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Warria, Ajwang' Roseline. "Development of psychosocial intervention guidelines for transnational trafficked children." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11306.
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D.Litt et Phil. (Social Work)Children’s rights are fundamental to their growth and development, and child trafficking hampers the achievement of these rights. The growth of child trafficking continues to influence the responsibilities expected of social workers. Thus, it is essential that social workers are able to respond to the needs of trafficked children. Unfortunately, South Africa lacks literature on how cross-border trafficked children experience, perceive and understand identification and initial assistance processes. There is a gap in South African theoretical literature on child trafficking intervention guidelines. The result is that social work knowledge on victim assistance has not kept pace with the growing social issue in South Africa. The aim of this study is to develop psychosocial intervention guidelines for trafficked children in South Africa. The ever-growing burden of child trafficking demands that effective and efficient interventions are designed and implemented. Therefore, to fulfil the goal of the study, the overarching intervention research model used was the Rothman and Thomas (1994) Design and Development (D&D) model, which was complemented by Thomas’s (1984) Developmental model. The two models were chosen because they are directed by the practical realities in the social work field. The D&D model has six well-defined phases, although in this study, only the first four phases were applied. In the first phase, the rapid identification of child trafficking and the provision of initial assistance to child victims of trafficking were acknowledged as key issues that require social work intervention. The state of existing interventions was investigated during the state-of-art review, and a feasibility study was conducted to establish the resources required for the study. The outcome of the activities indicated that psychosocial intervention guidelines for child victims of transnational trafficking were needed. During the data-gathering phase, the researcher conducted a document study to establish what had been done to address the issues identified. An empirical study was also conducted using narrative interviews with ten trafficked children, seven social workers, and 15 key stakeholders. The data was analysed using thematic analysis and was subjected to literature control. The data further influenced the researcher’s decision to continue with the design phase. The design objectives, domains, and requirements were outlined in the design phase. This was closely followed by the conversion and intervention design processes, which included the formulation of generalisations and the development of the practice guidelines. Within the development of the guideline, additional skills were identified and recommended, and strategies were presented to support the implementation process. During the early development and pilot testing phase, it was evident that the process of development is intertwined with the realities of users, and thus designing continued into this phase. Pilot testing of the guidelines was conducted with social workers as the intended users to determine if these guidelines were viable and could be used as a practice tool. The social workers were satisfied with the guidelines. The design work, based on the social worker’s suggestions and the introduction of the Trafficking Act (2013), ensured that the goal of the study was achieved. The guidelines were developmentally valid, reasonably coherent, and reflective of the social work practice and policy implementation in South Africa. Rapid identification, timeous and appropriate referral and the immediate provision of assistance are fundamental aspects of addressing trafficked children’s needs and contribute towards the child’s recovery and healing process. In as much as it might be a challenge to provide all trafficked children with the opportunities, services and assistance required, providing high-quality social work assistance is a critical issue worth pursuing.
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Boatswain-Kyte, Alicia. "Overrepresentation and disparity of Black children reported under the child protection system : the need for effective cross-system collaborations." Thèse, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/21784.
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MEI, CHANG SU, and 張素梅. "The Experience of Receiving Intervention Services of Child protection Families and High-Risk Families ---Taking Taichung Country as an Example." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20425059775664814568.
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碩士東海大學
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Recently the child abuse is been serious question, the government for promotes safeguard the child safety, impels the family intervention services plan. This research goal is discussing the experience of receiving intervention services of child protection families and high-risk families, take does as the child protection to meet the reference. Therefore, in this research picks in the quality research method the depth interview , takes the research field territory by Taichung country, decides the stratified purposive sample way to carry on, designates 6 families have been interviewed. This research separately introduces these six client family's stories, again carries on the findings analysis. The study results as follows： First, at the beginning of contact naming influence relations establishment and service impetus: Relational establishment lies in the initial contact impression and consciousness, the relational establishment will affect following intervention. When initial contact, the social worker suddenly intervenes, often lets the client family pick the opposition attitude, increases the difficulty which the future will intervene. The social worker also possibly when completely has not understood the client family on legally the administration, but makes the client family feeling is by the blame, hindrances relations establishment. Second, the resources link are the client family impression deepest service content: The client families all experienced generally to obtains the economical assistance and the material from the social worker, also all mentions the social worker to request the parenting education , but also receives the social worker to provide subsidy application, active opportunity provision, non-periodical visiting, telephone care services and so on. Third, relational change between client family and social worker：The client families after the social worker service, each other relations also had the change. The relational change, possible initial stage establishment good relations, will maintain after intervention stage. In initial stage is opposition, Afterwards because of understood has the trust. Also has, from start, impression fuzziness, continues the development further not to relate. Forth, the experience of child protection family and high-risk family : The majority of child protection families and the high- risk families have the similar family characteristic, however, they have many differences to social worker's impression, the high risk family says, the social worker contacts the number of times with the client family is few, the client family experience nature is light. Because on the contrary, the child protection family the long time and the social worker contact, each other relations know well, the trust. Fifth, the abuse risk improvement condition：Although the major part client families all feel social worker's unkindness and the warmth, after intervention, they welcome money, turning down change the parents responsibility function, But concern core question, intervenes after the government department, the paternal grandparents' aid only reduce the risk temporarily, but the family preservation or reunification the road to be still far. According to the conclusions finding of the research, puts forward following several suggestions: First, family risk prevention: The family education importance is not allow to neglect, initiates the early prevention importance , the school education should instill into the student correct family view and the marital view, using community's support system, the network unit's relation, has together impelled the integrity son few protection work. Second, policy plan: Suggested that the government must strengthen the high-risk family service, increases the social worker manpower to prevent the family question the occurrence, provides the support attendance resources, decreases the main care person's pressure, elastic stipend, gives the social worker right to independence to penetrate the client family to provide complete family intervention services. Third, social work specialty: The social worker at the beginning of the establishment which relates with the client family, is having the naming or the label not suitably enters the client family, only do not habitually use the material linked method. Provides in the service, the enhancement specialist's direction mechanism, the enrichment specialized ability training. Forth, future research: The future research will be able to overcome the sampling to be narrow-minded, riches interview family member, increases interview number of times.
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Clark-Duff, Janet. "Home-Based Family Assessment And Other Factors Associated With Child Protection Outcome In High Risk Families." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/29757.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Families with serious and/or chronic child protection risks often have complex personal and social issues. Statutory child protection services must manage escalating child protection reports with limited resources. Addressing families at immediate risk often takes precedence over comprehensive family assessment and planned intervention, so the child protection issues in the lower priority families persist, and child protection reports continue. The Montrose Home-Based Family Assessment Program assesses Department of Community Services registered families who are at risk of child removal because of chronic and/or severe child protection issues. Using an ecological perspective, the Montrose team conducts a five day comprehensive assessment in the family's home and community, and develops a caseplan to address child protection risks and family support needs. The assessment is voluntary, and the family is encouraged to participate in identifying the child protection issues and developing solutions. The primary goal of this study is to compare child protection outcomes, three years after referral, for 100 families who participated in a Montrose Assessment, and 100 Comparison Group families. The research questions also explore the relationship between demographic, family, parent, child and child protection service factors and child protection outcome. Outcome is measured by Family Outcome, Children's Outcome, Legal Status, Children's Placement, subsequent Child Protection Reports and Substantiated Child Protection Reports, and Type of Abuse. The results suggest that home-based family assessment is a cost-effective model that can measurably reduce the likelihood of further abuse, court intervention and out of home care even for complex, high risk families. The study also identifies specific child, parent and child protection service related variables that are significantly associated with child protection outcome. These findings have major relevance for current child protection policy and practice, and also for broader social policy that impacts on high risk families.
