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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2012. Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Decade: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13368.
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CHILD MALTREATMENT
RESEARCH, POLICY, AND PRACTICE
FOR THE NEXT DECADE

WORKSHOP SUMMARY

Steve Olson and Clare Stroud, Rapporteurs

Board on Children, Youth, and Families

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2012. Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Decade: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13368.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON CHILD MALTREATMENT RESEARCH, POLICY, AND PRACTICE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION1

ANNE C. PETERSEN (Chair), Research Professor at Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, and Founder and President of Global Philanthropy Alliance

RICHARD P. BARTH, Dean, School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore

LUCY BERLINER, Director of Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress, Clinical Professor at School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle

LINDA M. BURTON, James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

MARK J. CHAFFIN, Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City

MARY DOZIER, Amy E. du Pont Chair of Child Development, Professor of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark

PHILIP A. FISHER, Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

JOY D. OSOFSKY, Barbara Lemann Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans

Project Staff

MELISSA WELCH-ROSS, Project Director (through January 2012)

CLARE STROUD, Project Director (from February 2012)

ROSEMARY CHALK, Consultant

YEONWOO LEBOVITZ, Research Associate

CHRISTINA FEDAK, Senior Program Assistant

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1Institute of Medicine and National Research Council planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.

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Board on Children, Youth, and Families Staff

KIMBER BOGARD, Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families

PATRICK BURKE, Financial Associate

WENDY KEENAN, Program Associate

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Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Lucy Berliner, University of Washington

Mark Chaffin, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Rob Geen, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Sarah (Sally) M. Horwitz, Stanford University

Frank Putnam, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

David Sanders, Casey Family Programs

Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., Tulane University

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Elena O. Nightingale, Institute of Medicine. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the institution.

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Acronyms

ACF     Administration for Children and Families
ACYF     Administration on Children, Youth and Families
ADHD     attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
AFCARS     Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
ARC     Availability, Responsiveness, and Continuity

CAC     Child Advocacy Center
CAPTA     Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
CEBC     California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

CFSR     Child and Family Service Review
CPS     Child Protective Services

DBT     dialectical behavioral therapy
DJJ     Department of Juvenile Justice
DSS     Department of Social Services

GAL     guardian ad litem

HHS     U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HPA     hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal

ICD     International Classification of Diseases
IEP     individualized education program
IH-CBT     In-Home Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
IOM     Institute of Medicine
IRB     institutional review board

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MDT     multidisciplinary team
MST     multisystemic therapy
MTFC-P     Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Preschoolers

NCANDS     National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
NCS     National Children’s Study
NIH     National Institutes of Health
NIS     National Incidence Studies
NPM     New Public Management
NRC     National Research Council
NSCAW     National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being

PTS     posttraumatic stress
PTSD     posttraumatic stress disorder

QSR     quality service review

SACWIS     Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System

UNICEF     United Nations Children’s Fund

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In 1993 the National Research Council released its landmark report Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (NRC, 1993). That report identified child maltreatment as a devastating social problem in American society. Nearly 20 years later, on January 30-31, 2012, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and NRC's Board on Children, Youth and Families help a workshop, Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Generation, to review the accomplishments of the past two decades of research related to child maltreatment and the remaining gaps. "There have been many exciting research discoveries since the '93 report, but we also want people to be thinking about what is missing," said Anne Petersen, research professor at the Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan and chair of the panel that produced the report.

Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Decade: Workshop Summary covers the workshop that brought together many leading U.S. child maltreatment researchers for a day and a half of presentations and discussions. Presenters reviewed research accomplishments, identified gaps that remain in knowledge, and consider potential research priorities. Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Decade: Workshop Summary also covers participant suggestions for future research priorities, policy actions, and practices that would enhance understanding of child maltreatment and efforts to reduce and respond to it. A background paper highlighting major research advances since the publication of the 1993 NRC report was prepared by an independent consultant to inform the workshop discussions.

This summary is an essential resource for any workshop attendees, policy makers, researchers, educators, healthcare providers, parents, and advocacy groups.

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