BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ABUSE

Tyresa Johnson

TOPICS

I. Key termsII.Previous research III. HypothesisIV.Population & samplingV. Collecting dataVI.Budget & scheduleVII.Benefits

• Child Abuse- “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation”

• Parent-Child Interaction- “emphasis on improving the quality of the parent-child relationship and changing parent-child interaction patterns”

• CPS- Child Protective Services

TERMS

HYPOTHESIS

Through intervention and creating programs for

families, the cycle of abuse can be stopped

PREVIOUS RESEARCH

• 80% of children that are abused are under the age of 4

• 30 % of abused children later become abusive parents

• Neglect is most common type of abuse

• Through parent- child interaction therapy abuse can be stopped or greatly reduced

• Reoccurrence of child abuse can be stopped through proper intervention & education

• Mainly looking at other’s research done on this topic along with using a survey

Survey:1. Anonymous 2. Randomly

selected 3. Sent through E-

mail

POPULATION & COLLECTION OF

INFO

Survey Content:*starts with definition of abuse*

1. General info2. Specific info

• Financial Cost1. Copies of surveys & FC staff email addresses= $15.00

• Time Cost:1. Looking up research: 4-5 hours

2. Graphing information from completed surveys: 1 Hour

3. Presenting final results: 10-15 Minutes

BUDGET & SCHEDULE

BENEFITS OF THIS RESEARCH

Helping children & their parent(s) stay together

Very cost effective Helps children have a better

outcome as adults Can break the cycle of abuse

REFERENCE

Aubum, A. (2011). Pcit international . Retrieved from http://www.pcit.org

Chaffin, M. Silovsky, J.Funderburk, Beverly.Valle, L. Brestan, E.Balachova, T. Jackson, S.Lensgraf, J.Bonner, B. (2004). Parent-child interaction therapy with physically abusive parents: efficacy for reducing future abuse reports. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.72.3.500

DePanfilis, D. (2006). United states department of health and human services. Retrieved from http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/neglect/chaptertwo.cfm

National statistics on child abuse. (2011). Retrived from http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/NCANationalStatistics

PICTURES REFERENCE:

• http://www.examiner.com/article/prevent-child-abuse-newton-faces-funding-setback

• http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics

• http://n4bb.com/blackberry-messenger-group-child-abuse-reports/

• http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2009/04/help_protect_our_children_by_r.html