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Clark-Duff, Janet. "Home-Based Family Assessment And Other Factors Associated With Child Protection Outcome In High Risk Families." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/29757.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Families with serious and/or chronic child protection risks often have complex personal and social issues. Statutory child protection services must manage escalating child protection reports with limited resources. Addressing families at immediate risk often takes precedence over comprehensive family assessment and planned intervention, so the child protection issues in the lower priority families persist, and child protection reports continue. The Montrose Home-Based Family Assessment Program assesses Department of Community Services registered families who are at risk of child removal because of chronic and/or severe child protection issues. Using an ecological perspective, the Montrose team conducts a five day comprehensive assessment in the family's home and community, and develops a caseplan to address child protection risks and family support needs. The assessment is voluntary, and the family is encouraged to participate in identifying the child protection issues and developing solutions. The primary goal of this study is to compare child protection outcomes, three years after referral, for 100 families who participated in a Montrose Assessment, and 100 Comparison Group families. The research questions also explore the relationship between demographic, family, parent, child and child protection service factors and child protection outcome. Outcome is measured by Family Outcome, Children's Outcome, Legal Status, Children's Placement, subsequent Child Protection Reports and Substantiated Child Protection Reports, and Type of Abuse. The results suggest that home-based family assessment is a cost-effective model that can measurably reduce the likelihood of further abuse, court intervention and out of home care even for complex, high risk families. The study also identifies specific child, parent and child protection service related variables that are significantly associated with child protection outcome. These findings have major relevance for current child protection policy and practice, and also for broader social policy that impacts on high risk families.
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Kruger, Johanna Margaretha. "Judicial interference with parental authority: a comparative analysis of child protection measures." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2545.
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Since parental authority in South African law is based on German customary law, and not on Roman law, it exists for the protection of the child. Various protective measures exist to ensure that this goal is reached, mainly in the form of judicial interference with parental authority. An example is the termination of parental authority, or some of its incidents, by means of a court order. This takes place either in terms of the common-law authority of the High Court, or in terms of certain statutory provisions. One of the statutory provisions in terms of which the children's court can terminate some of the incidents of parental authority, is the Child Care Act 74 of 1983. If the children's court is of the opinion that a child is in need of care, it can order that the child be returned to the custody of its parents, or that the child be placed in foster care, or in a children's home or school of industries. There is at present no mechanism in the Child Care Act for ensuring legal representation for children. The draft Children's Bill expands the possible orders that the children's court can make and further provides that a child is entitled to legal representation in children's court proceedings, if necessary at state expense. In New Zealand, families participate in decision-making regarding children in need of care by means of the family group conference. In Scotland, children in need of compulsory measures of supervision are dealt with by a lay tribunal known as the children's hearing. The global movement to recognise and protect both the welfare and autonomy rights of children formed the basis of international-law protection of children, and the children's clause contained in section 28 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 108 of 1996. In order to ensure that the protective goal of child law is reached, I propose that a multidisciplinary lay tribunal be instituted in South Africa to deal with children in need of care, and that legal representation for children in children's court proceedings be made compulsory in certain circumstances.Private Law
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Saint-Jean, Gary. "L'alliance thérapeutique avec les adolescents de minorités ethnoculturelles en services de protection de la jeunesse." Thèse, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/22575.
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Tsai, WanYu, and 蔡宛余. "A Study on Work Role Identity and Collaboration Knowledge-ability: The Perspectives of social workers in the field of Early Intervention and Child Protection." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e3x37p.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
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With the number of developmental retardation children among the battered children increasing, as for early intervention social workers and child protection social workers, the chances of working together to serve families and children increase. Social workers play different work roles to adapt to the family demand and challenge of diversified and complex families. Therefore, this study aims to explore the factors that influence the relationship of collaboration through social workers’ different work roles. This study conducted a questionnaire survey on 125 early intervention social workers and child protection social workers from municipal government first-line child protection social workers, household social workers, early intervention reporting and personal management center in the four counties and cities of Taiwan’s central region. The results are as follows: 1. Currently, the main cooperative way between early intervention social workers and child protection social workers is case work, and the mainly formal contact method is telephone. In non-meeting place, the contact method with parents is informal and there is no fixed contact frequency. 2. The personal background training factors of early intervention social workers and child protection social workers will not influence the cognition degree of collaboration knowledge-ability. At the present time, the professional training curriculum accepted by social workers is mostly focused on the professional knowledge-ability required in service area. The social workers don’t accept the training curriculum related to collaboration. 3. In the opinion of early intervention social workers and child protection social workers, families all have the advantages. Based on the different service objects, early intervention social workers and child protection social workers will have different identity towards the concept of work roles, but their cognition degree towards collaboration knowledge-ability is the same. 4. There indeed exists difference in cognition degree of work roles between early intervention social workers and child protection social workers. The cognition degree of child protection social workers towards personal manager’s work roles is obviously higher than that of early intervention social workers. 5. The work roles of early intervention social workers and child protection social workers are significantly positively correlated with different collaboration knowledge-ability. Therefore, according to the above-mentioned research results, this study proposes the suggestions to improve the relationship of collaboration: 1. The more accurate classification and analysis are made against the professional training and training times accepted by early intervention social workers and child protection social workers, which is helpful for the arrangement of future professional training curriculum. 2. Early intervention social workers and child protection social workers should have the fixed contact frequency so as to decrease the window period of familial information transfer. Moreover, it contributes to helping social workers master family situation and adjust service period and goal. 3. The training curriculum related to collaboration knowledge-ability can be arranged, in order to indeed apply the collaboration knowledge-ability into the practical cooperative relationship and improve the quality of service delivery.
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Silva, Maria Bárbara Toledo Andrade e. "As situações de perigo e o direito de viver em família." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/74191.
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Dissertação de mestrado em Direito das Crianças, família e SecessõesO reconhecimento da criança como sujeito de direitos foi uma grande conquista, fruto de pactos e convenções internacionais, que despertou a consciência de autoridades, povos e países e impôs, ainda que, subtil e progressivamente, a adoção de leis e medidas que efetivassem a promoção e proteção dos direitos da criança, garantidoras do seu desenvolvimento biopsicossocial sadio para o exercício pleno e sustentável da sua cidadania. Como consequência dessa proteção integral, não se pode admitir que a criança seja exposta a situação de vulnerabilidade que importe em risco do seu desenvolvimento e formação. São as situações de perigo que o Direito Português descreveu na Lei n. ° 147/1999, de 1 de setembro, artigo 3.º, n. ° 2, e determinam a tomada de atitude daqueles que por lei são os corresponsáveis na defesa e garantia dos direitos da criança, que serão abordadas no presente trabalho. Igualmente a legislação brasileira, através da Lei n. ° 8069/1990 (Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente), define as situações de risco e autoriza a intervenção estatal para a defesa das crianças e adolescentes vulneráveis. Desta forma, será de fundamental importância trazer à colação a Doutrina de Proteção Integral e os princípios norteadores da defesa dos direitos da infância e juventude para que, sob sua luz, possam ser compreendidos e interpretados os motivos da atuação do Estado na proteção dos direitos infantojuvenis, comparando-as e questionando sua adequação perante ao princípio do superior interesse da criança e do jovem. Outro ponto sensível do presente trabalho diz respeito à conciliação dos princípios que sustentam os direitos infantojuvenis e norteiam toda a atuação da rede de proteção da criança, para fazer valer o seu superior interesse, assim como o seu direito de viver em família.
The recognition of the child as a subject of rights was a great achievement, the result of international pacts and conventions, which aroused the awareness of authorities, peoples and countries, although, subtly and progressively, the adoption of laws and measures that would promote and protection of the rights of the child, guaranteeing their healthy biopsychosocial development for the full and sustainable exercise of their citizenship. As a consequence of this full protection, it cannot be accepted that the child is exposed to a situation of vulnerability that risks his or her development and education. These are the danger situations that Portuguese Law described in Law No. 147/1999, of September 1, Article 3, paragraph 2, and determine the attitude of those who by law are the co-responsible in the defense and guaranteeing the rights of the child, which will be addressed in this paper. Likewise, Brazilian law, through Law No. 8069/1990 (Statute of Children and Adolescents), defines risk situations and authorizes state intervention to defend vulnerable children and adolescents. Thus, it will be of fundamental importance to bring to mind the Doctrine of Integral Protection and the guiding principles of the defense of the rights of children and youth so that, in its light, the reasons for the State's action in the protection of children's rights can be understood and interpreted. , comparing them and questioning their adequacy in view of the principle of the best interests of children and young people. Another sensitive point of the present work concerns the conciliation of the principles that underpin the rights of children and youth and guide all actions of the child protection network, to assert the superior interest as well as the right to live in family.
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Morin, Myriam. "Les conflits sévères de séparation : les ajustements à la pratique habituelle des intervenants en protection de la jeunesse." Thèse, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/21982.
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Godinho, Paula Cristina Rosado. "Os maus tratos às crianças na família : perspetivas e práticas da intervenção da comissão de proteção de crianças e jovens : um estudo de caso." Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/27171.
