ERICA (Stopping Child Maltreatment through Pan-European Multiprofessional Training Programme: Early Child Protection Work with Families at Risk) Training Programme Design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giedre Zlatkute ◽  
Sarah Bekaert ◽  
Jane Appleton ◽  
Eija Paavilainen ◽  
Henrike Schecke ◽  
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This paper describes the design and development of the ERICA (Stopping Child Maltreatment through a Pan European Multiprofessional Training Programme: Early Child Protection Work with Families at Risk) training programme. ERICA project was funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Funding programme of the European Commission (European Commission 2019-2021), and has an overarching aim to develop, pilot and evaluate a Europe wide training programme in prevention, assessment, support and referral in relation to child maltreatment. It is a pan-European partnership with collaborators from Finland, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy and Poland. ERICA project proposes an integrated strategy to deal with child maltreatment risk and child maltreatment that consists of a multidisciplinary training across services and professional profiles, plus the design and promotion of a community engagement strategy, to build protective factors around families at risk and families suffering from child maltreatment.

Author(s):  
Peter J. Pecora

The mission of child welfare is multifaceted and includes: (a) responding to the needs of children reported to public child-protection agencies as being abused, neglected, or at risk of child maltreatment; (b) providing children placed in out-of-home care with developmentally appropriate services; and (c) helping children find permanent homes in the least-restrictive living situations possible; and (d) providing “post-permanency” services to children so they do not return to foster care. This section describes the mission, scope, and selected issues of major child-welfare-program areas.


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Conrad Krawiec ◽  
Seth Gerard ◽  
Sarah Iriana ◽  
Rachel Berger ◽  
Benjamin Levi

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a newly implemented Child Protection Alert System (CPAS) that utilizes triggering diagnoses to identify children who have been confirmed/strongly suspected as maltreated. We retrospectively reviewed electronic health records (EHRs) of 666 patients evaluated by our institution’s child protection team between 2009 and 2014. We examined each EHR for the presence of a pop-up alert, a persistent text-based visual alert, and diagnoses denoting child maltreatment. Diagnostic accuracy of the CPAS for child maltreatment identification was assessed. Of 323 patients for whom child maltreatment was confirmed/strongly suspected, 21.7% (70/323) had a qualifying longitudinal diagnosis listed. The pop-up alert fired in 14% of cases (45/323) with a sensitivity and specificity of 13.9% (95% CI [10.4%, 18.2%]) and 100% (95% CI [98.9%, 100.0%]), respectively. The text-based visual alert displayed in 44 of 45 cases. The CPAS is a novel simple way to support clinical decision-making to identify and protect children at risk of (re)abuse. This study highlights multiple barriers that must be overcome to effectively design and implement a CPAS to protect at-risk children.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-38
Author(s):  
Hyun-Soo Kim ◽  
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Bong Joo Lee ◽  
Sewon Kim ◽  
Joan P. Yoo ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  

INFO ARTHA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Budi Susilo

The objective of post-evaluation Treasurer Training in 2015 is to analyze the influence of Treasurer Training programme design to the competency of treasurers which contribute to bettermen of their duties and tasks as treasurer, furthermore, to analyze the subject of Treasurer Training which need to refined. This post-evaluation research respondents are alumni, alumni's superiors, and alumni's peers of Treasurer Training in the first semester of 2015. This research utilizes interview and disseminates questionaries to alumni, superiors, and peers. Data processing is carried out using descriptive statistics with SPSS and Microsoft Excel. The research output including three competences show that score of knowledge competence is 4.53 (very good), score of skills is 4.54 (very good) and attitude is 4.52 (very good). The result of Chi-Square test shows that there is no difference in competence evaluation by alumni, superiors, and peers so it is considered objective. 


