Children's Needs – Parenting Capacity - Digital Education Resource ...

Children's Needs – Parenting Capacity - Digital Education Resource ... Children's Needs – Parenting Capacity - Digital Education Resource ...

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Introduction 19The evidence is explored in relation to these domains and dimensions, withparticular emphasis on how parental mental illness, learning disabilities, substancemisuse and domestic violence have an impact on children’s health and development,and whether there is evidence that children are suffering, or likely to suffer, significantharm. Because the impact on the child will depend on a variety of factors includingage and developmental stage, the age bands first used in the Integrated Children’sSystem (Department for Children, Schools and Families 2010) have been applied.For example, with regard to the educational development of children aged 3–4 years,it is important to identify when parents’ problems substantially restrict the child’saccess to stimulating toys and books, or prevent parents spending sufficient timetalking, reading or playing with their children. Alternatively, assessing the impact ofthese same parental issues on the education of adolescents aged 11–15 years needsto focus on different themes – for example, school attendance and involvement inother learning activities such as sport, music or hobbies.Within each dimension and for each age group, evidence is used to highlightboth the adverse impact on children and the factors which act as protectors, such asthe strategies children use to cope with stressful family situations and the supportand influence of the wider family and community.The book is divided into three parts, Parts I, II and III.Part I includes Chapters 1–3 and explores the following general issues:Chapter 1: questions whether concern is justified, and explores the problems ofdefinition and prevalence.Chapter 2: explores the ways in which mental illness, learning disability, problemdrug use (including alcohol) and domestic violence affect parenting capacity.Chapter 3: identifies which children are most vulnerable.Part II includes Chapters 4–6, with a specific focus on children of different agesand stages of development:Chapter 4: discusses the impact of parental problems for children under 5years.Chapter 5: focuses on the issues for children aged 5 to 10 years.Chapter 6: focuses on young people aged 11 years and over.Part III includes Chapters 7 and 8 which draw together the findings andimplication for policy and practice:Chapter 7: discusses the conclusions from the study.Chapter 8: outlines the implications for policy and practice.

PART I: GENERAL ISSUESAFFECTING PARENTINGCAPACITY

PART I: GENERAL ISSUESAFFECTING PARENTINGCAPACITY

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