Prognosis for Rehabilitation after Abuse

Bentovim, Arnon; Elton, Anne; Tranter, Marianne

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“…Critiques of the family dysfunction model (Bagley and King, 1991) suggest that an approach which positively supports the likely non-abusing carers might be more effective in promoting the long term wellbeing of children. Resolutions does not agree with the view that the probable non-abusing carers usually know about abuse, collude with it or deliberately fail to protect their children (Bentovim et al, 1987). Although this may occasionally be a factor, we consider that the non-abusing carer is often a secondary victim of the abuse (Smith, 1994).…”

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‘Similar but Different’ Conversations: Working with Denial in Cases of Severe Child Abuse

Essex

Gumbleton

1999

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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This article describes a particular aspect of a service called ‘Resolutions’ that has been developed at the NSPCC Child and Family Centre in Bristol, England. The Resolutions service works with families where parents and/or carers are disputing responsibility for serious abuse of their children, but where child protection agencies deem at least one of them culpable on a balance of probabilities. The service's general approach to developing partnerships with families is briefly considered, but the article concentrates on a particular approach. This is where parents and/or carers who are disputing abuse of their children roleplay a ‘similar but different’ family. This enables key issues in relation to child abuse to be discussed by the parents and/or carers. It also facilitates the gaining of greater understanding that helps them ensure the future safety of their own and other children.

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“…For us, denial and dispute are unhelpful in attempting to make children safer in the future, but do not necessarily make progress impossible. Denial is seen as simply one (albeit as an important one, Jones, 1991) of a range of factors relevant to prognosis (Bentovim, Elton and Tranter, 1987).…”

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‘Similar but Different’ Conversations: Working with Denial in Cases of Severe Child Abuse

Essex

Gumbleton

1999

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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“…Calder (1997) adapted the model described by Bentovim, Elton and Tranter (1987) to delineate the distinctive characteristics of cases where the prognosis for treatment is either hopeful, doubtful or hopeless. A hopeful treatment prognosis can be made when the trauma organised system is flexible enough to envisage change.…”

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Family systemic approach to work with young sex offenders

Bentovim

1998

The Irish Journal of Psychology

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“…'Insight needs to be achieved before change can happen' I 'There may be insuflcient evidence to remove children' 'Help ensure the safety of the children involved while allowing them to remain with their families' full responsibility, little productive work can be achieved (Bentovim, Elton and Tranter, 1987;Dale, Davies, Morrison and Waters, 1986). This viewpoint is one that holds common currency in social work and other therapeutic professions.…”

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Resolutions: Working with Families Where Responsibility for Abuse is Denied

1996

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Current thinking suggests that little productive work can be undertaken with families where serious physical or sexual abuse of children has occurred in the absence of a clear acceptance of responsibility for that abuse. This means that children are often removed from their families because of the perceived risks, with the disadvantages that being looked after in local authority care often brings. Alternatively, children may be left in the same environment where serious abuse has taken place with little or no work being undertaken with the family. Either approach fails children, especially those who have made clear and believable allegations in the hope of bringing about a process of change and protection. This article describes the work of a pilot project at the Avon NSPCC in Bristol working with families where the alleged abuser disputes responsibility for maltreating the child. Key to this approach is the support of the non-abusing carer and the childhen while the concerns of the professional agencies are addressed. The work has two main phases. The first looks for structural change in the organization of family life. The second part asks carers to role-play a 'similar' hypothetical family where child abuse has been established. This enables difficult issues raised by the abuse to be addressed and provides an opportunity for carers to express thoughts and feelings to their partner regarding abuse without the seriousness of the concerns being lost. KEY WOROS: dispute; reunification; family safety; child maltreatment ver the last 3 years many requests have been received 0 at the Avon NSPCC to work with families where serious physical and/or sexual abuse of children has occurred. What characterized many of these families was that the alleged abusers (all male) disputed responsibility for the abuse, or sometimes, in the case of sexual abuse, that it had happened at all.

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Prognosis for Rehabilitation after Abuse

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

‘Similar but Different’ Conversations: Working with Denial in Cases of Severe Child Abuse

‘Similar but Different’ Conversations: Working with Denial in Cases of Severe Child Abuse

Family systemic approach to work with young sex offenders

Resolutions: Working with Families Where Responsibility for Abuse is Denied

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