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Re: Out of Home Placements and Abuse
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<DIV>Vincent,</DIV>
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<DIV>It is interesting that this comes up today, since I just had a discussion with a social worker I supervise who works in a group home for abused children. There seems to be a strange double standard when it comes to child abuse as compared to other types of domestic abuse. Can anyone imagine that a judge in DV case would order the batterered wife into marital counseling with her abuser prior to the abuser being treated, acknowledging their issues and completing treatment? Or ordering the wife to meet with the abusive husband at a restaurant to insure the continuity of the relationship? But this kind of thing goes on all the time with children under the guise of family reunification. Given the high rate of treatment failure and high rate of child abuse recidivism, I think it would make sense to be </DIV>
<DIV>more pragmatic and less ideologically driven in these types of cases.</DIV>
<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Eric G. Mart, Ph.D., ABPP <BR>311 Highlander Way <BR>Manchester, New Hampshire 03103 <BR>Phone: 603/626-0966 <BR>Fax: 603/622-7012 <BR>www.psychology-law.com</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> I think you're asking a complex question--or perhaps you're interested <BR>> in a much more specific question--and that any answers depend on what <BR>> groups are being compared and the study methodology. (For instance, <BR>> it's obviously different comparing overall risk of abuse in placement <BR>> to risk in the general population, vs. to risk for already placed <BR>> children if returned home. Also, sometimes abuse that occurs while the <BR>> child is placed but on a home visit may be counted as "abused in <BR>> placement," sometimes only abuse that happens in the placement is <BR>> counted.) My impression from reviewing the research on this some time <BR>> ago is that, in general, kids who've been abused in their families are <BR>> safer when placed, but I can't recall the studies off-hand. Mor!
eover, <BR>> with the exception of a very few specific programs like Multisystemic <BR>> Therapy, there's no good research support for the idea that "family <BR>> preservation" type programs reduce the abuse risk in at-risk families. <BR>> (See, for example, Chaffin, Bonner, & Hill, Family preservation and <BR>> family support programs: Child maltreatment outcomes across client risk <BR>> levels and program types, in Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol 25(10), Oct <BR>> 2001. pp. 1269-1289.)Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any studies that <BR>> focus on handicapped children per se. <BR>> Good luck, <BR>> Vince <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: RobertELongo@aol.com <BR>> Date: Saturday, February 12, 2005 6:08 pm <BR>> Subject: Out of Home Placements and Abuse <BR>> <BR>> > <BR>> > Hello everyone: <BR>> > I am looking for research or literature that might support the <BR>> > bel!
ief that <BR>> > children are more likely to be physically or se
xually abused in <BR>> > an out of home <BR>> > placement, and especially if they are handicapped children. Does <BR>> > anything <BR>> > of this nature exist? <BR>> > Thank you <BR>> > <BR>> > Rob Longo <BR>> > Independent Consulting and Training <BR>> > Sexual Abuse Prevention & Education Resources <BR>> > Charleston, South Carolina <BR>> > www.roblongo.com <BR>> > <BR>> > ************************************************************* <BR>> > <BR>> > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and <BR>> > intended <BR>> > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are <BR>> > addressed. If <BR>> > you have received this email in error please notify the sender by <BR>> > E-mail, <BR>> > delete, and destroy this message and its attachments. <BR>> > <BR>> > All attachments sent are protected from known !
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