Training Children's Services Workers in Domestic Violence Assessment and Interventrion: Research Findings and Implications for Practice

Mills, Linda G.; Yoshihama, Mieko

doi:10.1016/s0190-7409(02)00212-8

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“…It assessed participants' perceptions on: their IPV and CM Knowledge; Perceptions regarding IPV; Battered Parents; IPV and Reporting CM; Knowledge and Abilities Regarding IPV and CM; Effective Advocacy and Intervention; Training Received; and Workplace Policies. Many of its items were adapted from published instruments on actions taken in response to IPV and CM (e.g., Banks, Landsverk, and Wang 2008;Malik et al 2008;Mills and Yoshihama 2002;Saunders et al 1987;Steen 2009). Others were developed by the researchers to also assess providers' knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs about CM and IPV -the study's main focus, and for which no measures were identified within the peer-reviewed literature.…”

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confidence: 99%

Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Service Providers’ Perceptions

Coulter

Mercado-Crespo

2015

J Fam Viol

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) places children at risk for maltreatment (CM). It is critical for both IPV and CM professionals to assess the possibility of the co-occurrence of both of these types of family violence, whose risk factors are nearly identical. However, little is known about the attitudes and perceptions of child welfare (CW), IPV, child protection, or other related professionals when serving families where both of these circumstances may occur. This study examined the perceptions of service providers in Hillsborough County, Florida on the co-occurrence of CM and IPV. Findings demonstrate the inequitable knowledge, training, and perceived ability to deal with the co-occurrence of IPV and CM among professionals from different employment areas. These discrepancies serve as opportunities for different agencies to collaborate in reducing knowledge gaps and increasing respondent's capacity to effectively identify and intervene with victims.

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Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Service Providers’ Perceptions

Coulter

Mercado-Crespo

2015

J Fam Viol

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“…These data, combined with research findings indicating the negative impact of domestic violence on youth (English, Marshall, & Stewart, 2003;Levendosky, HuthBocks, & Semel, 2002), suggest the need to develop family services that address family system issues. Recent research examining optimal forms of domestic violence intervention training for health care providers and child service workers is promising (Hamberger et al, 2004;Mills, 2002).…”

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Important Risk Factors in Home-Removal Decisions: Social Caseworker Perceptions

DeRoma

Kessler

McDaniel³

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Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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The current study identified factors that played a significant role in decisions to separate a child from his/her primary caretakers for 51 social service caseworkers. Participants rated and ranked the importance of 35 child risk/well-being factors used in recent child separation dispositions. Results indicated that boundary setting with a perpetrator of abuse and parental motivation played a significant role in decision-making. These preliminary findings suggest the need to prioritize services aimed at the promotion of the non-maltreating parentÕs limit setting with the perpetrator of abuse, as well as caretaker motivation/cooperation.

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“…Most (n = 9) focused on a highly specific content area or population group such as work with involuntary clients (Bibus 1993;Bibus and Rooney 1995), Indian child welfare practice (Bending 1997), investigative interviewing (Freeman and Morris 1999), domestic violence (Saunders and Anderson 2000;Mills and Yoshihama 2002), interagency collaboration (Jones et al 2002), leading multidisciplinary teams (Zimmerman et al 2003), and family-focused practice (Alpert and Britner 2005). The others (n = 5) were more general, such as those focusing on entry-level casework practice (Cheung et al 1991;Leung and Cheung 1998); (Strand and Badger 2005); child abuse and neglect (Smith et al 2000); and various types of substantive content (e.g., Owens-Kane et al 2005).…”

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“…Only a few other studies had sample sizes of more than one hundred. These included an evaluation of an entry level caseworker training program (Leung and Cheung 1998), a 1-day training regarding domestic violence (Mills and Yoshihama 2002), and an inter-agency training (Jones et al 2002). While the remainder of the studies had comparatively small sample sizes, at least some of them, discussed below, displayed depth in measurement (e.g., Cheung et al 1991;Freeman and Morris 1999).…”

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Empirical Studies of Child Welfare Training Effectiveness: Methods and Outcomes

Collins

Kim

Amodeo

2009

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Although public child welfare agencies, as well as contracted private providers, conduct extensive amounts of training, the evaluation evidence for effectiveness of training interventions is sparse. This article provides a critical review of published reports of the child welfare training evaluation literature. When we conducted a search of the literature published since 1990, 14 articles met the criteria for inclusion. These articles are reviewed according to: training audience, training duration, research design, sample size, outcome measures, and reported results. Our conclusions identify strengths and weaknesses in evaluation approaches to date and suggest strategies for enhancing the evidence base of this core intervention in child welfare.

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Training Children's Services Workers in Domestic Violence Assessment and Interventrion: Research Findings and Implications for Practice

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Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Service Providers’ Perceptions

Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Service Providers’ Perceptions

Important Risk Factors in Home-Removal Decisions: Social Caseworker Perceptions

Empirical Studies of Child Welfare Training Effectiveness: Methods and Outcomes

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