Validation and further development of a risk assessment instrument for child welfare

Vial, Annemiek; Put, Claudia E. van der; Stams, Geert Jan; Dinkgreve, Marc; Assink, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105047

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“…Analysis of the data obtained in this study includes analysis of validity, reliability, power differences, and difficulty levels of instruments. Instrumentality is essential for perfecting instruments in the accurate decision-making of something to measure (Blazquez et al, 2017;Morad et al, 2021;Vial et al, 2021). The instrument validity analysis consisted of a content validity test and an item validity test.…”

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The Concept of Heat Transfer measured by Cognitive Domain Assessment Instruments

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2021

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The lack of availability in assessment instruments used and unmet cognitive levels of C3-C6 resulted in poor quality assessments. This study aims to develop cognitive domain assessment instruments on the concept of heat transfer material in grade V elementary school. This research was development research that used 4D models (Four-D models) to define, design, develop, and disseminate. The subject of study was the assessment instrument of the cognitive realm with the object of research, that was the instrument quality. Measurement of the validity of the content was done on two experts/judges using the non-test method and instruments of the expert validity sheet. Instrument quality measurement was conducted with field trials of 106 students using multiple-choice objective test instruments. The content validity data obtained were analyzed with the Gregory formula, while the field test result data analyzed the validity of the grain, reliability, different power, and difficulty level. The results showed that the validity of the content obtained by 0.97 (very high) with the test results of the item's validity got 30 points of the question was declared valid. The instrument reliability index was developed by 0.85 (very high). The average coefficient of different power obtained is 0.51 (good) with a test device difficulty of 0.52 (medium). The result demonstrated cognitive domain assessment instruments that were developed feasible and can be used in conducting learning assessments in the cognitive realm.

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The Concept of Heat Transfer measured by Cognitive Domain Assessment Instruments

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2021

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“…To facilitate the implementation of these principles in child protection, validated assessment instruments are highly needed [ 5 ]. Therefore, a child risk assessment instrument has recently been developed and validated in the Netherlands [ 12 , 14 ]. In addition, a needs assessment instrument was developed (ARIJ-Needs) to facilitate practitioners in adhering to the need principle in CPS [ 15 ].…”

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“…In recent years, the first structured instruments became available that facilitate the implementation of the risk and need principles in child protection [ 13 , 15 , 23 ]. The ARIJ Safety assessment and ARIJ Risk assessment instruments have already been widely implemented in the Netherlands [ 14 ]. These instruments facilitate child welfare workers in the assessment of immediate safety of children and the risk for (the recurrence of) child maltreatment [ 12 , 14 ].…”

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Personalizing Child Protection: The Clinical Value and Usability of a Needs Assessment Instrument in The Netherlands

2022

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Studies on child maltreatment prevention programs show that the effects of these programs are rather small. Drawing on the need principle of the Risk–Need–Responsivity model, program effects may be enhanced by properly assessing all the needs of individual families involved in child protection so that programs can be adapted to those needs. Recently, a needs assessment tool (ARIJ-Needs) has been developed in the Netherlands to support child protection practitioners in not only the assessment of treatment needs in individual families, but also in selecting the program(s) and/or intervention(s) that best target those needs. This study assessed the clinical value and usability of ARIJ-Needs by interviewing Dutch child protection practitioners (N = 15). A vignette describing a child protection case was used to examine differences between needs assessments based on unstructured clinical judgment (i.e., without using the assessment tool), and structured clinical judgment in which the assessment tool was used. The results showed that significantly more treatment needs were identified when ARIJ-Needs was used relative to clinical judgment in which ARIJ-Needs was not used. Specifically, needs related to parenting, the parent(s), and the family were identified more often when the assessment tool was used. This is an important finding, as these needs comprise the (changeable) risk factors that are most predictive of child maltreatment and should be addressed with priority to prevent child maltreatment. This study shows that ARIJ-Needs supports practitioners in assessing relevant needs in families at risk for child maltreatment. Study implications and recommendations for improvement of the ARIJ-Needs are discussed.

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“…The CFRA, as used in practice, allows child welfare workers to ensure that higher-risk children not requiring out-of-home placement receive in-home services before lower-risk children(Johnson, 2011). In the Netherlands, the Actuarial Risk Assessment Instrument for Child Protection (ARIJ;Van der Put et al, 2016) has been widely implemented in Dutch child welfare services to assess the risk of future child maltreatment(Vial et al 2021). The newest version of the ARIJ (3.0) contains 30 items scored by either 'yes', 'no' or 'unknown' to assess the risk for future child maltreatment.…”

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“…The newest version of the ARIJ (3.0) contains 30 items scored by either 'yes', 'no' or 'unknown' to assess the risk for future child maltreatment. The predictive validity of the ARIJ has been studied in several Dutch welfare organizations (including Safe Home) and a moderate predictive validity has been found for different outcomes; AUC = .68 for child protection orders, AUC = .62 for residential care, and .58 for hotline reports of child abuse or domestic violence(Vial et al, 2021). The predictive accuracy of the ARIJ is comparable to the predictive accuracy of other actuarial risk assessment instruments for child maltreatment (AUC = .70;Van der Put et al, 2017).Structured Professional Judgment (SPJ) tools (e.g., the Child Abuse Risk Evaluation (CARE-NL; de Ruiter & de Jong, 2006), see below) do not provide a sum of individual risk factors, but consist of the weighing and integrating of both static and dynamic risk factors, as well as protective factors(de Ruiter et al, 2020).…”

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Child investigative interviewing and risk assessment in Dutch child abuse investigations

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Validation and further development of a risk assessment instrument for child welfare

Cited by 17 publications

References 38 publications

The Concept of Heat Transfer measured by Cognitive Domain Assessment Instruments

The Concept of Heat Transfer measured by Cognitive Domain Assessment Instruments

Personalizing Child Protection: The Clinical Value and Usability of a Needs Assessment Instrument in The Netherlands

Child investigative interviewing and risk assessment in Dutch child abuse investigations

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