Suspected Child Maltreatment: Preschool Staff in a Conflict of Loyalty

Autor/inn/en	Svensson, Birgitta; Janson, Staffan
Titel	Suspected Child Maltreatment: Preschool Staff in a Conflict of Loyalty
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 36 (2008) 1, S.25-31 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-008-0248-1
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Preschool Children; Parent Child Relationship; Questionnaires; Family Violence; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Responsibility; Foreign Countries; Teacher Behavior; Family School Relationship; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Fragebogen; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Lehrverpflichtung; Ausland; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Schweden
Abstract	Objective: To investigate the actions of Swedish preschool staff when suspecting the maltreatment of children in their domestic environment, and the staff's further experiences and relations to the family members. Methods: A questionnaire in 2005 to the staff of 189 child groups in community preschools, including 3,100 children. Results: A report to Child Protective Agency (CPA) was submitted in 30% of the cases where maltreatment was suspected. The staff's decisions as well as their working situation, and how they estimated the parents' benefits from CPA support were deeply affected by their different relations to the families. The staff had their best contact with the children and their most insecure and vulnerable contact with the fathers. Conclusions: In situations with suspected child maltreatment the staff face conflicts of loyalty, mostly based on insecure relations, which could become an impediment to supporting and educating the children. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10