michael little dartington social research unit, uk and chapin hall center for children at the...
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Michael LittleDartington Social Research Unit, UK and Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, US
differences of opinion or false divides
child protection family support
prevention treatment
top down bottom up
community engagement prevention science
a new way of doing business
• common language, innovation and better outcomes
• good evidence about the problem and potential solutions
• community engagement and ownership of children services
false divide #1 child protection or family support
11 million children
children referred to children’s services
children in need160,000
child protectionprocedures160,000
family visitno help
no further investigation
children consideredto need help
child protectionconference
child’s name on protectionregister
children not knownto children’s services
children not offered any help
false divide #1 child protection or family support
11 million children
children referred to children’s services
children in need160,000
Child protectionprocedures160,000
children not offered any help
family visit
no further investigation
children consideredto need help
child protectionconference
child’s name on protectionregister
people call thischild protection
people call thisfamily support
no help
children not knownto children’s services
false divide #1 child protection or family support
11 million children
children referred to children’s services
children in need160,000
Child protectionprocedures160,000
family visit
no further investigation
children consideredto need help
child protectionconference
child’s name on protectionregister
these children get verylittle help or a very strong interventione.g foster care
these children get “thin” services
no help
children not knownto children’s services
children not offered any help
false divide #1 child protection or family support
people call thischild protection
people call thisfamily support
reasoning psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence
2%
7%
22%
10%
20%
30%
% of children
with clinical disorder
70,000 260,000 17,000
false divide #2 prevention or treatment
psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence
2%
7%
22%
10%
20%
30%
% of children
with clinical disorder
1.0
2.0
3.0
mean scores onbehaviour problems
70,000 260,000 17,000
false divide #2 prevention or treatment
reasoning
child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families
psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence
10%
20%
30%
% of children
with clinical disorder
1.0
2.0
3.0
mean scores onbehaviour problems
70,000 260,000 17,000
child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families
potential effects
false divide #2 prevention or treatment
reasoning
psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence
10%
20%
30%
% of children
with clinical disorder
1.0
2.0
3.0
mean scores onbehaviour problems
child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families
70,000 260,000 17,000
potential effects
false divide #2 prevention or treatment
reasoning
psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence
10%
20%
30%
% of children
with clinical disorder
1.0
2.0
3.0
mean scores onbehaviour problems
70,000 260,000 17,000
child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families
potential effects
false divide #2 prevention or treatment
reasoning
psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence
10%
20%
30%
% of children
with clinical disorder
1.0
2.0
3.0
mean scores onbehaviour problems
70,000 260,000 17,000
child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families
potential effects
false divide #2 prevention or treatment
reasoning
child protection as treatment could mean better mental health services
false divide #3 top down or bottom up
top down bottom up
evidence cosmetic local/low quality
community engagement low high
common language low fidelity poor
the little childrenSuper START
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epidemiology
A I Ot
national policyconsumer voice
database of good practice
communityownership
rigorousevaluation
resources in Australasia
epidemiology australian early development index
consumer view early innovations at this accan conference
national policypolitical will but lack of direction?
‘what works’ evidencetriple-p, queensland early interventionand prevention of anxiety project (qeipap)
single threshold
single threshold
thick prevention services
further resources
• www.preventionaction.orgfor daily online news about child development and children’s services
• www.michaellittle.orgfor materials relating to this talk, including podcast of this presentation
• www.commonlanguage.org.ukfor information on our methods
• www.dartington-i.orgto see people talking about these methods