Mental & Emotional Affects of
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1. that helps determine what was used by CPS in child removal
2. Helps with a lawsuit against CPS
From Child Welfare Information Gateway:
What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
Series Title: | Factsheets |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
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Year Published: | 2006 - 4 pages |
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3. This fact sheet explains how child maltreatment is defined in federal and state laws. Distinctions between the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and state civil and criminal statutes are highlighted. Operational definitions of physical abuse, child neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse also are included.
Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect: Signs and Symptoms
Series Title: | Factsheets |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
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Availability in Spanish: | View Publication |
Year Published: | 2006 - 4 pages |
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The first step in helping abused or neglected children is learning to recognize the signs of child abuse and neglect. This fact sheet lists general signs that may signal the presence of child abuse. It also includes signs associated with specific types of abuse such as physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional maltreatment.
Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Early Brain Development
Series Title: | Bulletins for Professionals |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Publication |
Year Published: | 2001 - 14 pages |
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This In Focus report provides an overview of early brain development and examines how child abuse can impair cognitive and emotional functioning. The specific effects of stress, persistent fear response, hyperarousal, dissociation, disrupted attachment process, and neglect are discussed. The briefing reviews the implications of research findings for the child welfare system, practitioners, and caregivers. Early intervention and prevention strategies are suggested
Silent Realities: Supporting Young Children and Their Families Who Experience Violence
Author(s): | Cohen, Walthall |
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Availability in Spanish: | Download Publication (PDF - 240 KB) |
Year Published: | 2003 - 30 pages |
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This guide describes the effects of trauma on young children and suggests strategies for helping victims and witnesses of community and domestic violence to heal. Based on concepts presented by experts attending an institute held during a National Head Start Association training conference in April 2000, the discussion emphasizes the importance of encouraging children and adults to express their fears. Teachers and other adults are encouraged to identify changes in children's typical behavior and provide opportunities for them to communicate their feelings through art, stories, and drama. Adults also should ensure that children feel safe and in control. The experts ...
Dealing With Temper Tantrums (from Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community : 2008 Resource Packet)
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway, Children's Bureau, FRIENDS National Resource Center For Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention |
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Year Published: | 2008 - 1 pages |
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A young child's tantrums can be stressful for parents. This tip sheet helps parents understand why toddlers have tantrums, what they can do to help prevent tantrums, and how to handle them calmly when they occur.
Children exposed to community violence or war/terrorism : Special Issue of Clinical child and family psychology review.
Author(s): | Prinze |
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Year Published: | 2003 - 91 pages |
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This issue of Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review addresses the current status of knowledge as well as critical research needs in the area of children exposed to violence outside the family. Although much has been learned in recent years about children exposed to violence, significant research gaps remain, the identification of which may help to build a more complete and rigorous science base in this area. This journal issue represents the distillation of a 3-day workshop on children exposed to violence, held in July of 2002, that identified what is known about children exposed to violence and what this ...
From Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/catalog/index.cfm?event=catalog.viewIndex&letter=B&page=2
Bonding With Your Baby (from Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community : 2008 Resource Packet)
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway, Children's Bureau, FRIENDS National Resource Center For Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention |
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Year Published: | 2008 - 1 pages |
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Strong bonds between babies and caregivers help babies' bodies and brains grow. This tip sheet helps parents understand normal infant behavior, the importance of nurturing and attachment, and what parents can do to develop strong bonds with their babies.
From Child Welfare Information Gateway:
http://cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov/articles.cfm?issue_id=2007-03&article_id=1292#2
Resources on Child Traumatic Stress
Child traumatic stress, particularly as experienced by children involved in the child welfare system, is the focus of the Winter 2007 issue of the online journal Focal Point. The articles discuss a range of topics, including causes and definitions of child traumatic stress, the psychological and physiological effects of multiple traumatic stress experiences, evidence-based treatment strategies, and early intervention as prevention.
Focal Point is a publication of the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health at Portland State University. The entire issue or individual articles are available for PDF download:
www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgFPW07TOC.php
Note for Below: The Appendix A on Crime Compensation is included for your information. When convicted of child abuse, the alleged perpetrator can be ordered to pay for counseling for the victim. It is not known if this information is useful to a person on the Central Registry, or not – specifically, can the file be obtained from the “State Victims of Crimes Programs” and/or can the record be expunged.
From: http://www.childwelfare.gov/
The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children
Author(s): | Office on Child Abuse and Neglect |
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Year Published: | 2006 - 125 pages |
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To carry out their responsibilities of protecting children at risk of maltreatment, CPS caseworkers must effectively engage families that often both present and face great challenges. These can include substance abuse, mental health problems, economic stress, unemployment, separation and divorce, inadequate housing, crime, and incarceration. Figuring out how best to work with and engage these families, always with the safety of and permanency for the child as the goal, is not easy. This manual also speaks to both the opportunities and challenges presented by one participant in the family sagas that CPS caseworkers deal with everyday: the father. Working with ...
The Role of Mental Health Professionals in the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
User Manual Series (1993)
Author(s): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Year Published: 1993 |
Protecting Children in Military Families: A Cooperative Response
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Addressing the Mental Health of Sexually Abused Children
Series Title: | Bulletins for Professionals |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Publication |
Year Published: | 2007 - 14 pages |
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Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) has been found to reduce children?s negative emotional and behavioral responses after sexual abuse and other traumatic events. It also helps nonoffending parents cope with their own distress and develop skills to support their children. This issue brief explores the characteristics and benefits of TF-CBT to help child welfare caseworkers and other professionals who work with at-risk families make more informed decisions about when to refer children and their caregivers to TF-CBT programs. It includes information about what makes TF-CBT unique, key components, target population, effectiveness, and what to look for in a TF-CBT therapist.
