An Overview of Selected Data on Children in Vulnerable Families

Macomber, Jennifer Ehrle

doi:10.1037/e691012011-001

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“…To address this problem, the Child Abuse and Prevention & Treatment Act (CAPTA) was amended in 2003 to require that children under the age of 3 who are victims of child abuse and/or neglect be referred to IDEA services. In 2004, the IDEA Improvement Act was enacted and mandates services for maltreated infants and toddlers (Macomber 2006).…”

Section: Children With Special Education Needsmentioning

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Violence Exposure Among Children with Disabilities

Sullivan

2009

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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The focus of this paper is children with disabilities exposed to a broad range of violence types including child maltreatment, domestic violence, community violence, and war and terrorism. Because disability research must be interpreted on the basis of the definitional paradigm employed, definitions of disability status and current prevalence estimates as a function of a given paradigm are initially considered. These disability paradigms include those used in federal, education, juvenile justice, and health care arenas. Current prevalence estimates of childhood disability in the U.S. are presented within the frameworks of these varying definitions of disability status in childhood. Summaries of research from 2000 to 2008 on the four types of violence victimization addressed among children with disabilities are presented and directions for future research suggested.

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Section: Children With Special Education Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Violence Exposure Among Children with Disabilities

Sullivan

2009

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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“…). Women at risk for poor perinatal outcomes often do not have resources or supports readily available to them (Macomber ; Wilkinson & Marmot ).…”

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Engaging women at risk for poor perinatal mental health outcomes: A mixed‐methods study

Myors

Johnson

Cleary

et al. 2014

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Risk factors for poor perinatal mental health are well known. Psychosocial assessment and depression screening during the perinatal period aim to identify women at risk for poor perinatal outcomes. Early intervention programmes are known to improve the mental health outcomes of women and infants. Key to any intervention is initial and ongoing engagement in the therapeutic process. This mixed-methods study reports the proportion of women who engage/do not engage with services and their characteristics, as well as the strategies clinicians use to engage women. Data were collected by reviewing medical records, interviewing perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) clinicians, their managers, key stakeholders, and women service users. Analyses identified that most (71.3%) women referred engaged with the PIMH service. Themes related to non-engagement are 'time to rethink' and 'stigma'. Themes reflecting the engagement strategies used by PIMH clinicians are initial engagement: 'back to basics' and 'building trust', therapeutic engagement: 'making myself useful', engagement at discharge: 'woman or clinician led', and models that facilitate engagement.

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“…It is well known that children who live in families where parental functioning is compromised are at a greater risk of adverse outcomes during infancy and later in life (Buist & Bilszta , Macomber ), as parenting capacity and the parent–child relationship have a direct impact on infant well‐being (Waylen & Stewart‐Brown ). An infant's attachment relationship with his or her primary carer, usually the mother, plays a significant part in the development of the child's behaviour (Fearon et al .…”

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‘My special time’: Australian women's experiences of accessing a specialist perinatal and infant mental health service

Myors

Schmied

Johnson

et al. 2013

Health Soc Care Community

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Women who have few social supports, poor health and a history of stressful life events are at risk of poor mental health during the perinatal period. Infants of parents whose parenting capacity is compromised are also at risk of adverse outcomes. Specifically, poor perinatal mental health can impact maternal-infant attachment. To identify women at risk of poor perinatal mental health, psychosocial assessment and depression screening in the antenatal and early postnatal periods are recommended. This qualitative study is part of a larger mixed methods study, which explored two specialist perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) services in New South Wales (Australia). Eleven women who had accessed and been discharged from a PIMH service participated in either face-to-face or telephone interviews. Data were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. One overarching theme, 'my special time' and three sub-themes, 'there is someone out there for me', 'it wasn't just a job' and 'swimming or stranded: feelings about leaving the service', were identified. The themes describe the women's experiences of being a client of a PIMH service. Overall, women reported a positive experience of the service, their relationship with the clinician being a key component. Findings from this study highlight the importance of the relational aspect of care and support; however, women need self-determination in all therapeutic processes, including discharge, if recovery and self-efficacy as a mother are to be gained. Importantly, further research is needed about how clinicians model a secure base and how mothers emulate this for their infants.

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An Overview of Selected Data on Children in Vulnerable Families

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Violence Exposure Among Children with Disabilities

Violence Exposure Among Children with Disabilities

Engaging women at risk for poor perinatal mental health outcomes: A mixed‐methods study

‘My special time’: Australian women's experiences of accessing a specialist perinatal and infant mental health service

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