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Evaluating intervention outcomes for children who have been abused or neglected
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Challis, KM and Matthewson, ML and Dean, T and Brown, C, Evaluating intervention outcomes for children who have been abused or neglected, 49th APS Annual Conference: Psychology meeting society's challenges, 30 September - 3 October, 2014, Hobart, Tasmania (2014) [Conference Extract]
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Abstract
This study investigated the emotional and behavioural presentation of abused and neglected children
presenting for assessment and therapy at the Child Trauma Service of the Australian Childhood
Foundation (ACF) in Tasmania. An aim of the study was to conduct exploratory analyses to
investigate the impact of intervention by the Child Trauma Service on the symptoms and behaviour of
children who have been abused or neglected. Further the study investigated the relationship between
the number of foster care placements and the behaviour and psychopathology of children. Also the
study aimed to investigate whether the quality of the carer-child relationship is related to the
symptoms and behaviours of children as they present at the time of referral. The study employed a
data-mining procedure whereby data was obtained from the client files of closed cases from the
ACF’s Tasmanian Child Trauma Service. Sources of data included qualitative information obtained
from Therapeutic Assessment Reports and case reviews. Psychometric data was also gathered from
the client files. Psychometric tests used by the service and examined in this study include: the
Parenting Relationship Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (PRQ–CA) and for pre-school
children (PRQ–P), the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC), the Trauma
Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC), the Behaviour Assessment System for Children (BASC–2),
and the Child Sexual Behaviour Inventory (CSBI–3). The results of this study will be discussed in
terms of the efficacy of services provided to abused and neglected children in Tasmania with
recommendations given tin relation to best practice when working with these children.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Conference Extract |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Intervention, child abuse, child neglect |
| Research Division: | Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
| Research Group: | Psychology |
| Research Field: | Developmental Psychology and Ageing |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
| Author: | Challis, KM (Miss Katherine Challis) |
| Author: | Matthewson, ML (Dr Mandy Matthewson) |
| Author: | Dean, T (Dr Tracey Dean) |
| ID Code: | 100856 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Deposited By: | Psychology |
| Deposited On: | 2015-06-02 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-06-02 |
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