Canadian Child Welfare Outcomes Indicator Matrix

Trocmé, Nico; MacLaurin, Bruce; Fallon, Barbara

doi:10.1300/j146v04n01_08

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“…Earlier in the article it was noted that by getting on with the gathering of outcome data more sophisticated outcome-tracking systems will develop through the lessons learned (Trocmé et al 1998). I concur with that suggestion.…”

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“…The Child Welfare Matrix indicators selected for safety were recurrence of maltreatment and serious injuries and deaths; the indicators for child functioning were school performance and child behavior; the indicators for permanence were time to achieve permanency, moves in care, and incidence of out of home placements; and the indicators for family and community support were family moves, ethno-cultural matching, and parenting. The indicators which were pilot tested in a number of jurisdictions across Canada are intended to be systems indicators, not to guide clinical decision making (Trocmé et al, 2009). Through implementation of the Child Welfare Matrix (National Child Welfare Outcomes Indicator Matrix), Canadian child welfare authorities and researchers hope (a) to determine the extent to which the proxy outcomes measures selected reflect child outcomes and (b) to encourage the development of more sophisticated outcome-tracking systems.…”

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Measuring the Effectiveness of Routine Child Protection Services: The Results From an Evidence Based Strategy

O'Brien¹

2011

Child & Youth Services

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Measuring the Effectiveness of Routine Child Protection Services: The Results From an Evidence Based Strategy

O'Brien¹

2011

Child & Youth Services

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“…The ecological analysis of effectiveness indicators (see Kazdin & Kendall 1998; Pecora et al . 1998; Trocmé et al . 1999; Pecora & Maluccio 2000; Lynch 2002) allows us to establish maltreatment and well‐being theory implicit in the interventions evaluated, and to compare this theory with available theoretical models (see Belsky 1993; National Research Council 1993; Prilleltensky et al .…”

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“…the complex balance child welfare service providers seek to maintain between a child's immediate need for protection, a child's long‐term need for a nurturing and stable home, the family's potential for growth and the community's capacity to meet a child's needs. (Trocmé et al . 1999, p. 1)…”

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The effectiveness of selected interventions for previous maltreatment: enhancing the well‐being of children who live at home

Dufour¹,

Chamberland²

2004

Child & Family Social Work

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The authors critically assessed reviews of the literature published between 1984 and 2002 to describe the state‐of‐knowledge about the effectiveness of interventions aimed at protecting or improving the welfare of child victims of maltreatment and who remain in the family home. The interventions studied target children, parents or families. They chiefly involve cases of sexual abuse, physical abuse or neglect; very few concern psychological abuse or exposure to violence. For the most part, the intervention effectiveness indicators measure changes in parents’ and children's knowledge (e.g. better knowledge of child development), attitude (e.g. gains in enthusiasm), emotion (e.g. decreased anxiety) and behaviour (e.g. decreased rates of aversive behaviours). Few assessments follow up on participants to determine whether the changes are lasting. The small number of evaluative studies, methodological limitations and disparities in the content and the carrying out of interventions make it difficult to draw sound conclusions about the effectiveness of interventions, even for interventions most often and most favourably assessed, such as behavioural and cognitive‐behavioural interventions with maltreating parents. Implications for practice, research and policy are underlined.

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“…This involved selecting measures to support clinical assessment and practice as well as to evaluate change (see Table 2). Take Two adapted an outcomes framework for child protection in Toronto, Canada (Trocmé et al. 1999) to this therapeutic context within the Australian setting (Frederico & Jackson 2004, unpublished data).…”

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Exploring outcomes in a therapeutic service response to the emotional and mental health needs of children who have experienced abuse and neglect in Victoria, Australia

Jackson¹,

Frederico

Tanti³

et al. 2009

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TChildren in the protection and care system are highly vulnerable and need more than protection and physical care. This paper outlines elements of an innovative therapeutic programme, Take Two, which combines trauma and attachment-informed practice with a clinical outcomes focus. An important feature was the embedding of a research and evaluation partnership between the programme and a university. The paper discusses the challenges of implementing a research approach into a highly sensitive 'messy' or non-routine environment. The paper portrays the value of a trauma and attachment perspective within a developmental and ecological framework to guide understanding and intervention with these children and their network. A description of the client group is followed by analysis of outcome measures: the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children and the Social Network Map. Findings include the significant reduction of trauma-related symptoms, an increase in the percentage of friends identified and an increase, albeit not significant, in the percentage of people described as very close. The results point to the importance of family in the lives of these children. This study explores this type of research in situ and its value in building knowledge and strengthening practice.

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Canadian Child Welfare Outcomes Indicator Matrix

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Measuring the Effectiveness of Routine Child Protection Services: The Results From an Evidence Based Strategy

Measuring the Effectiveness of Routine Child Protection Services: The Results From an Evidence Based Strategy

The effectiveness of selected interventions for previous maltreatment: enhancing the well‐being of children who live at home

Exploring outcomes in a therapeutic service response to the emotional and mental health needs of children who have experienced abuse and neglect in Victoria, Australia

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