2012-05-24T14:56:26Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/child-abuse-and-neglect.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR991-1.html Jan 4, 2012 Jan 4, 2012

Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) is the second phase of a community-based initiative focused on developing and fielding interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence. This report shares the results of SSPA, which was intended to implement and evaluate promising and evidence-based programs in 15 program sites across the country.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9575.html Sep 13, 2011 Sep 13, 2011

RAND's evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches identified program successes and challenges in implementing programs for children exposed to violence. The evaluation results, though largely inconclusive, can inform similar efforts going forward.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/08/26/PBS.html Aug 26, 2011 Aug 26, 2011

Boys and men of color—in particular, young African American men—are particularly vulnerable to racial and ethnic disparities. That such disparities exist should surprise no one. Nor should the fact that such disparities diminish the life chances of those affected, writes Lois M. Davis.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR772.html Jan 4, 2010 Jan 4, 2010

<p>CBITS was developed for use by school-based mental health professionals for any student with symptoms of distress following exposure to trauma. SSET was adapted from CBITS for use by any school personnel with the time and interest to work with students affected by trauma. This toolkit assists social workers, school-based mental health professionals, and school personnel in adapting these interventions for use with youth who are in foster care.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG745.html Feb 4, 2009 Feb 4, 2009

The first multi-dimensional effort to quantify the disparities faced by African-American and Latino boys and men in California across a broad spectrum of health and social factors provides a disquieting outlook for their lives.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG745z1.html Jan 4, 2009 Jan 4, 2009

<p>The summary discusses some of the greatest disparities for boys and men of color relative to their white counterparts across specific socioeconomic, health, safety, and school readiness indicators in California and provides information about different strategies for reducing the disparities &mdash; including effective programs, practices, and policies &mdash; that can begin making an important difference in changing the life course of boys and men of color.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091018.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>Well developed social and problem solving skills, greater ability to adapt, and positive peer relationships help to protect some children from the harmful consequences of being mistreated.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR413.html Apr 17, 2007 Apr 17, 2007

<p>RAND has released a toolkit that shows how to provide school-based mental health programs for students exposed to violence, natural disasters and other traumatic events. The toolkit will enable schools to help students displaced by natural disasters like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. </p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050316.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004

<p>These national estimates suggest that children in child welfare settings are receiving psychotropic medications at a rate between 2 and 3 times that of children treated in the community. This suggests a need to further understand the prescribing of psychotropic medications for child welfare children.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030312.html Dec 31, 2002 Dec 31, 2002

<p>The authors' results encourage further exploration of the role of childhood maltreatment in the adaptation of people with severe mental illness.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020043.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>The incidence and prevalence of child maltreatment are continuing concerns.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010515.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

<p>To describe the amount and nature of violence exposure and examine the relationship between violence exposure and distress symptoms among children in foster care.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB5030.html Dec 31, 1999 Dec 31, 1999

Anne Pebley and Laura Rudkin explore research results on the characteristics of grandchildren and grandparents in common households and identify a research agenda for this phenomenon.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990302.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

<p>Approximately 5% to 6% of grandchildren and 10% of grandparents live in grandparent-grandchild households at any point in time.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19970011.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

<p>Uses data from a survey conducted by the California Department of Social Services to examine the extent of recidivism in child protective case openings in California and the factors associated with it.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU710.html Dec 31, 1993 Dec 31, 1993

Education in Context: Recent Trends in Child Welfare

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19920008.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

<p>This paper examines the impact of selected child abuse reporting characteristics while controlling for others.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19910004.html Sep 30, 1991 Sep 30, 1991

<p>Proposed is a system of flexible options for the mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect, to improve compliance with and reduce burdens on the child protective system. Potential benefits and drawbacks of the plan, which would identify and train registered reporters and offer the option of explicit deferred investigation, are discussed.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3319.html Dec 31, 1990 Dec 31, 1990

The child protective services (CPS) system in the United States is severely overburdened, and therefore CPS agencies cannot respond as they might like to many reports. This Note proposes three changes that could improve system functioning ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3825.html Dec 31, 1989 Dec 31, 1989

Presents data about reporting behavior drawn from a mail survey of mandated reporters and data on child protective agency responses collected in selected child protective agencies.