Jw. Fantuzzo et al., A PARTNERSHIP-DIRECTED SCHOOL-BASED INTERVENTION FOR CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT - BEYOND MANDATORY REPORTING, School psychology review, 26(2), 1997, pp. 298-313
Professionals in the schools are the major source of child maltreatmen
t reports nationally. However, a review of the literature indicates th
at these professionals contribute only a small amount of school-based
research data to our understanding of the consequences of child physic
al abuse and neglect or the treatment of child victims. A strategic mu
lti-systems approach fdr designing school-based intervention research
for vulnerable preschool child victims is presented. The approach invo
lves establishing research collaborations with parents, educators, and
child protective service agencies. Descriptions of the multi-level in
tervention strategy, which includes school district, school, and class
room levels, are provided to illustrate this approach. Public policy i
mplications of school involvement in child maltreatment intervention a
re discussed.