It is felt by many that CPS, itself, inflicts child abuse & neglect:
From: http://childwelfare.gov/
Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect
Series Title: | Factsheets |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Publication |
Availability in Spanish: | View Publication |
Year Published: | 2006 - 8 pages |
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The impact of child abuse and neglect is often discussed in terms of physical, psychological, behavioral, and societal consequences. In reality, however, it is impossible to separate them completely. Physical consequences (such as damage to a child's growing brain) can have psychological implications (cognitive delays or emotional difficulties, for example.). Psychological problems often manifest as high-risk behaviors. Depression and anxiety, for example, may make a person more likely to smoke, abuse alcohol or illicit drugs, or overeat. High-risk behaviors, in turn, can lead to long-term physical health problems such as sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, and obesity. This fact sheet provides ...
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy With At-Risk Families
Series Title: | Issue Briefs |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Publication |
Year Published: | 2007 - 14 pages |
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Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) is a family-centered treatment approach demonstrated effective for abused and at-risk children ages 2˝ to 12 and their parents or caregivers. This issue brief explores the characteristics and benefits of PCIT to help child welfare caseworkers, other professionals who work with at-risk families, and caregivers make more informed decisions about family participation in PCIT programs. It includes information about what makes PCIT unique, key components, effectiveness, and what to look for in a PCIT therapist.
Parenting the Adopted Adolescent
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Publication |
Year Published: | 1995 - 11 pages |
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This fact sheet explores the effect of adoption on adolescent development and behavior. Identity formation, fear of abandonment, issues of control, feelings of not belonging, and desires to connect with birth families are described. The briefing also reviews the reactions of teens who were adopted at an older age and provides suggestions for parental response to problems. A list of training programs and materials is attached to the factsheet.
Parenting the Sexually Abused Child
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
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Year Published: | 1990 - 11 pages |
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Written for prospective and adoptive parents, this fact sheet describes the effects of sexual abuse and provides recommendations for caring for sexually abused children. Topics covered include the physical and behavioral signs of abuse, issues for boys, contributors to juvenile sex offending, and typical reactions to abuse. Bonding in the adoptive family also is discussed. The fact sheet provides a list of recommended publications for parents and professionals.
Treatment for Abused and Neglected Children: Infancy to Age 18
Author(s): | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Availability: | View Publication |
Year Published: | 1994 - 134 pages |
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This manual, produced by NCCAN as part of the User Manual Series, provides an overview of the treatment of sexually abused, physically abused, and neglected children. Child development is briefly reviewed and the study of developmental psychopathology is described. All aspects of child development are considered, including intrapersonal development, interpersonal development, physical development, sexual development, and behavioral conduct development. Consequences of abuse and neglect, assessment of maltreatment, the therapeutic process and the role of the therapist, treatment issues and specialized interventions, and case management are addressed. The manual provides a glossary of terms and list of resources for more detailed ...
Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect
Series Title: | Factsheet |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Publication |
Year Published: | 2006 - 8 pages |
The impact of child abuse and neglect is often discussed in terms of physical, psychological, behavioral, and societal consequences. In reality, however, it is impossible to separate them completely. Physical consequences (such as damage to a child's growing brain) can have psychological implications (cognitive delays or emotional difficulties, for example.). Psychological problems often manifest as high-risk behaviors. Depression and anxiety, for example, may make a person more likely to smoke, abuse alcohol or illicit drugs, or overeat. High-risk behaviors, in turn, can lead to long-term physical health problems such as sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, and obesity. This fact sheet provides ...
Appendix A : Crime Victim Compensation And Victim Assistance
State Victims Of Crime Programs
Alabama
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Executive Director | Director |
Alaska
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Administrator | Commissioner |
American Samoa
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
No Compensation Program | Director |
Arizona
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Executive Director | Director |
Arkansas
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Attorney General | Prosecutor Coordinator |
California
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Executive Officer | Executive Director |
Colorado
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Director | Director |
Connecticut
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Administrator | Under Secretary |
Delaware
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Executive Director | Executive Director |
District of Columbia
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Director | Director |
Florida
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Chief and Director | Director |
Georgia
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Director | Director |
Guam
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
No Compensation Program | Attorney General |
Hawaii
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Attorney General | Attorney General |
Idaho
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Executive Director | Executive Director |
Illinois
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Deputy Clerk | Executive Director |
Indiana
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Acting Director | Executive Director |
Iowa
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Attorney General | Attorney General |
Kansas
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Attorney General | Secretary |
Kentucky
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Executive Director | Secretary |
Louisiana
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Executive Director | Executive Director |
Maine
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Office of the Attorney General | Commissioner |
Maryland
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Secretary | Secretary |
Massachusetts
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Attorney General | Executive Director |
Michigan
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Administrator | Director |
Minnesota
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Commissioner | Commissioner |
Mississippi
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Director | Director |
Missouri
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Director | Director |
Montana
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Administrator | Administrator |
Nebraska
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Executive Director | Executive Director |
Nevada
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Director | Director |
New Hampshire
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Director of Administration | Director of Administration |
New Jersey
Victim Compensation | Victim Assistance |
Chairman | Attorney General |