CFD 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Domestic Violence, Narcotics Anonymous
11 Jun 2018
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Children in Foster Care
Foster parents frequently encounter immense challenges as they attempt to gain the
trust of these children
Children in foster care frequently exhibit
o Challenging behaviors and/or a lack of basic skills that reflect the
maltreatment they have received
o Conflicting allegiances to foster families & biological parents
o Feelings of grief related to separation from biological parents
o Important to respond to children’s feelings
Adolescents in Foster Care
Many adolescents maltreated by parents go directly into foster care
o Many others spend time in group care before being placed in foster
families
Ways of Assisting youth in transition from group care to foster care:
o Visits between youth and prospective caregivers
o Providing foster parents with adequate information
o Support from agency staff
Children’s Exposure to Interparental Violence
Millions of children exposed to intimate partner violence
o Most common is spousal abuse
Women more likely to be victims
Both batterer & victim likely to be young
The abuser also is likely to be a substance abuser
Parental unemployment (especially fathers) is frequently linked to interparental
violence
Spillover Effects: Child maltreatment
The Impact of Interparental Violence on Children’s Development
At risk for physical symptoms such as headaches or stomach aches, and post-traumatic
stress disorder
o Infants & young children: irritability, sleep disturbances, emotional
distress, fears of being alone, regression in toileting behavior & language
o School-aged children and adolescents: compromises their ability to
regulate emotions, show empathy, and attend to increasingly complex
cognitive material
o Adolescents: Increases the risk of being a victim of bullying (especially
for girls
Interrupting the Cycle of Domestic Violence
Referring battered women and their children to community services
o Providing a treatment program for male batterers
o Intervention programs need to be culturally relevant
o Need for safety planning strategies for both women and children
o Need to integrate concerns into child welfare agency collaborations
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Document Summary
Foster parents frequently encounter immense challenges as they attempt to gain the trust of these children. Many adolescents maltreated by parents go directly into foster care: many others spend time in group care before being placed in foster families. Ways of assisting youth in transition from group care to foster care: visits between youth and prospective caregivers, providing foster parents with adequate information, support from agency staff. Millions of children exposed to intimate partner violence: most common is spousal abuse. Both batterer & victim likely to be young. The abuser also is likely to be a substance abuser. Parental unemployment (especially fathers) is frequently linked to interparental violence. The impact of interparental violence on children"s development. The dynamics in families where a parent is an alcoholic include: disrupted family routines and rituals, compromised parenting behaviors, a heightened risk for harsh punishment, a greater likelihood of child maltreatment and/or inter-parental violence. Compromised parenting behaviors of parents who are alcoholics.
