Reading and numeracy attainment of children reported to child protection services: a population record linkage study controlling for other adversities
| Autor: | Merran Butler, Maina Kariuki, Fahkrul Islam, Vaughan J. Carr, Felicity Harris, Kristin R. Laurens, Claire M Essery, Marilyn Chilvers, Jill Schofield, Melissa J. Green, Sally Brinkman |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laurens, Kristin R, Islam, Fahkrul, Kariuki, Maina, Harris, Felicity, Chilvers, Marilyn, Butler, Merran, Schofield, Jill, Essery, Claire, Brinkman, Sally A, Carr, Vaughan J, Green, Melissa J |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Referral media_common.quotation_subject Population Poison control Information Storage and Retrieval Literacy Developmental psychology educational support 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Numeracy 030225 pediatrics childhood adversity Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences education Child out-of-home-care media_common education.field_of_study Academic Success Schools Child Protective Services 05 social sciences Child development Educational attainment Minors Psychiatry and Mental health academic achievement Child protection Reading Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female New South Wales Psychology child maltreatment Mathematics 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Popis: | Background Maltreated children are at risk of poor educational outcomes, but also experience greater individual, family, and neighbourhood adversities that may obscure an understanding of relationships between child protection involvement and educational attainment. Objective To examine associations between child protection involvement and 3rd- and 5th-grade reading and numeracy attainment, while controlling multiple other adversities. Participants and Setting Participants were 56,860 Australian children and their parents from the New South Wales Child Development Study with linked multi-agency records. Methods Multinomial logistic regressions examined associations between level of child protection involvement (Out-Of-Home Care [OOHC] placement; substantiated Risk Of Significant Harm [ROSH]; unsubstantiated ROSH; non-ROSH; and no child protection report) and standardised tests of 3rd- and 5th-grade reading and numeracy. Fully adjusted models controlled demographic, pregnancy, birth, and parental factors, and early (kindergarten) developmental vulnerabilities on literacy and numeracy, and other developmental domains (social, emotional, physical, communication). Results All children with child protection reports were more likely to attain below average, and less likely to attain above average, 3rd- and 5th-grade reading and numeracy, including children with reports below the ROSH threshold. Children with substantiated ROSH reports who were not removed into care demonstrated the worst educational attainment, with some evidence of protective effects for children in OOHC. Conclusions A cross-agency response to supporting educational attainment for all children reported to child protection services is required, including targeted services for children in OOHC or with substantiated ROSH reports, and referral of vulnerable families (unsubstantiated and non-ROSH cases) to secondary service organisations (intermediate intervention). |
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