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Esta tese versa sobre o tema dos maus tratos às crianças na família. Pretende contribuir para a compreensão do sistema de promoção dos direitos e proteção de
crianças e jovens em risco em Portugal, analisando as dinâmicas de intervenção de uma CPCJ e a perspetiva dos profissionais que nela atuam quer em relação ao sistema de proteção em si mesmo, quer relativamente às famílias intervencionadas, quer ainda quanto aos desafios que se colocam aos profissionais no âmbito das intervenções.
Em termos teóricos, a família tem sido estuda por várias disciplinas e à luz de diferentes quadros teóricos. Em termos metodológicos situamo-nos num paradigma qualitativo compreensivo, adotando-se uma estratégia mista tendo o foco da análise incidido sobre as práticas dos profissionais e as suas perspetivas sobre o processo de intervenção (estratégia qualitativa) e relacionar o perfil destas famílias com o tipo de mau trato a que as crianças foram sujeitas e analisar as relações e correspondências do
tipo de maus tratos com as características destas famílias (estratégia quantitativa).
A partir das opções metodológicas assumidas, foram combinadas técnicas de análise quantitativa e qualitativa dos resultados. Num primeiro momento analisou-se
a base de dados criada a partir do recenseamento dos processos ativos até 31 de Dezembro de 2014, com recurso ao programa Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSS), versão 24.0, através da análise de frequências e tabelas de referência cruzada. Num segundo momento procedeu-se à análise da informação
recolhida no pelo focus group. Após a transcrição integral dos registos áudio, os textos foram objeto de análise de conteúdo, desta vez, temática.
Os dados do estudo enquadram a perspetiva dos técnicos sobre a intervenção
no âmbito da função capacitadora e pedagógica que a advocacia prevê, na adopção de uma atitude que incide nas capacidades de cada pessoa, na ativação de recursos e na vigilância social que é feita no que respeita à vida destas famílias e crianças. Em relação às famílias intervencionadas os técnicos identificam o comportamento
parental negligente das famílias como a principal característica e os desafios
identificados em relação à intervenção vão de encontro aos desafios identificados por
Healy (2012).This research project deals with the issue of child abuse in the family. It aims to contribute to the understanding of rights promotion system and protection of children and young people at risk in Portugal, studying the dynamics of CPCJ intervention and the perspective of the professionals who work on it, regarding the protection system itself related to the families involved, as well as the challenges faced by professionals in their interventions. The main theoretical references about family has been studied by various disciplines and in the light of different theoretical frameworks. In methodological terms, we place ourselves in a comprehensive qualitative paradigm, adopting a mixed strategy with the focus of the analysis focused on the professionals' practices and their perspectives on the intervention process (qualitative strategy) and relate the profile of these families to the type of maltreatment that children were subjected to, also analyze the relation and correspondence of the mistreatment type with the family characteristics (quantitative strategy). From the methodological options assumed, techniques of quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results were combined. First, the database created from the census of the active processes until 31 December 2014 was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 24.0, through the analysis of frequencies and tables of cross reference. In a second moment the information collected in the focus group was analyzed. After the complete transcription of the audio recordings, the texts were object of content analysis, this time, thematic. The data of the study frames the perspective of the technicians on the intervention in the scope of the enabling and pedagogical function that the law provides, adopting an attitude that focuses on the capacities of each person, the activation of resources and the social surveillance that is done in life of these families and children. In relation to the intervention families the technicians identify the negligent parental behavior as the main characteristic, and the identified challenges related to the intervention, meet the challenges identified by Healy (2012).
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Rebelo, Álvaro Leonel Passos. "Percursos de vida dos jovens institucionalizados na infância: um caso de estudo." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/17134.
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A presente dissertação incide sobre a temática dos "Percursos de Vida dos jovens
Institucionalizados na Infância", tendo como objetivo geral sistematizar as perceções na perspetiva
interdisciplinar dos profissionais, sobre o processo de autonomia do jovem institucionalizado e
interpretar os significados que o jovem atribui ao seu processo de autonomização social. A análise foi
desenvolvida à luz de um quadro teórico de forma a dar sustentação científica e teórica, correlacionar e
abordar conceitos, no âmbito da Promoção e Proteção da Criança, do acolhimento residencial, e sobre o
processo de autonomização e prática do assistente social e de outros profissionais, que promovem a
autonomização dos jovens e a exercitação da sua cidadania plena.
Utilizámos uma metodologia de investigação, de natureza qualitativa e aplicámos como técnicas
de recolha de dados a análise documental, a entrevista semi-estruturada aos jovens
desinstitucionalizados que passaram por um processo de autonomização, e aos técnicos que
acompanharam estes processos. Foi desenvolvida uma análise de conteúdos, correlacionando os
conteúdos teóricos e empíricos, de modo a sistematizar o conhecimento do objeto de estudo em função
dos objetivos de estudo.
Concluímos com a sistematização de conhecimentos teóricos, procedimentos metodológicos, que
sustentam a prática profissional. Os jovens atribuem como significativo no seu processo de
autonomização, a sua situação profissional e sociofamiliar, as competências adquiridas, habilidades
sociais e valores como maturidade e responsabilidade, que adquiriram ao longo deste processo, face à
importância que atribuem na vida atual. Por outro lado, os profissionais, tendo em conta a sua perspetiva
interdisciplinar e saber científico, atribuem como significativo, a prática de uma intervenção interpluridisciplinar através de um processo multidimensional de grande complexidade, realçando o impacto
na estabilidade comportamental e emocional, assim como os valores de responsabilidade e maturidade,
fomentando a participação ativa dos sujeitos de ação no seu processo de autonomia.This dissertation focuses on the theme of the "Life Paths of young people Institutionalized in Childhood", with the general aim of systematizing perceptions in the interdisciplinary perspective of professionals about the process of autonomy of the institutionalized youth and interpreting the meanings that the young person attributes to his process of social empowerment. We develop the analysis in the light of a theoretical framework in order to give scientific and theoretical support, to correlate and to approach concepts, in the scope of the Promotion and Protection of the Child, of the residential reception, and on the process of autonomization and practice of the social worker and others professionals who promote the autonomy of young people and the exercise of their full citizenship. We used a research methodology of a qualitative nature and applied as data collection techniques the documentary analysis, the semi-structured interview to the deinstitutionalized youngsters, who underwent a process of autonomization and the technicians who accompany these processes. A content analysis was developed, correlating the theoretical and empirical contents, in order to systematize the knowledge of the object of study and in function of the study objectives. We conclude with the systematization of theoretical knowledge, methodological procedures that support professional practice. Young people attribute their acquired competences, social skills and values such as maturity and responsibility to their autonomy process, as a result of their professional and socio-family situation, which they acquired throughout life. On the other hand, professionals, taking into account their interdisciplinary perspective, attribute their perceptions, taking into account their scientific knowledge, how they view this process, emphasizing the practice of an interdisciplinary intervention and the importance of multidimensional and great complexity, highlighting the impact on behavioral and emotional stability, as well as the values of responsibility and maturity for action subjects to participate actively in their autonomy process.
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Matta, Punit. "Is sports participation protective for child mental health?" Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/36584.
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INTRODUCTION: Psychiatric disorders are among the most common illnesses in children. Most psychiatric disorders begin in childhood but most children with psychiatric symptoms receive delayed or no treatment. A resilience-based strategy for at-risk children in primary care, such as enhancing childhood sports participation, could be an effective and feasible early intervention. Existing literature demonstrates an association between sports participation and mental health in adolescents and adults, and that exercise can improve depressive symptoms. There are few studies on the link between mental health and sports participation in children under twelve.
OBJECTIVE: Since sports participation could be a simple and potentially available intervention for mental health, we investigated the association between sports participation in children ages 6-11 and measures of psychiatric impairment.
METHODS: We performed linear regression analyses between measures of psychiatric symptoms (total number of CBCL/6-18 syndrome scale elevations and individual syndrome scale elevations) and sports participation as measured by the number of parent-reported sports, with demographic factors as covariates.
RESULTS: The association between sport count and number of CBCL syndrome scale elevations was not significant (p = 0.638). However, we found a significant association between fewer numbers of sports reported and higher T-scores on the Withdrawn/Depressed CBCL syndrome scale (p = 0.019) and was also significant for age (p = 0.003) and ethnicity (p = 0.037).
