UNDERSTANDING OF ABUSIVE
Title: UNDERSTANDING OF ABUSIVE
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 487 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
UNDERSTANDING OF ABUSIVE
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 487 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Researchers at the University of Toronto have taken
important steps toward producing a profile of an abusive parent.
Prof. Gary Walters and doctoral student Lynn Oldershaw of the
Department of Psychology have developed a system to characterize
parents who physically abuse their children. This could
ultimately allow social service professionals to identify
parents in child abuse.
Over the last five years, Walters and Oldershaw, in
collaboration with Darlene Hall of the West End Creche, have
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by abusive
parents and as a result are ignorant of any other behavior
toward her child.
One of the goals of the psychologists is to provide
information to therapists which will help tailor therapy to the
individual needs of the abusive parents. "Recidivism rates for
abusive care-givers are high," says Walters. "To a large extent,
abusive parents which require a variety of treatment. " Their
research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council.