Author(s):  
Jelena Gerke ◽  
Tatjana Dietz

AbstractChild sexual abuse has been discussed thoroughly; however, marginalized groups of victims such as victims of child sexual abuse in early childhood and victims of maternal sexual abuse have rarely been considered. This essay combines these two relevant perspectives in child protection and aims to pin out future directions in the field of child abuse and specifically maternal sexual abuse and its early prevention. In the course of the 7th Haruv International PhD Workshop on Child Maltreatment at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, in 2019 the topics of maternal sexual abuse and early prevention of child maltreatment in Germany were discussed and intertwined. Problems concerning the specific research of maternal sexual abuse in early childhood and prevention were identified. Both, maternal sexual abuse as well as sexual abuse in early childhood, i.e. before the age of three, are underreported topics. Society still follows a “friendly mother illusion” while recent cases in German media as well as research findings indicate that the mother can be a perpetrator of child sexual abuse. Similarly, sexual abuse in early childhood, namely abuse before the age of three, is existent; although the recognition of it is difficult and young children are, in regards to their age and development especially vulnerable. They need protective adults in their environment, who are aware of sexual abuse in the first years of life. Raising awareness on marginalized or tabooed topics can be a form of prevention. An open dialog in research and practice about the so far marginalized topics of maternal sexual abuse and sexual abuse in early childhood is crucial.


Author(s):  
Karsten Arthur van Loon ◽  
Linda Helena Anna Bonnie ◽  
Nynke van Dijk ◽  
Fedde Scheele

Abstract Introduction Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) have been applied differently in many postgraduate medical education (PGME) programmes, but the reasons for and the consequences of this variation are not well known. Our objective was to investigate how the uptake of EPAs is influenced by the workplace environment and to what extent the benefits of working with EPAs are at risk when the uptake of EPAs is influenced. This knowledge can be used by curriculum developers who intend to apply EPAs in their curricula. Method For this qualitative study, we selected four PGME programmes: General Practice, Clinical Geriatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Radiology & Nuclear Medicine. A document analysis was performed on the national training plans, supported by the AMEE Guide for developing EPA-based curricula and relevant EPA-based literature. Interviews were undertaken with medical specialists who had specific involvement in the development of the curricula. Content analysis was employed and illuminated the possible reasons for variation in the uptake of EPAs. Results An important part of the variation in the uptake of EPAs can be explained by environmental factors, such as patient population, the role of the physician in the health-care system, and the setup of local medical care institutions where the training programme takes place. The variation in uptake of EPAs is specifically reflected in the number and breadth of the EPAs, and in the way the entrustment decision is executed within the PGME programme. Discussion Due to variation in uptake of EPAs, the opportunities for trainees to work independently during the training programme might be challenging. EPAs can be implemented in the curriculum of PGME programmes in a meaningful way, but only if the quality of an EPA is assessed, future users are involved in the development, and the key feature of EPAs (the entrustment decision) is retained.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjan Kanti Panda ◽  
Lopamudra Mullick ◽  
Subhadeep Adhikari ◽  
Neepa Basu ◽  
Archana Kumari

This article reflects different programmes and resource components that may be promoted to keep children with either their own family or within alternative family care, satisfying the rights of their overall development. In India, the concept of promoting family-based care mechanisms through government systems has not been fully realised, owing to lack of synergy between resource allocation and existing government programmes, policies and plans of action for child protection. Additionally, the common public discourse is that Child Care Institutions (CCIs) offer suitable care and protection for children outside the parental care. CCIs continue to be identified as the ultimate and the most common response for children at risk. This practice nullifies the scope to explore opportunities for the child to live with their family or in any alternative family care mechanisms. Child in Need Institute (CINI), 1 1 CINI is a national level development organization working on establishing child-friendly communities through its work on health, nutrition, child protection and education for the last forty-five years in India. partnering with Hope and Homes for Children, have analysed the vulnerability factors that led children to arrive at the selected CCIs in Ranchi and Khunti districts of Jharkhand in India. While working with children in the communities, CINI endeavoured to understand the drivers and vulnerabilities leading to family/child separation and what mechanisms could address the vulnerabilities at source and prevent separation. CINI promoted a participatory governance process with the involvement of community-level institutions along with children’s and women’s groups, incubating safe spaces for children that aided in identifying, tracking and promoting multi-sectoral development plans for children at risk. 


Author(s):  
Shawna J. Lee ◽  
Kaitlin P. Ward ◽  
Joyce Y. Lee ◽  
Christina M. Rodriguez

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