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Michael LittleDartington Social Research Unit, UK and Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, US

differences of opinion or false divides

child protection family support

prevention treatment

top down bottom up

community engagement prevention science

a new way of doing business

• common language, innovation and better outcomes

• good evidence about the problem and potential solutions

• community engagement and ownership of children services

false divide #1 child protection or family support

11 million children

children referred to children’s services

children in need160,000

child protectionprocedures160,000

family visitno help

no further investigation

children consideredto need help

child protectionconference

child’s name on protectionregister

children not knownto children’s services

children not offered any help

false divide #1 child protection or family support

11 million children

children referred to children’s services

children in need160,000

Child protectionprocedures160,000

children not offered any help

family visit

no further investigation

children consideredto need help

child protectionconference

child’s name on protectionregister

people call thischild protection

people call thisfamily support

no help

children not knownto children’s services

false divide #1 child protection or family support

11 million children

children referred to children’s services

children in need160,000

Child protectionprocedures160,000

family visit

no further investigation

children consideredto need help

child protectionconference

child’s name on protectionregister

these children get verylittle help or a very strong interventione.g foster care

these children get “thin” services

no help

children not knownto children’s services

children not offered any help

false divide #1 child protection or family support

people call thischild protection

people call thisfamily support

reasoning psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence

2%

7%

22%

10%

20%

30%

% of children

with clinical disorder

70,000 260,000 17,000

false divide #2 prevention or treatment

psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence

2%

7%

22%

10%

20%

30%

% of children

with clinical disorder

1.0

2.0

3.0

mean scores onbehaviour problems

70,000 260,000 17,000

false divide #2 prevention or treatment

reasoning

child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families

psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence

10%

20%

30%

% of children

with clinical disorder

1.0

2.0

3.0

mean scores onbehaviour problems

70,000 260,000 17,000

child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families

potential effects

false divide #2 prevention or treatment

reasoning

psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence

10%

20%

30%

% of children

with clinical disorder

1.0

2.0

3.0

mean scores onbehaviour problems

child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families

70,000 260,000 17,000

potential effects

false divide #2 prevention or treatment

reasoning

psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence

10%

20%

30%

% of children

with clinical disorder

1.0

2.0

3.0

mean scores onbehaviour problems

70,000 260,000 17,000

child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families

potential effects

false divide #2 prevention or treatment

reasoning

psychological aggression and/or minor physical violencesevereviolence

10%

20%

30%

% of children

with clinical disorder

1.0

2.0

3.0

mean scores onbehaviour problems

70,000 260,000 17,000

child protection as prevention could mean increasing reasoningand reducing aggression in families

potential effects

false divide #2 prevention or treatment

reasoning

child protection as treatment could mean better mental health services

false divide #3 top down or bottom up

top down bottom up

evidence cosmetic local/low quality

community engagement low high

common language low fidelity poor

the little childrenSuper START

www.commonlanguage.org.uk

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epidemiology

A I Ot

national policyconsumer voice

database of good practice

communityownership

rigorousevaluation

resources in Australasia

epidemiology australian early development index

consumer view early innovations at this accan conference

national policypolitical will but lack of direction?

‘what works’ evidencetriple-p, queensland early interventionand prevention of anxiety project (qeipap)

single threshold

single threshold

thick prevention services

further resources

• www.preventionaction.orgfor daily online news about child development and children’s services

• www.michaellittle.orgfor materials relating to this talk, including podcast of this presentation

• www.commonlanguage.org.ukfor information on our methods

• www.dartington-i.orgto see people talking about these methods

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