Lecture: Child Development: Implications for Family-Centered Child Protective Services

Why is this important for us?

 A deeper understanding of what's normal and what's not,

 Spotting problems: cognitive, physical emotional

 Coming up with proper interventions

 Additional insight on how you become the person you are

 Better understand how to work with kids and become more comfortable

 Understanding life development

Who are the CPS clients?

 Children and parents/caregivers

Do you recall the ACES study?

 Adverse Childhood Experience Study study

o Inventory with a rating of things that happen in your childhood

o Based on those numbers → estimated longevity of life, employment chances etc

etc

o Consistent presence of (+) adult mitigates negative outcomes

o Shift our focus to how and WHY do people turn to crime or drugs etc starting

from when they are children through ACES studies of children?