Re: Treatment for maltreating parents -Reply

[Wilf Graham <wgraham@xxxxxxxx>]

Janet,
I sent the message below previously, but offered the wrong domain suffix for the article. The correct URL is < http://www.wa.gov/wsipp >. My apologies for whatever inconvenience this may have caused.

Further to Dr. Taube remarks, I suggest you examine a document entitled, "Watching the Bottom Line" available at the Washington State Institute for Social Policy Web site: http://www.wa.org This paper looks at the cost and cost savings to the state of a variety of juvenile justice programs. The Social Learning Centre's treatment foster care model demonstrate the third greatest % change in juvenile offences and produced the second greatest estimated cost saving to the state.

At 09:24 PM 21/01/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>Dear Janet,
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>Though not directly related to child abusing parents, there are a group of studies that have been conducted by researchers at the Oregon Social Learning Center (a center affiliated with the U of Oregon in Eugene) that focus on the causes of behavior problems in children, and the effective training of parents to counter such problems (see, for example, work by M. Forgatch, G. Patterson, D. Capaldi, and others). Despite the focus on problem behaviors in children, a good number of the findings seem to suggest that lack of monitoring (that is, a type of neglect) may be a very important risk factor for children to develop deliquent behavior in childhood and adolescence. The Center has had good results with its parent training programs based on social learning theory.
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>Good luck in your review.
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>Dan Taube, Ph.D., J.D.
>Associate Professor
>CSPP-Alameda
>1005 Atlantic Ave.
>Alameda, CA 94501
>(510) 523-2300 ext. 128
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Wilf Graham
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