CONCLUSION: Playing one or fewer sports during childhood is associated with higher withdrawn/depressive symptoms in school-age children. This replicates earlier findings which suggest that sports participation may be protective for child mental health.
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Robillard, Pascale. "L’intervention sociojudiciaire et socioprotectionnelle en contexte atikamekw : étude des représentations des intervenants." Thèse, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/21974.
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Croteau, Karine. "Parentalité du point de vue de mères innues et sécurisation culturelle en protection de la jeunesse : nin, nishutshisshiun, nitinniun mak nitauassimat." Thèse, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/23503.
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Au Canada, 52,2 % des enfants placés en foyers d’accueil sont autochtones, alors qu’ils ne comptent que pour 7,7 % de l’ensemble des enfants au pays (Statistiques Canada, 2016). En comparaison de leurs homologues allochtones, les mères autochtones sont plus souvent signalées en protection de la jeunesse (PJ) et tenues responsables de négligence à l’égard de leurs enfants (ÉCI – 2008 ; Sinha, Ellenbogen, and Trocmé, 2013). Les politiques coloniales, la violence institutionnalisée, les conditions socioéconomiques précaires et les difficultés parentales expliquent une part de ces constats (CVRC, 2015 ; Sinha, Trocmé, Fallon et al., 2011). D’autres études suggèrent que les incompréhensions entre les mères autochtones et l’institution de la PJ non seulement perdurent, mais tendent également à s’accentuer (Cull, 2006 ; Gosselin, 2006 ; Veenstra et Keenan, 2017). Malgré ces écarts de perspectives de part et d’autre quant aux valeurs et repères culturels qui fondent la parentalité autochtone, peu d’études qualitatives ont cherché à entendre la voix des actrices concernées afin d’éclairer leurs points de vue et de mieux comprendre leur expérience en contexte de PJ (Bennett, 2009 ; MacDonald, 2002 ; Soumagnas, 2015). Pour combler ces lacunes, la présente étude a pour objectif d’appréhender les fondements qui balisent la parentalité des mères autochtones recevant des services de la PJ et d’explorer de quelle manière leurs savoirs sont reconnus ou valorisés au contact de l’intervention. La présente recherche privilégie un cadre d’analyse constructiviste et mobilise la théorie de Berger et Luckmann (2018) et la théorie de l’action historique de Martin (2003a ; 2009). Ces théories permettent d’appréhender l’expérience des participantes à partir de leur point de vue et de leur propre construction sociale de la réalité. La mise en œuvre de la recherche s’inscrit dans une approche narrative et une méthodologie inductive et interprétative qui met en lumière l’expérience singulière et subjective des participantes. Une collecte de données a été réalisée à l’automne 2016 auprès de neuf mères innues issues d’une même communauté et dont au moins un enfant a fait l’objet de mesures de protection. Des entretiens individuels semi-directifs de type récits de vie ont été recueillis. À l’automne suivant (2017), une seconde phase de collecte de données a pris la forme d’un terrain de restitution et une validation des récits a été réalisée auprès des participantes. Fondé sur des analyses compréhensives (Kaufmann, 2004), le principal constat de l’étude établit la volonté des mères que leurs trajectoires d’adversité, leurs réalités parentales, et leurs manières singulières de concevoir leurs valeurs, leurs rôles et leurs responsabilités de parent, soient davantage pris en compte par les services en PJ. Selon les résultats de l’étude, cette reconnaissance permettrait de prioriser les liens mère – enfant – réseau familial et de garantir la sécurisation culturelle au sein de services qui correspondent mieux aux besoins des mères. En écho aux Appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation (CVRC, 2015), au rapport final de la Commission d’enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics (CERP, 2019), et au plan de réforme législatif des services en enfance-famille autochtone, les retombées de cette étude visent à donner la parole aux mères, à fournir un éclairage sur la manière de « soutenir un système innu autonome de protection des enfants » (Guay, Grammond et Vollant, 2019 : 1) et à aiguiller les travailleurs sociaux en communauté.In Canada 52.2% of children in foster care age 0 to 14 are Indigenous, while Indigenous children represent only 7.7% of all children in the country (Statistics Canada, 2016). Compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts, Indigenous mothers are more frequently reported to youth protection services (YP) and more often held responsible for neglecting their children (CIS-2008 ; Sinha, Ellenbogen and Trocmé, 2013). Colonial policies of dispossession, assimilation, institutionalized violence, precarious socio-economic conditions, and parental difficulties of addiction and psychological distress; account for some of these findings (TRCC, 2015; Sinha, Trocmé, Fallon et al., 2011). Furthermore, studies suggest that these trends persist and are exacerbated by differing perspectives between Indigenous mothers and YP institutions, regarding the foundational values, beliefs, and realities that underlie Indigenous parenthood (Cull 2006 ; Gosselin 2006 ; Veenstra and Keenan 2017). Despite the apparent difficulties which arise due to the differing perspectives regarding the cultural values, beliefs and realities surrounding Indigenous parenthood, few empirical studies have sought to hear the voices of the mothers in order to shed light on their points of view and better understand their experiences with the YP services (Bennett 2009 ; MacDonald 2002 ; Soumagnas 2015). In an effort to fill this gap, this qualitative study aims to understand the perspectives of parenthood held by Indigenous mothers and explore whether they consider that their perspectives are recognized and valued by child welfare services during times of intervention. This research favours a constructivist analytical framework and mobilizes Berger and Luckmann’s (2018) theories and Martin's Historical Action (2003a ; 2009). These theories allow for the understanding of participant’s experiences from their points of view and from their own social construction of reality. The implementation of the research is part of a narrative approach and an inductive and interpretive methodology that highlights the singular and subjective experience of the participants. As part of the study, a data collection phase was conducted in Fall 2016 with nine Innu mothers from the same community, of whom (at least) one child was apprehended. Semi-directed individual interviews, such as biographical narratives, were collected. A second phase of restitution and validation of the stories was completed in Fall 2017. Based on a comprehensive analyses (Kaufmann, 2004), the main finding of this study demonstrates that given respondent’s trajectories of adversity, parental realities, and their singular ways of conceiving their parental values, roles and responsibilities, YP should adapt to take Indigenous cultural perspectives into account. Furthermore, the study suggest that this acknowledgment would prioritize mother – child – family network ties and ensure cultural safety in services that better meet the needs of mothers. In regards to the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC, 2015) ; investigation reports on Indigenous public relations (CERP, 2019) ; and the legislative reform plan for Indigenous children and family services, this study aims to give a voice to mothers, provide insight on how to « support an autonomous, child protection innu system » (Guay, Grammond et Vollant, 2019 : 1), and orientate community social workers.
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Komljenovic, Jasna. "Méta-analyse sur l'efficacité des programmes de préparation à l'autonomie pour les jeunes qui transitent à l'âge adulte à partir d'un milieu de vie substitut." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/24426.
