Identifying parents who show capacity to make and sustain positive changes when infants are at risk of significant harm.

Brown, Rebecca (2019) Identifying parents who show capacity to make and sustain positive changes when infants are at risk of significant harm. Developing Practice, 54. pp. 45-61. ISSN 1445-6818

Abstract

When there are serious child protection concerns, is it possible to distinguish between those parents who have the capacity to make significant changes to harmful behaviour patterns and lifestyles within an appropriate time frame and those who do not? What are the features that distinguish those parents who have the capacity to make such changes? How are such changes not only initiated, but also sustained?