Predicting post-training implementation of a parenting intervention
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 302-315, December 2017. Purpose While evidence-based parenting interventions (EBPIs) are proven effective at addressing numerous emotional and behavioral health challenges for children and youth, and reduce rates of child maltreatment, they are often not well implemented in the real-world settings. Even with the state-of-the art training, many practitioners do not deliver the intervention, or do so at a reduced capacity. The purpose of this paper is to examine system-contextual implementation factors that predict timely initiation of use of an EBPI (i.e. within the f...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The complexity of children ’s involvement in school bullying
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 288-301, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the complexity of children ’s involvement in school bullying from the child’s perspective. Design/methodology/approach A Foucauldian perspective provides a more nuanced approach than traditional understandings for examining the fluidity of power which involves “grey” areas; struggles between pupils, and pupils and t eachers; and takes into account systemic factors. Data are drawn from observations, focus groups and individual interviews with children aged 10-16. Findings Children explai...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Unit manager perspectives of a trauma-specific programme across Scotland ’s secure estate
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 271-287, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess unit manager perspectives on the introduction of a group-based trauma-specific programme delivered across Scotland ’s secure estate. As this was the first time such an estate-wide initiative had occurred, it was important to identify the benefits/challenges at a strategic level. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory qualitative case study was utilised involving semi-structured interviews with five senio r unit managers in three secure units to discover their perceptions of the benefits and...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Mother-child disagreements on child anxiety: associated factors
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 257-270, December 2017. Purpose Previous literature demonstrated low-to-moderate rates of agreement between children and mothers regarding child anxiety. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate factors related to differences between mother-child dyads who disagreed vs agreed in their reports of child anxiety symptoms. Design/methodology/approach In total, 87 children aged 9-12 years old and their mothers completed questionnaires regarding maternal perceptions of child behavior, maternal separation anxiety about the child ’s individuation, and mother-child relatio...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
British values and identity among young British Muslims in Tower Hamlets: understandings and connections
Discussions were audio recorded with the data subjected to a form of thematic analysis that divi ded the raw data into three different categories: individual, group and group interaction data. Findings All but one of the participants defined themselves as British, largely due to a strong connection with British values. A minority felt this understanding was reflected back to them by society. However, the majority felt that, as ethnically Bengali and as Muslims, the opposite was the case. By judging the strength of an individual’s Britishness against the strength of their adherence to British values the government’s Br...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Parent-based early childhood interventions do make a difference! A rebuttal to See and Gorard (2015a)
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 224-238, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to refute See and Gorard ’s paper published in this journal in 2015 which argues that parent-based interventions for school readiness are ineffective. Design/methodology/approach Methods and results from 107 studies that were cited in See and Gorard (2015a) and associated reports were reviewed. Evaluations were made bas ed on comparing the original studies with the summaries of those studies in the publication. Findings In this rebuttal, the authors show how See and Gorard erred to correctly report meth...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
In praise of academic dust-ups
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 221-223, December 2017. (Source: Journal of Children's Services)
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Predicting post-training implementation of a parenting intervention
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 302-315, December 2017. Purpose While evidence-based parenting interventions (EBPIs) are proven effective at addressing numerous emotional and behavioral health challenges for children and youth, and reduce rates of child maltreatment, they are often not well implemented in the real-world settings. Even with the state-of-the art training, many practitioners do not deliver the intervention, or do so at a reduced capacity. The purpose of this paper is to examine system-contextual implementation factors that predict timely initiation of use of an EBPI (i.e. within the f...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The complexity of children ’s involvement in school bullying
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 288-301, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the complexity of children ’s involvement in school bullying from the child’s perspective. Design/methodology/approach A Foucauldian perspective provides a more nuanced approach than traditional understandings for examining the fluidity of power which involves “grey” areas; struggles between pupils, and pupils and t eachers; and takes into account systemic factors. Data are drawn from observations, focus groups and individual interviews with children aged 10-16. Findings Children explai...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Unit manager perspectives of a trauma-specific programme across Scotland ’s secure estate
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 271-287, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess unit manager perspectives on the introduction of a group-based trauma-specific programme delivered across Scotland ’s secure estate. As this was the first time such an estate-wide initiative had occurred, it was important to identify the benefits/challenges at a strategic level. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory qualitative case study was utilised involving semi-structured interviews with five senio r unit managers in three secure units to discover their perceptions of the benefits and...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Mother-child disagreements on child anxiety: associated factors
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 257-270, December 2017. Purpose Previous literature demonstrated low-to-moderate rates of agreement between children and mothers regarding child anxiety. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate factors related to differences between mother-child dyads who disagreed vs agreed in their reports of child anxiety symptoms. Design/methodology/approach In total, 87 children aged 9-12 years old and their mothers completed questionnaires regarding maternal perceptions of child behavior, maternal separation anxiety about the child ’s individuation, and mother-child relatio...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
British values and identity among young British Muslims in Tower Hamlets: understandings and connections
Discussions were audio recorded with the data subjected to a form of thematic analysis that divi ded the raw data into three different categories: individual, group and group interaction data. Findings All but one of the participants defined themselves as British, largely due to a strong connection with British values. A minority felt this understanding was reflected back to them by society. However, the majority felt that, as ethnically Bengali and as Muslims, the opposite was the case. By judging the strength of an individual’s Britishness against the strength of their adherence to British values the government’s Br...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Parent-based early childhood interventions do make a difference! A rebuttal to See and Gorard (2015a)
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 224-238, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to refute See and Gorard ’s paper published in this journal in 2015 which argues that parent-based interventions for school readiness are ineffective. Design/methodology/approach Methods and results from 107 studies that were cited in See and Gorard (2015a) and associated reports were reviewed. Evaluations were made bas ed on comparing the original studies with the summaries of those studies in the publication. Findings In this rebuttal, the authors show how See and Gorard erred to correctly report meth...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Children's social work at the crossroads
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 2/3, Page 69-71, September 2017. (Source: Journal of Children's Services)
Source: Journal of Children's Services - October 20, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Equipping the child welfare workforce to improve the well-being of children
Journal of Children's Services,Volume 12, Issue 2/3, Page 211-220, September 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss ways of equipping the child welfare (CW) workforce to improve the well-being of children through graduate education and post-MSW training. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyses the barriers to providing mental health (MH) services to vulnerable children and families and discusses three evidence-based ways of overcoming them. Findings Child and family social workers need to do more than case management if they are to influence the well-being of the children and families they seek to...
Source: Journal of Children's Services - October 20, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