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Les jeunes qui réalisent la transition à l’autonomie à partir d’un milieu de vie substitut rencontrent plusieurs difficultés au début de l’âge adulte. Afin d’encadrer et préparer ces jeunes en lien avec cette étape cruciale de leur vie, plusieurs pays ont développé des programmes de préparation à l’autonomie. Toutefois, l’efficacité de ces programmes demeure méconnue. Objectif : Afin de contribuer aux connaissances actuelles, la présente recherche a pour objectif de mesurer l’efficacité des programmes de préparation à l’autonomie pour les jeunes placés en milieu de vie substitut. Méthodologie : Des méta-analyses ont été réalisées afin de mesurer les tailles d’effet pondérées pour trois dimensions reliées au passage à la vie adulte soit l’emploi, le logement et le réseau social. Les tailles d’effet ont été calculées sous forme de différences de moyennes standardisées ou Hedge’s g. Le modèle à effet fixe a été utilisé dans les analyses. Résultats : La revue systématique a permis d’identifier k = 9 études totalisant n = 7127 participants avec des données suffisantes pour réaliser une méta-analyse. Les résultats indiquent que les programmes de préparation à l’autonomie ont un très faible effet favorisant le groupe traitement comparativement aux jeunes ayant reçu les services habituels pour les dimensions de l’emploi (k = 5, n = 5778) et du logement (k = 5, n = 2467). Ces résultats ont été constatés un an à quatre ans après le temps zéro. Aucun effet significatif n’a été observé pour la dimension du réseau social (k = 5, n = 1797). Discussion : Devant la complexité des trajectoires de vie et des besoins des jeunes qui transitent à l’autonomie à partir d’un milieu de vie substitut, il est impératif que les programmes actuels prennent davantage en considération la réalité actuelle du passage à la vie adulte ainsi que les besoins particuliers de ces jeunes. Il s’agit notamment d’offrir des services qui s’étendent jusqu’à 25 ans et de mettre de l’avant une vision interdépendante du passage à la vie adulte dans les interventions.Youth in out-of-home care face an uncertain future and disproportionate difficulties when aging out of care and into independent life as an adult. The difficulties these youth face have prompted governments in several countries to develop programs in order to prepare these youth for this critical period in their life. However, the effectiveness of these programs remains unknown. Objective: The main objective of the present study is to fill this gap in knowledge by measuring the effectiveness of independent living programs to prepare young people aging out of care for adulthood. Methodology: A series of meta-analysis were performed in order to measure the weighed effect sizes on three outcomes related to adulthood: employment, housing, and social support. The effect sizes were calculated using standardized mean differences or Hedge’s g. A fixed effect size model was used to perform the analyses. Results: k = 9 studies including a total of n = 7127 participants met the inclusion criteria for the systematic review and had sufficient data to conduct a meta-analysis. The results of the meta-analysis for the employment outcome (k = 5, n = 5778) and for the housing outcome (k = 5, n = 2467) show a very small effect favoring the treatment group compared to services as usual for these two outcomes, 1 to 4 years post baseline. No significant effect was found for the social support outcome (k = 5, n = 1797). Discussion: Considering the complex trajectories and needs of youth in out-of-home care, it is imperative that independent living programs better reflect today’s socioeconomic realities to better prepare youth for adulthood, and take into consideration the particular needs of these youth. It is recommended to extend the services until 25 years old and to put forward an interdependent vision of autonomy in the interventions provided to these youth.
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Miranda, Giselle Elias. "Estudo da resiliência em famílias no contexto de um programa de reunificação familiar." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/63304.
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Dissertação de mestrado em Estudos da Criança (área de especialização em Intervenção Psicossocial com
Crianças, Jovens e Famílias)Atualmente, em Portugal, o acolhimento residencial de crianças e jovens é a segunda medida de promoção e proteção mais aplicada no país. Ainda que a reunificação familiar seja vislumbrada e muitas vezes sucedida, as frequentes reentradas destas famílias no sistema de proteção alertamnos para a necessidade de refletir ou ainda reformular as estratégias de intervenção que tem sido adotadas junto à estas famílias, a fim de garantir que a reunificação tenha êxito e estabilidade. A reunificação familiar é um processo complexo que se inicia desde a entrada da criança e/ou jovem na instituição e continua após o regresso, contribuindo para a sua consolidação. O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar as dinâmicas mobilizadoras dos processos resilientes nas famílias ao longo da participação no Programa de competências parentais durante o acolhimento e reunificação familiar – “Caminhar em família” (Balsells et al., 2005). Trata-se de uma investigação qualitativa de caráter descritivo e retrospectivo desenvolvida no âmbito de um estudo de caso. A amostra não probabilística foi composta por 4 famílias, sendo 5 progenitores e 6 crianças/jovens que saíram do acolhimento no último ano ou já estavam aptas à reunificação. Realizaram-se grupos focais e entrevistas semiestruturadas com as famílias após a participação no programa. O anonimato e confidencialidade dos dados recolhidos foram assegurados. Para a análise de conteúdo e tratamento dos dados obtidos, recorreu-se a utilização do software de análise qualitativa Nvivo12. A discussão dos resultados foi subsidiada por referenciais teóricos do estudo da resiliência familiar, em especial, pelos contributos de Lietz e Strenght (2011) e Walsh (1996, 2016). Os resultados identificaram diferentes forças e recursos individuais e familiares na gestão da crise e em respostas específicas às necessidades das famílias nos diferentes estádios do acolhimento e reunificação. A participação no Programa “Caminhar em Família” permitiu predizer o fortalecimento da resiliência de pais e filhos, induzida pela compreensão, capacitação e empoderamento dos elementos nas diferentes etapas da medida de proteção. Os resultados salientam a importância de promover a resiliência da família nos programas socioeducativos para a reunificação familiar.
Currently, in Portugal, residential care for children and youngsters is the second most applied measure of promotion and protection in the country. Although family reunification is usually very successful, the frequent re-entry of these families into the protection system warns us of the need to reflect or reformulate the intervention strategies that have been adopted with these families to ensure that reunification is successful and stable. Family reunification is a complex process that begins from the time the child and / or youngster enters the institution and continues hereinafter their return (to the family), contributing to its consolidation. The present study aims to analyse the mobilizing dynamics of resilient processes in families throughout their participation in the “Walking in Family” Programme of parenting competence in foster care and family reunification (Balsells et al., 2005). This investigation is a qualitative study with a descriptive and retrospective design within a case study. The non-probabilistic sample consisted of 4 families, 5 parents and 6 children/youngster who had left the foster institutions in the previous year or were ready for reunification. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with families after participation in the program. The anonymity and confidentiality of the data collected were ensured. For the content analysis and treatment of the obtained data, we used the qualitative analysis software Nvivo12. The discussion of the results was based on theoretical references in the study of family resilience, especially by the contributions of Lietz and Strenght (2011) and Walsh (1996, 2016). The results identified different strengths and resources of the family and individual members in crisis management and in responses to specific needs of the families in the different stages of foster care and reunification. The participation in the "Walking in Family" Program allows us to predict the strengthening of the resilience of parents and children, induced by the understanding, training, and empowerment of the elements in the different stages of the protection measure. The results underline the importance of promoting family resilience in socio-educational programs for family reunification.
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Cruz, Maria Inês Poeiras Simões da Conceição Ivo. "O perigo e a tipologia do abuso na lei de protecção de crianças e jovens em perigo." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/7500.
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No sistema jurídico de protecção de menores português, as intervenções do Estado na esfera familiar para assegurar os interesses da criança estão limitadas às situações de perigo. Também, quando se trata de menor em perigo, trata-se de uma situação de abuso, cuja avaliação fática importa concretizar. Este estudo teve por objectivos perceber como se operacionaliza o conceito de perigo na prática judicial, e identificar a perceção dos técnicos, com experiência profissional na matéria, do art.3º da LPCJP, com referência à tipologia do abuso, tida como consensual na literatura. Para a prossecução destes objectivos desenhámos dois estudos de cariz qualitativo: no primeiro a partir da jurisprudência e da revisão de literatura, fizemos uma análise de conteúdo, donde resultaram seis subcategorias, descritivas de três categorias principais da legitimidade da intervenção. Posteriormente, testámos a concordância da categorização, através de um acordo inter-juízes, com recurso à medida de concordância kappa de Cohen. No segundo estudo, procedemos à análise do art. 3º da LPCJP, tendo como referência o sistema de classificação do abuso, donde resultaram 18 descritivos que foram de seguida categorizados (N=4). Os resultados mostram que todos os descritivos da lei foram categorizados e que todas as categorias e subtipos da tipologia do abuso estão presentes no art.3º da LPCJP, verificando-se que há várias hipóteses de categorização para a maioria dos descritivos, abrindo a possibilidade de uma coocorrência de tipos e subtipos de abuso. Estes resultados serão discutidos à luz do enquadramento legal e das abordagens teóricas consideradas na revisão de literatura.Under the Portuguese legal child protection system, state interventions at the family sphere to guarantee child's protection, are limited to dangerous situations. Moreover, these situations of child abuse need a consistent and accurate factual framework. This study aims to understanding how the concept of danger is applied in the judicial practice and also understanding the interpretation experienced child protective service workers make of the section 3 of the LPCJP (child protection act) comparing it with the maltreatment classification system more widely accepted in the scientific literature. To achieve these goals we designed two independent studies: First, based on jurisprudence and literature review, we made a content analysis resulting in the definition of three categories and six subcategories of intervention legitimacy according to the law. Subsequently, we tested the degree of agreement inter-judges using Cohen’s kappa coefficient, and consequently the reliability of the classification. In the second study, we examined section 3 of LPCJP comparing it with the maltreatment classification system. The 18 descriptors found in the law were then categorizes by specialists (N=4) under the maltreatment classification system. The results showed that all descriptors of the law were categorized and all types and subtypes of the maltreatment classification system are present in section 3 of the LPCJP. Also, we verified that several descriptors were positioned in different categories, opening the possibility of co-occurrence type and subtypes. These results were discussed under the legal framework and theoretical approaches considered in the literature review.
