Framed within the European project ECLIPS (Enhancing the Capacity to combat chiLd abuse through an Integral training and Protocol for childcare professionalS), this study aims at understanding the needs related to the screening and referral of child maltreatment by childcare professionals working with children aged 0-3 in daycare settings of four European countries (Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Latvia). While children in this age group display the highest risk of abuse compared to older children, research and practice are less focused on them. Given their daily exposure, childcare professionals are in a unique position to identify and refer child maltreatment of infants and toddlers. However, data from desk research and focus groups held in the four countries revealed significant gaps in both processes. Screening for abuse is not mandatory for childcare professionals, and many barriers limit its effectiveness, such as the lack of training and the absence of standardised practices. Referral is mainly undermined by psychological barriers, namely fear and lack of self-efficacy. This is a fundamental first step to developing strategies to face underreporting and filling knowledge gaps while supporting the fundamental competencies necessary to safeguard the young child's best interest, which is the final goal of the ECLIPS project.

A European comparison of screening and referral by childcare professionals of maltreatment in children aged 0–3: A wild goose chase or maybe not / Bisagno, E.; Cadamuro, A.; Dierickx, S.; Mosleh, D. B.; Linde-Ozola, Z.; Kandate, A.; Varga-Sabjan, D.; Morva, D.; Laszlo, N.; Rozsa, M.; Gruber, A.; De Fazio, G. L.; Wuyts, D.; Blom, J. M. C.. - In: CHILD ABUSE REVIEW. - ISSN 0952-9136. - 32:4(2023), pp. 1-1. [10.1002/car.2812]

A European comparison of screening and referral by childcare professionals of maltreatment in children aged 0–3: A wild goose chase or maybe not

Bisagno E.;Cadamuro A.;De Fazio G. L.;Blom J. M. C.
2023

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Framed within the European project ECLIPS (Enhancing the Capacity to combat chiLd abuse through an Integral training and Protocol for childcare professionalS), this study aims at understanding the needs related to the screening and referral of child maltreatment by childcare professionals working with children aged 0-3 in daycare settings of four European countries (Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Latvia). While children in this age group display the highest risk of abuse compared to older children, research and practice are less focused on them. Given their daily exposure, childcare professionals are in a unique position to identify and refer child maltreatment of infants and toddlers. However, data from desk research and focus groups held in the four countries revealed significant gaps in both processes. Screening for abuse is not mandatory for childcare professionals, and many barriers limit its effectiveness, such as the lack of training and the absence of standardised practices. Referral is mainly undermined by psychological barriers, namely fear and lack of self-efficacy. This is a fundamental first step to developing strategies to face underreporting and filling knowledge gaps while supporting the fundamental competencies necessary to safeguard the young child's best interest, which is the final goal of the ECLIPS project.
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A European comparison of screening and referral by childcare professionals of maltreatment in children aged 0–3: A wild goose chase or maybe not / Bisagno, E.; Cadamuro, A.; Dierickx, S.; Mosleh, D. B.; Linde-Ozola, Z.; Kandate, A.; Varga-Sabjan, D.; Morva, D.; Laszlo, N.; Rozsa, M.; Gruber, A.; De Fazio, G. L.; Wuyts, D.; Blom, J. M. C.. - In: CHILD ABUSE REVIEW. - ISSN 0952-9136. - 32:4(2023), pp. 1-1. [10.1002/car.2812]
Bisagno, E.; Cadamuro, A.; Dierickx, S.; Mosleh, D. B.; Linde-Ozola, Z.; Kandate, A.; Varga-Sabjan, D.; Morva, D.; Laszlo, N.; Rozsa, M.; Gruber, A.; De Fazio, G. L.; Wuyts, D.; Blom, J. M. C.
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