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Innovative Methods in Child Maltreatment Research and Practice

Advances in Detection, Causal Estimation, and Intervention

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  • Addresses long-standing challenges of working with and serving the child maltreatment population

  • Explores methodological innovations for screening and detecting child maltreatment

  • Examines methods for health risk estimation, causal modeling, and preventive and clinical interventions

Part of the book series: Child Maltreatment Solutions Network (CMSN)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Innovative Methods in Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Addressing Contamination Bias in Child Maltreatment Research: Innovative Methods for Enhancing the Accuracy of Causal Estimates

      • Chad E. Shenk, Anneke E. Olson, Emily Dunning, Kenneth A. Shores, Nilam Ram, Zachary F. Fisher et al.
      Pages 17-37
    3. Understanding Variation in Health Risks Across Development and Child Welfare Involvement for Youth in Foster Care

      • Sarah J. Beal, Katie Nause, Elizabeth Hamik, Jacqueline Unkrich, Mary V. Greiner
      Pages 67-84
    4. Methods for Studying Mediating Mechanisms in Developmental and Intervention Studies of Child Maltreatment

      • Sophia J. Lamp, Diana Alvarez-Bartolo, Linda J. Luecken, David P. MacKinnon
      Pages 85-105
  3. Innovative Methods in Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. A Trauma-Informed Approach to the Unified Protocol for Children with Exposure to Child Maltreatment​

      • Rinatte Gruen, David Lindenbach, Paul Arnold, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Gina Dimitropoulos
      Pages 199-225
    3. The Child Maltreatment T32 Training Program at Penn State: Innovation for Creating the Next Generation of Scholars in Child Maltreatment Science

      • Yo Jackson, Jennie G. Noll, Chad E. Shenk, Christian M. Connell, Erika Lunkenheimer, Hannah M. C. Schreier
      Pages 257-283
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 285-287

About this book

This book examines the latest methodological advancements in child maltreatment research and practice. It addresses long-standing challenges when working with and serving the child maltreatment population, while offering pragmatic solutions for scientists, caseworkers, and providers. Chapters explore methodological innovations in such areas as screening and detecting child maltreatment, collecting objective data in longitudinal research, causal modeling of adverse health effects, and advancements in both preventive and clinical interventions.


Key areas of coverage include methods for: 


  • Screening for child maltreatment at the point of contact.
  • Reducing bias and promoting causal inference when examining health effects and etiological processes.
  • Promoting representative samples, objective data collection, and integration of child welfare and medical records to enhance equitable access to care.
  • Intervening with children and families at risk for and exposed to maltreatment. 



Innovative Methods in Child Maltreatment Research and Practice is a must-have reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental, clinical child, and school psychology. 

Keywords

  • Abuse, neglect, child maltreatment
  • Abusive head trauma, pediatric intensive care units
  • Adverse childhood experience, ACES
  • Assessment, methods, child maltreatment
  • Behavioral intervention, prevention, child maltreatment
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma, child maltreatment
  • Contamination bias, health risks, child maltreatment research
  • Detection, child maltreatment
  • Electronic medical records, pediatric health risks
  • Emotion socialization theory, at-risk families
  • Mediation, intervention, child maltreatment
  • Mental health, child well-being
  • Physical abuse, child maltreatment
  • Predictive risk models, caseworkers, child maltreatment
  • Reminiscing, emotion training, child well-being
  • Screening, child maltreatment
  • Sexual abuse, child maltreatment
  • Trauma, child maltreatment
  • Trauma-focused CBT, child maltreatment
  • Unified Protocol, child maltreatment

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

    Chad E. Shenk

About the editor



Chad Shenk, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Human Development & Family Studies and Pediatrics at Penn State. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist with specialty training in trauma exposure and pediatric psychology who actively sees patients exposed to child maltreatment through Penn State’s Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Shenk’s basic science research is centered on improving methods for causal estimation and target identification in prospective cohort studies of child trauma and adverse health across the lifespan. This work identifies biomarkers and mechanisms of various health conditions in the child trauma population using a multiple levels of analysis approach (e.g., biological, behavioral, environmental). His clinical trials and translational research therefore centers on the optimization of behavioral interventions applied following exposure to child trauma by engaging identified targets and mechanisms to treat psychiatric outcomes more effectively. 

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eBook USD 149.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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