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Wang, Tzu-Yuan, and 王滋苑. "Exploring the Effectiveness of Child-Adolescent Protective Intervention from the Viewpoint of Service Users." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34033154689813217395.
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碩士國立屏東科技大學
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For determining whether service treatment provided by social workers can meet individual and family demands and effectively assist individuals and their families, generalizing and summarizing related experiences, finding out effective service strategies, as well as helping provide more appropriate services in the future, this study conducts one-on-one in-depth interviews among 11 main caregivers of actively-closed cases of south district office of a social welfare organization in 2014 and 2015, with regard to second-line follow-up counseling services for child protection cases of Kaohsiung City. Findings of the present study are as the following. 1. The service for which main caregivers have the strongest sense is economy related assistance. Therefore, proper economic support can effectively help solve short-term living demands of case individuals and their family members; 2. Discussion about parenting style between social workers and main caregivers can contribute to enhancement of main caregiver’s parenting ability; 3. Participation in parent-child activities can trigger different interaction experiences between parents and children as well as create chances of positive parent-child interactive relationships; 4. Social workers accompanying during service delivery can provide positive support to main caregivers; 5. Regular interviews with social workers and cases help adjust mode of interaction between case individual and main caregiver; 6. Talent course learning can achieve cases self exploration and provide individuals chance of developing self potency; 7. Some voices of individuals and family members are still not heard by social workers, and requirements put forward by them are not met. 8. Objects who accept service don’t know items and contents of service treatment provided by institution. Therefore, based on above findings, suggestions are proposed in terms of two aspects. Suggestions regarding service delivery are as below: 1. Organizations providing service should have devices that can offer economic support; 2. Social workers should possess capability of parental education; 3. Conduct diversified types of parents-children activities; 4. Develop education programs for individual potentials; 5. Social workers should be able to respond to requirements put forward by individuals and their family members; 6. Social workers should make individuals and their family members clearly know the items of service treatment. With respect to future researches, following suggestions are proposed: 1. Increase interviews with cases and social workers; 2. Increase research fields and institutions.
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MacPherson, Colleen. "Children as weapons: child protection responses to the parenting of men who batter." Thesis, 2017. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8638.
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Although there is extensive research on children’s exposure to intimate partner violence and its impacts, there is very little information available with respect to how child protection workers assess the risks posed to children by the negative parenting associated with battering and how these workers intervene to protect children. This case study therefore sought to understand how child protection workers accounted for the parenting of men who batter in their assessments of child safety and in their service plans. It explores in detail how mothers and child protection workers conceptualize and describe the parenting attitudes and behaviours of the men who came to the attention of MCFD due to battering, how protection workers assessed children’s safety in light of the parenting behaviours and examines the types of child welfare responses or interventions that were utilized in order to deal with these challenges. Results show that despite the level of understanding on the part of the child protection workers’ with regard to the links between the perpetration of intimate partner violence and negative parenting approaches, these fathers’ parenting was largely overlooked in the child safety assessment and service delivery plans. Thus, it is recommended that child welfare policies draw robust links between the perpetration of intimate partner violence and negative parenting approaches and provide child protection workers with the safety assessment tools and clear direction to assess the parenting behaviours of fathers who batter their children’s mothers.Graduate
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Sousa, Isabel Maria de Carvalho. "Motivos da retirada das crianças às suas famílias: um olhar sobre os ordenamentos jurídicos português e inglês." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/85887.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Direito: Especialidade em Ciências Juridico-Forenses apresentada à Faculdade de DireitoA presente dissertação, intitulada “Motivos da retirada das crianças às suas famílias: um olhar sobre os ordenamentos jurídicos português e inglês”, apresenta uma análise dos instrumentos normativos, em vigor nos sistemas jurídicos inglês e português, que se dedicam à consagração dos direitos da criança, bem como dos diplomas que contêm normas e regras que permitem a actuação das autoridades, sempre que esses direitos não estejam a ser respeitados. A opção pela redacção desta monografia foi influenciada pelo interesse que nos despertou a divulgação de alguns casos de retirada de crianças às suas famílias. Essa divulgação, que aconteceu na comunicação social, dava conta de várias situações em que menores teriam sido retirados do seu seio familiar, e aos quais teria sido aplicada uma medida de adopção, sendo que todas elas tinham em comum o facto de pelo menos um dos progenitores ter nacionalidade portuguesa. Perante isto, achámos que seria de todo útil tentar compreender melhor os casos divulgados, aproveitando para fazer uma breve análise dos dois ordenamentos jurídicos relacionados com os acontecimentos. Pretendeu-se iniciar a dissertação fazendo um enquadramento histórico dos direitos da criança consagrados em vários diplomas, tendo consciência de que a criança necessita de uma protecção acrescida. Ambicionou-se também analisar a intervenção das autoridades, tentando compreender o porquê dessa intervenção, bem como os princípios que orientam essa interferência, e os instrumentos de que se servem na sua actuação. No mesmo âmbito, pretendeu-se, analisar o regime jurídico da adopção, uma vez que, em certas situações, apenas a intervenção das autoridades não se configura suficiente para garantir o superior interesse da criança. Numa fase mais avançada da dissertação procedemos descrição de uma sentença de um tribunal inglês, que relata um caso real e idêntico aos que motivaram a realização da presente dissertação. Concluímos com uma breve análise dessa mesma decisão judicial. Gostaríamos da salientar que ao longo de toda a monografia procedemos ao estudo de ambos os ordenamentos jurídicos acima mencionados.
This dissertation, entitled "Reasons for the withdrawal of children from their families: a look at Portuguese and English legal systems", presents an analysis of the normative instruments in force in the Portuguese and English legal systems, dedicated to the establishment of child’s rights, as well as of diplomas containing rules that allow the authorities to act when these rights are not being respected.We chose to write this paper because of the interest aroused by some concrete cases of withdrawal of children to their families. There were reports of cases in the media that revealed a number of situations in which minors had been removed from their families, and to whom an adoption order had been applied, all of which had in common the fact that at least one of the parents had Portuguese nationality. In face of these events, we felt that it would be useful to try to understand, in a better way, the cases reported. We also intend to do brief analysis of the two legal systems related to the events.The dissertation approached and tried to do a brief historical framework of child's rights enshrined in various instruments. It was also intended to analyze the intervention of the authorities, trying to understand why this intervention is made, as well as the principles that guide this interference, and the instruments that are used in their action. In the same context, it was also intended to analyze the legal regime of adoption, since in certain situations, the intervention of the authorities, on its own, it’s not enough to ensure the best interests of the child. In a more advanced phase of the dissertation we proceeded to describe a sentence of an English court, which reports a real case and identical to those that motivated the accomplishment of this dissertation. We conclude with a brief analysis of this court decision. We would like to point out that, throughout the paper, we proceed to the study of both legal systems mentioned above.
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Lu, An-Ya, and 呂安雅. "A study of the implementation of public and private collaboration on family-based intervention in child protective services teams." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36914873286532539721.
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碩士國立屏東科技大學
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In response to the increasing number of child abuse and neglect cases, the Child Welfare Bureau, Ministry of the Interior has urged local governments to initiate cross-organization collaborative projects since 2004. It was hoped that the quality of child protective services can be improved through the implementation of public-private collaborative projects. This study intends to investigate the current conditions of the implementation of public-private collaboration on family-based intervention in child protective services teams. Qualitative research method was utilized to explore this topic in depth. A question guide was prepared to ensure the quality and comprehension of the interviews. The question guide contains the following items: a.) The procedure of public-private collaborative family-based interventions; b.) Roles and duties of child protective service workers in the public-private collaborative projects; c.) The criteria of transfer and termination of family intervention in the public-private collaboration; d.) Common challenges and strengths in the process of public-private collaboration; and e.) Suggestions to the current child protective family intervention service delivery system. Study results indicate: a.) the current child protective family-based intervention tends to use the dual-track model. Child protective service workers from the public sectors are responsible for crisis interventions and administrative supports to the contracted private agencies, while workers from the contracted private agencies need to plan and implement family-based intervention. b.) Workers from both public sectors and private agencies found ambiguity experiences in their roles and duties in terms of case manager. Workers from the public sectors have administrative power and have the rights to decide whether the case should be terminated or not. Workers from the contracted private agencies have a more comprehensive understanding of clients’ situation because they plan and implement the family-based intervention. c.) Workers from public sectors and contracted private agencies disagree with each other on transfer criteria. Responders from the public sectors often clearly stated transfer criteria during the interview. However, responders from the contracted private agencies thought it was based on individual workers’ situations depending on his/her child protective related experiences. d.) Responders from public sectors and contracted private agencies also differentiate in definitions of family-based intervention and evaluation. e.) Responders from the public sectors indicate reduced willingness of transferring clients to the contracted private agencies due to the complicated administrative procedure. Responders from the contracted private agencies were often discouraged by the time consuming procedure of reimbursement. Consequently, it may shorten the implementation period of intervention. f.) The years of child protective service experiences often affected workers’ willingness and quality of public-private collaboration. Working with less experienced workers tends to experience conflicts in the process. Keywords: child protective services, family-based intervention, collaboration
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Dias, Adriana Maria Cerqueira Bastos Fraga. "Qualidade dos ambientes de crescimento e sua relevância para o desenvolvimento da criança : implicações para a intervenção precoce." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/14160.
