TREATMENT APPROACH TO CHILD ABUSE AND DELINQUENCY (FROM CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT - ISSUES ON INNOVATION AND IMPLEMENTATION - V 2, 1978, BY MICHAEL L LAUDERDALE, ET AL - SEE NCJ-59285)

• NCJ Number: 59300
• Author(s): Y WALKER
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS IS APPLIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TREATMENT PLANS FOR CHILD ABUSE AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CASES.

Abstract

THE MODEL CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ACT (DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE OFFICE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT) DEFINES ABUSED OR MALTREATED CHILDREN AS CHILDREN WHOSE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OR WELFARE IS HARMED/THREATENED BY PARENTS OR OTHER PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE. IN DEFINING WAYS IN WHICH HARM CAN BE INFLICTED UPON CHILDREN, SOCIOLOGISTS CAN OBSERVE A CYCLICAL NATURE OF CHILD ABUSE AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THAT INVOLVES STRESS, REJECTION, THE NEED FOR SURVIVAL, AND WILLFUL ABUSIVE ACTIONS BY PERPETRATORS. MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS IS PROPOSED AS A USEFUL FRAMEWORK FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING IN CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. THIS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS INCLUDES SELF-ACTUALIZATION, IDENTITY, MASTERY, AFFILIATION AND LOVE, SAFETY AND HOMEOSTASIS, AND SURVIVAL. BOTH THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF CHILD ABUSE AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN TREATMENT PLANNING FOR FAMILIES. THREE TREATMENT PLANNING STEPS ARE OUTLINED: (1) ASSESS EACH PERSON IN THE FAMILY IN TERMS OF WHERE THAT PERSON IS IN THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS; (2) ASSESS THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE IN TERMS OF THE SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER; AND (3) DEVELOP SHORT-RANGE AND LONG-RANGE GOALS THAT ALLOW FOR THE SEQUENTIAL MASTERY OF THE HIERARCHY FOR EACH FAMILY MEMBER. REFERENCES ARE CITED. (DEP)