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Devaney, Carmel; McGregor, Caroline – Child Care in Practice, 2016
The aim of this paper is to report on the evaluation of two standardised training programmes provided by the statutory children and family service in the Republic of Ireland in 2012. This involved an evaluation of Children First Basic Level Training, which was delivered to all staff employed in the statutory services, and Keeping Safe, Basic Level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Training, Program Effectiveness
Smith, Gabriel Tobin; Shapiro, Valerie B.; Sperry, Rachel Wagner; LeBuffe, Paul A. – Child Care in Practice, 2014
This article describes a strengths-based approach to supervised visitation within the child welfare system of the United States. Supervised visitation gives parents accused of abuse or neglect the opportunity to spend time with children temporarily removed from their care. Although supervised visitation has the potential to be a tool for promoting…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Parent Participation
McDaniel, Benny; Braiden, Hannah Jane; Onyekwelu, June; Murphy, Mary; Regan, Hassan – Child Care in Practice, 2011
Children who are looked after experience significantly higher levels of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties than children who live with their family of origin. Such difficulties tend to be pervasive and can have detrimental consequences for placement stability, and ultimately for the child's ability to reach their potential. Government…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Program Effectiveness
Braiden, Hannah Jane; McDaniel, Benny; McCrudden, Eunan; Janes, Michele; Crozier, Barbara – Child Care in Practice, 2012
This study used a pre-experimental and post-experimental design to evaluate a TEACCH-based Early Intervention Programme. Thirty-one parents of 18 preschool children recently diagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder attended the eight-week programme delivered by trained facilitators. Parents completed pre-intervention and post-intervention…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Testing, Preschool Children, Receptive Language
Byrne, Ellie; Holland, Sally; Jerzembek, Gabi – Child Care in Practice, 2010
This article reports on a pilot study undertaken in order to explore the impact of a home-based parenting intervention (Parents Plus), on parents and families. Parents Plus is part of a Welsh Early Years strategy called Flying Start and aims to promote positive parent-child interactions. This article explores the medium-term to long-term impact of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Family Life, Child Rearing
Pickens, Jeffrey – Child Care in Practice, 2009
This study evaluated an early childhood socio-emotional programme aimed at promoting preschooler's social skills and reducing behaviour problems. The Peace Education Foundation (PEF) socio-emotional development programme was provided in English and Spanish to preschool teachers, parents and children in Miami, Florida. The programme instructs…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Peace, Preschool Teachers, Empathy
Rose, Rachel; Anketell, Caroline – Child Care in Practice, 2009
A number of recent publications have highlighted the need for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to be offered "timely" and "appropriate" support in relation to the development of their social skills. One such reported method is the utilisation of social skills groups, although only a small evidence base currently exists demonstrating…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Autism, Measures (Individuals), Cost Effectiveness
Griffiths, Huw; Boland, Vikki; Gilliland, David; McKernan, Bronagh; Shields, Liz – Child Care in Practice, 2007
This article explores the interface between adult mental health issues and child development. It refers to the literature on the impact of parental mental health difficulties on children's developmental trajectories. The article then describes a pilot scheme involving a partnership between the Northern Ireland Association of Mental Health and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Child Development
Thorne, Jeanne – Child Care in Practice, 2007
The article is based on a practice task, which was completed as part of the Higher Diploma/Masters in Family Support Studies at NUI Galway. The practice task explored in this article was conducted in a residential care unit that specialised in working with children and families. The care team based in the unit strived to provide more than…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Social Support Groups, Family Programs, Criticism
Warren, Simon; Apostolov, Apostol; Broughton, Kevin; Evans, Ruth; MacNab, Natasha; Smith, Penny – Child Care in Practice, 2006
What might family support services look like in the reconfigured children and family services after the Children Act? This is the question this article attempts to explore by drawing on evidence from the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund in England. The article describes common features in two case-study sites that might indicate the…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Child Welfare, Prevention
Bunting, Lisa – Child Care in Practice, 2004
Parenting programmes have been provided to a wide range of child and parent groups across a number of countries, but are they effective? This aim of this paper is to examine the findings from a number of systematic reviews that summarise the best available research evidence on the impact of these programmes on a range of parental and child…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Parent Education, Child Rearing, Foreign Countries
Montgomery-Devlin, Jacqui – Child Care in Practice, 2004
In March 2002 an evaluation report was produced on the details of the work undertaken by Barnardo's Young People's Therapeutic Project (YPTP)during its initial 3-year pilot phase. One of the aims of the report was to demonstrate the effectiveness of intervention in this sensitive area of work with young people and to evaluate activity levels. The…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness, Therapy
Brown, Eleanor A.; Dillenburger, Karola – Child Care in Practice, 2004
Sure Start is a Government project that aims to prevent social exclusion by targeting children between 0 and 4 years of age living in areas of social and economic deprivation. This study examined whether a Tier 2 Behaviour Support Service within a local Sure Start project was able to bring about improvements in children's behaviour and the levels…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Isolation, Psychotherapy, Behavior Problems