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Dissertação de mestrado em Educação Especial (área de especialização em Intervenção Precoce)As questões relacionadas com a influência que os ambientes de crescimento podem ter sobre os resultados desenvolvimentais e a capacidade de adaptação da criança têm vindo a ser amplamente discutidas em inúmeros estudos. Considerando que o contexto familiar é o principal e o mais primordial destes ambientes, torna-se necessário conceptualizar quais os factores presentes neste contexto que podem intervir no processo desenvolvimental de uma criança e quais aqueles que podem ser determinantes na escolha de critérios de elegibilidade para a necessidade de intervenção sobre estes aspectos. Tal reflexão é extremamente relevante para todos os profissionais que trabalham em prol do objectivo último de garantir que estão reunidas todas as condições que potenciem um adequado desenvolvimento da criança, tal como é o caso dos profissionais de Intervenção Precoce. Assim sendo, o presente estudo pretendeu, através da comparação de dois grupos de 6 famílias com diferentes condições iniciais, operacionalizar as questões acima mencionadas. Estes dois grupos eram constituídos, por um lado, por famílias onde tinha sido identificado um elevado número de factores de risco (grupo 1) e, por outro, por famílias onde o número de factores de risco identificados era reduzido (grupo 2). A estes dois grupos de famílias foi aplicado um conjunto de instrumentos que pretendiam avaliar uma série de factores descritos na literatura como sendo relevantes, no contexto familiar, para o desenvolvimento da criança até aos 3 anos de idade, nomeadamente: Ficha de Caracterização Familiar, Ficha de Caracterização da Criança, Inventário HOME (Caldwell e Bradley, 1984) e Escala de Interacção Apoiante (McCollum e Yates,1995). Paralelamente, foi também efectuada uma avaliação do desenvolvimento global das crianças, utilizando a Escala de Avaliação das Competências do Desenvolvimento Infantil (Bellman et al, 1996). Os resultados obtidos apontam para a não existência de diferenças entre os dois grupos, ao nível dos resultados desenvolvimentais das crianças, estando estes, à excepção de algumas áreas mais fragilizadas, tais como a linguagem e a cognição, dentro daquilo que seria esperável para as suas faixas etárias. Embora tenham sido obtidos outros resultados que apontam para diferenças entre os dois grupos ao nível da qualidade do ambiente familiar e das interacções que se estabelecem entre os pais e as crianças, os resultados desenvolvimentais destas vêm reforçar a ideia de que não é possível encetar qualquer investigação nesta área sem considerar os poderosos efeitos positivos que a presença dos factores de protecção e dos processos de resiliência podem ter sobre as trajectórias desenvolvimentais das crianças.
The influence that the environmental context can have over the developmental outcomes, as well as the child’s capacity to adjust, constitute main issues that have been considerably discussed in many studies. Considering that the family context is the primordial one of these environments, it becomes necessary to understand which of the factors within this context may interfere in the development of a child and which of them can be determinant to prioritize when considering the need of intervention to maximize child’s development. This thought is extremely relevant for all the professionals who work towards the main goal of creating the best conditions in order to potentiate an adequate development of the child, as it is the case of early childhood professionals. This way, the goal of the present study is to identify those factors and their influence on development, through the comparison of two groups of 6 families with different initial conditions. These two groups were composed by families where it had been identified a variety of risk factors (group 1), and, by families where the number of risk factors were reduced (group 2). A group of instruments was applied to these two groups of families, which meant to evaluate a serial of factors described in the literature as being relevant, for child development from birth to 3 years of age, in the family context, . The instruments used were: Ficha de Caracterização Familiar, Ficha de Caracterização da Criança, Inventário HOME (Caldwell e Bradley, 1984) e Escala de Interacção Apoiante (McCollum e Yates, 1995). At the same time, it was also done an assessment of the children`s global development using the Escala de Avaliação das Competências do Desenvolvimento Infantil (Bellman et al, 1996). The results obtained concerning developmental outcomes of the children, demonstrated no differences between the two groups with the exception of some fragile areas, such as cognition and language ,even though these results were within what`s expected for their chronological ages. Even though the results obtained for the other factors indicate differences between the two groups, namely related to the quality of family environment and to the parents-child interactions, the developmental results of these children reinforce the idea that it is not profitable to make any research within this theme without considering the positive power effect that the presence of protection factors and resilience process can have over the child developmental path.
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Celliers, Charmaine. "Beskerming van kinderregte in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg in die lig van die Kinderwet 38 van 2005." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8615.
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Afrikaans textSuid-Afrika het ‘n ver pad gekom sedert die 16de eeu in die erkenning en ontwikkeling van kinderregte. Kinderregte word vandag ten volle erken in die Grondwet, wat die hoogste gesag in die land is. Hierdie studie het ten doel om die beskerming van kinderregte in die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg te ondersoek, met verwysing na die rol wat internasionale reg, soos die United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (“die Konvensie”) en die African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990 (“Afrika Handves”) in die ontwikkeling van kinderregte gespeel het. Spesifieke voorskrifte ingevolge waarvan die regte van kinders beskerm word is ondersoek,insluitend artikel 28 van die Grondwet en sekere bepalings van die Kinderwet. Weens die beperkte omvang van hierdie verhandeling, is sekere afgebakende voorbeelde uit die Kinderwet ondersoek met spesifieke verwysing na kinders se regte en tradisionele waardes soos manlike besnydenis, vroulike besnydenis en maagdelikheidstoetse. Daar is gekyk of die praktiese probleme op regeringsvlak, byvoorbeeld die voorsiening en befondsing van maatskaplike dienste, die implementering van die bepalings van die Kinderwet vertraag. Skrywer kom tot die slotsom dat die bepalings van die Kinderwet alleenlik nie voldoende is om effektiewe beskerming aan sekere groepe kinders te verleen nie en hierdie probleme lei daartoe dat kinderregte nie behoorlik gerealiseer en geïmplementeer word nie, en dat daar nie ‘n behoorlike balans tussen die regte en verantwoordelikhede van die kind, die ouers en die staat bereik word nie. Moontlike oplossings vir die probleem en tekortkominge in die uitvoering van die Kinderwet word voorgestel in die slot hoofstuk.
South Africa has come a long way since the 16th century in the recognition and development of children's rights. Children's rights are now fully recognized in the Constitution, the supreme authority in the country. This study aims to investigate the protection of children's rights in South African law, with reference to the role of international law, such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the rights and Welfare of the child 1990, in the development of children's rights. Specific provisions under which the rights of children protected is examined, including Section 28 of the Constitution and certain provisions of the Children’s Act. Due to the limited scope of this paper, some designated examples from the Children’s Act are examined with particular reference to children's rights and traditional values such as male circumcision, female circumcision and virginity testing. It is looked at if whether the practical problems experienced on government level, the provision and funding of social services delay the implementation of the provisions of the Children's Act .Author comes to the conclusion that the provisions of the Children alone is not sufficient to ensure effective protection of the rights of certain groups of children and that these problems led to children's rights not properly realized and implemented, and that a proper balance between the rights and responsibilities of the child, the parents and the state is not reached. In the concluding chapter possible solutions to the problems and shortcomings in the implementation of the Children’s Act is suggested.
