Evaluating the Effectiveness of Infant Mental Health Enhanced Case Management for Dependency Populations Journal Article Critique Christian Pitts Jackson State University Problem Importance The purpose of this study was to determine that children under the child welfare system who experience abuse or neglect are at risk of suffering developmental delays. Evaluation Question Research Question- Does receiving social service efforts such as enhanced case management identify and address developmental needs in children to help them reach age appropriate developmental levels to do well? This project was to test the following 14 hypotheses. 1. Children who receive enhanced case management will go into permanent placement sooner …show more content…
Children who received enhanced case management will receive more services based on the assessments they received than those who do not. 8. Parents who receive enhanced case management will receive more referrals for services they received than those who do not. 9. Parents who receive enhanced case management will have more contact with referral resources, when referrals made than those who do not. 10. Parents who receive enhanced case management will receive more completed assessments with referral resources, when referrals made and contact made than those who do not. 11. Parents who received enhanced case management will receive more services based on the assessments they received than those who do not. 12. Children who receive enhanced case management will have more results of successfully completing treatment than those who do not. 13. Parents who receive enhanced case management will have more results of successfully completing treatment than those who do not. 14. Children who receive enhanced case management will show progress on Ages & Stages and Ages & Stages Social Emotional developmental scores for their age from the beginning to the end of the project. Research …show more content…
The study explicitly answers the research question. The need review briefly summarizes the reasoning for the study. I was very informed by going back to the references to understand the study’s purpose. The hypotheses were clearly testable. The researchers did a good job at explaining the project design. They also did a great job at describing how they collected their data. Implications The enhanced case management benefited both the children and parents in this study. The project did not have sufficient resources to do pre- and post-test Ages & Stages screenings on control and experimental group of children as it progressed. This would have enhanced the data significantly. The study does not answer the question of does enhanced case management work to stabilize developmental skills for the experimental group where it may have usually gone down, as a natural effect of the risk experienced by the children in this study. References Congdon, D. (2010). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Infant Mental Health Enhanced Case Management for Dependency Populations. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work,
Analysis of the data drew together the data and comparisons were made of similar themes and were examined as to how they related to the variables within the participant groups (Scannapieco et al., 2007, pg 427).” The three major themes that emerged as a result of this study are youth focused practice, collaboration and better communication and unmet needs and permanent connections. In the first theme, youth focused practice; foster youth participating in the focus groups stated that they wanted to be more involved in the decision making of their lives. Youth felt that their case plans were developed by the case workers with no input prior to the case workers meeting the youth. Therefore youth felt that their case plan was not individualized.
The IEP team considered not to select “Regular” or “Resource” as the level educational placement, but rejected the “Resource” educational placement as it was determined that a “Regular” level of educational placement was the least restrictive amount of time needed to accomplish the established goals. In addition to, the team considered not to take in consideration the frequency of services {45 mins 5 days per week for reading intervention to be served in the EC classroom and 2 days per week in the Reg Ed classroom for ELA support} but rejected this option as well to serve Dylan in the least restricted environment possible. No issues to warrant Extended School Year at this time due not enough time has laps in order to determine whether Dylan’s ability to maintain skills over an extended period of time has been adequately
As a parent you are in the best position to advocate for your child, and in order to do that you must be aware of what you can do to ensure that your child receives the services and accommodations she or he needs. Stay informed. Understand your child 's diagnosis, how it impacts her or his education and what can be done at home to help. Understand your child 's IEP. If you have questions, do not be afraid to ask.
The RC vs. Alabama case changed the development of child welfare programs in Alabama, and perhaps everywhere, forever. RC vs. Alabama is a case in “was filed in United States District Court against the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources in 1988 on behalf of a child who was then in the custody of DHR. The child, identified only by his initials, R.C., had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The suit alleged that DHR had not maintained systems to ensure that emotionally disturbed or behaviorally disordered foster children were adequately provided for when placed in the foster care system.” (http://www.dhr.alabama.gov) This change in the child welfare laws and programs was extremely important, as stated
S.2.4 allows for the SW to actively support the parents in making change to their current situation. In deciding to follow the supervisor’s interventions, the SW would have the opportunity to work in collaboration with DYP and introduce conditions to the family in a manner that respects the limitations of their IDDs and meets family led
These therapy treatments aim and encourage caregivers to provide a consistent and stable attachment with the child while providing a positive and stimulating interactive
According to the federal bureau of investigation crime rates have significantly dropped since 2010. There has been a plethora of efforts to make the current averages plummet, such as G.R.E.A.T., Comprehensive whole child intervention and prevention program, Truancy reduction program, School resource officer program, Scared straight program, etc. The core focus of this paper is to analyze these programs and their results to see whether or not these programs are effective in preventing and suppressing gang involvement. While also pointing out a few implications, and possibly recommendations for future research. Koffman et al.
Specifically, youths produced significant changes on subscales measuring conduct problems, inattention/hyperactivity, somatic complaints, high-risk behaviors, and interpersonal relationships (Weiner, Schneider, & Lyons, 2009). Encouraging results were also found in an EBP Pilot Program conducted by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in conjunction with The Mental Health Services and Policy Program at Northwestern University. The study found that adolescents in foster care receiving SPARCS were half as likely to run away, and one-fourth less likely to experience placement interruptions compared to a standard of care group. Youths displayed significant improvements in intrapersonal distress, somatic symptoms, interpersonal relations, social problems, and behavioral dysfunction in Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ) scores. In the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index score, adolescents showed a significant reduction in PTSD symptoms such as re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyper-arousal post intervention (Northwestern University,
With broader changes, comes great affects and by in fact changing the way the foster care system is built, a decrease in suicidal ideation will
In an early years setting their a variety of different children that have certain needs that need to be met in order for them to be healthy, safe, secure and welcomed into the setting. Therefore if a child had a problem which led to them being in need of a wheelchair constantly while in the setting. Then their needs would have to be met in a variety of ways for example someone needing to push the child to get around the nursery correctly, having support to complete tasks, someone holding the doors open to allow the child to join in outdoor activities and finally helping the child to get ready into the correct wear for example if they need a coat on to go outside. Although when doing activities for example outdoor play and learning how to catch and throw the ball over the parachute.
As a case manager, I would have to address these two social determinants in order to provide the family with the interventions like maybe applying for
Experiencing rejection and parental unavailability can cause, children develop behavioral patterns that have negative consequences for social-emotional development. Multi placement in foster care is linked, to poor social functioning as well as, emotional difficulties. There are also negative impacts on child behavior when there are multiple placement changes. It makes it hard for children to have a good relationship with their foster parents when they 've, had multiple changes in placement.(Hodges 2156). There are frequent, anxiety and depression diagnoses among foster children.
One of the reasons for the program to be so successful is because they are focusing on empirical data and theory. As I mentioned above the program is based on empirical research which is very important to ensure effectiveness the program and see what works and what doesn’t. The program is targeting risk factors and provides with specialized services for each family as we know from previous studies that childhood and family is a very important foundation for the children and has direct impact on child delinquency. The program is providing new parents with skills and tools to be an appropriate parents, something that they possibly have not seen in their childhood. In most cases, parents who abuse and neglect their children, most likely been raised
I believe the IEP meeting is also very beneficial to the parents because if this is the first-born child with disabilities, then this meeting could enlighten the parents on things that would come off as confusing or
Child Abuse/Neglect Evaluation 3. Bonding Evaluations 4. Child Custody Evaluation 5. Placement/ Permanency Evaluation 6. Psychological Evaluation including trauma evaluation.