Re: Children receiving treatment

["Sue and Mark Foley" <smfoley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have passed on your request on to Professor Patrick Parkinson who is a
lawyer and has been instrumental in rewriting the Children's Welfare law
here in NSW state in Australia.
The issue at question relates to whether visiting will traumatise or do more
harm or even be helpful if there is some interpretation/therapy with the
child. The father should be asked to give undertakings in writing about how
he will relate to this child and probably anyone else who visits - this will
also serve as an education process for him!

-----Original Message-----
From: Sue and Mark Foley <smfoley@mpx.com.au>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: Children receiving treatment


>We are currently writing up research I described about 6 months ago into
the
>follow up of children seen in a tertiary medical unit for assessment and
>then referred on. The data is still being analysed but we may have a
comment
>about the amount of follow up care in general and the gaps  that transfer
>creates. As for longer term follow up in specialist counselling units - we
>can let you know if this is available - this was a sample of 100 children
in
>a 12 month period
>Sue Foley
>smfoley@mpx.com.au
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Finkelhor <david.finkelhor@unh.edu>
>To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
><CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
>Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 12:11 AM
>Subject: Children receiving treatment
>
>
>>We are looking for estimates on what percentage of children substantiated
>>for abuse (of various kinds) actually receive mental health services and
>>for how long. Sometimes such figures are reported or hidden in studies
that
>>aren't really about this topic per se.
>>
>>David Finkelhor *  Crimes Against Children Research Center * Family
>>Research Laboratory * Department of Sociology * University of New
Hampshire
>>* Durham, NH  03824 * 603-862-2761 (phone) * 603-862-1122 (fax)
>>
>>davidf@christa.unh.edu   (or)
>>david.finkelhor@unh.edu
>>
>>(603) 862-2761  phone
>>(603) 862-1122  fax
>>
>>CCRC website: http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/index.html
>>FRL website: http://www.unh.edu/frl/index.html
>>