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Dray, Julia. "Preventing mental health problems in children and adolescents: strengthening resilience as a potential approach." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1389016.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Mental health problems are estimated to affect 10-20% of children and adolescents worldwide, often continue into adult years, and contribute to considerable economic, social, and community burden. Prevention of mental health problems in children and adolescents has been identified as an international public health priority. Comprehensive, population level prevalence data and effective interventions are necessary for the prevention of mental health problems in children and adolescents. This thesis addressed three related aims. Population level data regarding the general mental health status and the socio-demographic factors associated with the mental health status of adolescents in Australia aged 12–16 years was limited at the time the studies were being planned. Aim one was to examine prevalence of four mental health problems and association with five socio-demographic characteristics in a regional sample of Australian adolescents (Chapter 2). Data on mental health outcomes measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was obtained from a survey of almost 7,000 Australian adolescents aged 12-16 years conducted in 2011 as baseline data collection for a cluster randomised controlled trial. The study region was characterised by a low index of socio-economic status and a high proportion of Aboriginal students relative to the state of New South Wales (NSW) and Australia overall. Key findings included: 19% of students with a Total SDQ score in the ‘very high’ range; a significant association of gender with all outcomes (total difficulties and internalising problems higher for girls and a significant interaction with age resulting in greatest mean difference between females and males at age 15, and externalising problems and prosocial behaviour problems higher for boys), and; no significant associations of either socio-economic status or geographic location of residence with any outcomes. Aboriginal students, who composed 11% of the sample, scored higher for mental health problems across all four outcomes as compared to non-Aboriginal students. Resilience - often referred to as the ability to maintain or return to a positive state of mental health by employing multiple internal or external protective factors - has been proposed as a potential approach for interventions to prevent or reduce mental health problems in children and adolescents. Universal interventions represent one approach to doing so that aligns with international objectives supporting mental health across all people and are commonly adopted within community-based settings (e.g. schools). Universal, school-based interventions that target the strengthening of protective factors central to the concept of resilience have been evaluated within many studies internationally. However, the evidence relating to such an approach had not been comprehensively quantitatively synthesised. Aim two was to quantitatively synthesise the international evidence-base for the effectiveness of universal, school-based, resilience-focussed interventions on mental health problems in children and adolescents (Chapters 3 and 4). A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted, and included 57 trials of participants aged 5-18 years. Key findings, based on child and adolescent trials combined, indicated resilience-focussed interventions to be effective relative to a control in reducing four of seven mental health problem outcomes: depressive symptoms, internalising problems, externalising problems, and general psychological distress (but not anxiety symptoms, hyperactivity and conduct problems). Effects of intervention were found to vary by age, length of follow-up, and therapeutic basis (cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT]-based vs. non-CBT-based). Some methodological limitations of the included trials were noted. The large majority of trials that have assessed the effect of universal, school-based, resilience-focussed interventions on mental health outcomes in children and adolescents have measured intervention effect on internalising problems including anxiety and depression, with fewer trials measuring effect on externalising problems and total difficulties. Additionally, past trials have most commonly tested the effect of a manualised program delivered within the school curriculum, without the utilisation of broader capacity building opportunities provided by the school environment and in keeping with a Health Promoting Schools approach. Relatively few trials have adopted a pragmatic approach, providing flexibility for participants to select programs to implement which best meet their needs and arguably representing a test of an intervention under somewhat ‘real world conditions’. Aim three was to develop and evaluate the effect of a pragmatic, universal, resilience-focussed intervention in secondary schools on total difficulties, internalising problems, externalising problems, and prosocial behaviour problems, and student internal and external protective factors (Chapters 5 and 6). A cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted in 32 secondary schools (20 intervention, 12 control), with data collected from students in Grade 7 at baseline (2011; n=3115), and Grade 10 at immediate post-intervention follow-up (2014, n=2149; enrolments in Grades 7 to 10 typically aged 12-16 years; 50% male; 69.0% retention). The intervention was implemented during Grades 8 to 10 (2012-2014) and consisted of a framework of sixteen broad intervention strategies targeting internal and external resilience protective factors across the three Health Promoting Schools domains. Schools were asked to implement sixteen broad intervention strategies however, in line with a pragmatic approach, schools were given the flexibility to select the specific programs or resources to do so, and the order and manner in which these were implemented within each intervention school varied. To assist schools to achieve this, a list of programs and curriculum resources targeting resilience protective factors and recommended to promote mental health in children and adolescents was provided. Key findings included no significant intervention effect for four mental health outcomes measured utilising the SDQ (total difficulties, internalising problems, externalising problems, and prosocial behaviour problems), nor for internal and external protective factors measured utilising the Resilience and Youth Development Module of the California Healthy Kids Survey. A number of possible explanatory factors pertaining to the null results of the trial were considered, including: that the pragmatic approach may have resulted in inconsistent strategy implementation across intervention schools, and; process data suggesting that strategies for supporting positive mental health and resilience may similarly have been a focus in control schools due to contextual changes in policy and practice across the broader school system of NSW, Australia, during the time of the trial. Supported by the research reported in this thesis, a number of needs for ongoing research were identified relating to: measurement and monitoring prevalence of mental health problems in children and adolescents; enhancing understanding of how resilience protective factors relate to mental health problems in children and adolescents, and; considerations for the conduct of future intervention trials.
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Ismail, Ghouwa. "A mixed methods approach to the development and validation of an assessment tool to measure psycho-social factors associated with willingless to participate in child-centred initiatives." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24541.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-239)The primary aim of the study was to develop a psychosocial assessment tool for determining willingness to participate in child-centred safety promotion interventions, specifically in a low-income community in South Africa. The secondary aim was to determine the factors associated with willingness to participate. The study employed a mixed methods approach to develop the measure, and included content validation, item writing and initial validation processes. Nominal Group Technique discussions were conducted with various role-players in the relevant communities to inform the development of the instrument, while participatory methodologies were utilised to conceptualise the instrument in relation to psycho-social factors associated with intervention participation, with these categorised according to core dimensions. A Delphi method utilising an expert panel reviewed items for relevance, difficulty and ambiguity, with items subsequently amended or removed. Item selection procedures were conducted on the English version of the instrument and these results were applied to the Afrikaans version. A pilot study was conducted as part of the initial validation in order to test the items and format the questionnaire. The instrument was then administered to Afrikaans speaking individuals in a community in the Western Cape. Iterative exploratory factor analysis was conducted at both the item and scale levels to select and reassign items and scales in order to determine the final composition of the questionnaire. The findings indicate that the instrument measures seven factors, namely incentives; priorities and community needs; perceived benefits; social approval; accessibility and values; altruistic capital; and community cohesion. These factors are explained in terms of the Process-Person-Context-Time model and the Theory of Planned Behaviour, considered within a participatory framework. The study findings indicate that the seven factors represent salient dimensions of the construct willingness to participate in interventions. The questionnaire and its subscales displayed acceptable to good reliability, with Cronbach’s α ranging from 0.55 to 0.80. Since willingness precedes actual participation, it is argued that insight into the factors that relate to willingness to participate provides an avenue for motivating actual participation.
Psychology
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MATKOVSKÁ, Petra. "Domácí násilí z pohledu nezletilého dítěte." Master's thesis, 2007. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-54740.
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Recently about the phenomen home violnece is speaking very often. This problem doesn't make of light and a lot of countries including the Czech republic make some precutions,which defend against this phenomen. These precuations will be safeguard citizens and minor children. Especialy minor children play a main role in this cases. These informations are brouhgt in a lot of statistikal indexes. First step of notification of this phenomen was pasage off the bill about protection from home violence. Objective of this work is outlone actually problem of home violence in the Czech republic. Teoretic part is about forms, kinds and reasons home violence and give a question what is home violence? Pay attention to theory of reason a home violence and a violence behave. Very important is a hazard factor icluding a violence behave, which start a home violnece. Next chapter is about a profile of offender, other part is about a law in the Czech republic and other countries. In this contecs of pasage off the bill develop some interventions centres, which help victims of a home violence. Just these centres play main role in the system of helping and fill a coordination role. Next chapter is about the minor children, importance of a family, a reason of physical punishment. Last chapter of the theoretic part is about activity non-profit-making organisations, which help victims of a home violence and lower the results. The practical part is aimed of found out a knowledge the minor children about a home violence and investigate their act and behave in risik's moments. This part finds out how much they are inform and if they take part in schools activity about home violence. Next chapter takes heed of services social and legal care of the children. Especially takes this chapter heed of quality this service.