scholarly journals Evaluating Assessment Tools in Child Protection: A Conceptual Framework of Internal and Ecological Requirements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cyrill Lätsch ◽  
Peter Voll ◽  
Rebecca Jung ◽  
Andreas Jud
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Ecological Requirements

Identification and Measurement of Talent in Talent Management

2017 ◽  
pp. 134-166
Author(s):  
Manoj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Vocational Psychology ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Valid Assessment ◽  
Identification Processes

Research problem and short review: Furthermore, little attention has been paid so far to how specific talent definitions, operationalization, and measures are experienced by assessees. Methodology: This multidisciplinary review aims to contribute to the establishment of a stronger theoretical basis for talent-management by presenting a conceptual framework of talent in which the definition, operationalization and measurement of talent and its relation to excellent performance is clarified. Analysis: we strongly advise organizations to incorporate self-assessment tools in their talent-identification processes. Main results: We conclude that a valid assessment of talent requires striking a balance between organizational responsibility and self-responsibility. Main contributions of your research: We systematically introduce 11 propositions into the framework, building on fragmented insights from the literature, from the fields of HRM, gifted education, positive psychology, and vocational psychology respectively.

Preventing and responding to errors in US child protection

2020 ◽  
pp. 235-254
Author(s):  
Jill Duerr Berrick ◽  
Jaclyn Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Protection Policy ◽  
Risk Assessment Tools ◽  
The Us ◽  
Child Protection Policy

This chapter demonstrates how concerns about avoiding errors and mistakes have been at the centre of child protection policy and practice in the US for many years. In particular the chapter focuses on providing a summary of the state of the art relating to risk assessment tools and predictive analytics as strategies to reduce error in child welfare decision making. It also examines whether our understanding of ‘error’ needs to shift to account for the unknowns. When social workers make decisions based upon fundamental principles, and when they determine that it is in the interests of a child to privilege one principle over another, the result may appear in hindsight as an “error”, but when made as a decision guided by one widely-held principle which was in direct conflict with another. Examining child welfare decision making as a process of selecting and then privileging one principle over another narrows what we might otherwise think of as an ‘error’ and instead recasts some decisions as exceedingly difficult to get ‘right’.

scholarly journals Measuring parenting capacity for disabled children using a child protection assessment

2020 ◽  
pp. 146801732095749
Author(s):  
Susan Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Capacity Assessment ◽  
Childhood Disability ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Social Model Of Disability

Summary Childhood disability can heighten risk of neglect and abuse and may also impinge upon the parenting task. Even so, a gross deficiency of published literature on social work parenting capacity assessment for disabled children is evident. This paper provides a critical commentary on approaches to assessments of the capacity of parents of disabled children. International review of literature on this subject matter is enacted across three themes. Findings Themes refer to limitations to the uptake of disability-specific parenting assessment tools, use of existing generic frameworks and supplementation of generic frameworks, respectively. Throughout, a composite conceptual frame is taken up, entailing the conventions of a seminal social model of disability, extended through an affirmative non-tragedy lens. The intention is to contest articulations of disability grounded in tragedy and melancholia, otherwise instantiated by links between disability with child maltreatment in this paper. Applications Application of insights from this paper within professional social work practice can enhance evidence-informed parenting capacity assessment.

scholarly journals Assessment Tools in Child Protection Practice and Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 499-507
Author(s):  
Ruby Charak ◽  
Catherine Hamilton‐Giachritsis
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Assessment Tools

Assessing attachment in school-aged children: Do the School-Age Assessment of Attachment and Family Drawings work together as complementary tools?

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 402-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Carr-Hopkins ◽  
Calem De Burca ◽  
Felicity A Aldridge
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
School Age ◽  
Age Assessment ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Improve Treatment ◽  
Family Drawings ◽  
Coding Method ◽  
The Family

Aims: Our goal was to identify an assessment package that could improve treatment planning for troubled children and their families. To assess the validity of our tools, we tested the relations among the School-Age Assessment of Attachment, the Family Drawing and children’s risk status. We used the Dynamic-Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation to interpret the assessments in the hope of identifying a gradient of risk, and explore whether a new coding method improved the validity of Family Drawings and their utility as a tool to complement the School-Age Assessment of Attachment. Method: The participants were 89 children, aged between 5 and 12 years; 32 children were involved with mental health services or child protection. Each child completed a School-Age Assessment of Attachment and a Family Drawing. Results: Both assessments differentiated between clinical and normative referrals with moderate effect sizes when dichotomizing risk versus non-risk attachment. When the analysis incorporated a gradient of six attachment classifications, the effect sizes decreased, but specificity of risk increased. Conclusions: The School-Age Assessment of Attachment had greater validity for discriminating risk, and type of risk, than the Family Drawings. With a School-Age Assessment of Attachment and family history, the Family Drawing can provide information about distress that some children do not provide verbally. Integration of the two assessment tools alongside information about parental and family functioning appears to be the key to formulating children’s problems.

Designing for impact: a conceptual framework for learning analytics as self-assessment tools

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 901-911
Author(s):  
Roland Tormey ◽  
Cécile Hardebolle ◽  
Francisco Pinto ◽  
Patrick Jermann
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Self Assessment

Understanding and improving discretionary judgment and decision-making in child protection practice: Towards a whole-of-system policy evaluation

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-127
Author(s):  
David Hodgson ◽  
Lynelle Watts ◽  
Donna Chung
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Policy Evaluation ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Judgment And Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Child Protection Services ◽  
Conceptual Argument ◽  
Protection Systems

Discretionary judgment is a necessary and desirable attribute of child protection practice and decision-making. Increasingly, approaches towards accountability in child protection services act to constrain the use of practitioner discretionary judgement through ever increasing layers of standardisation and technical-rational approaches to practice. This situation is at odds with the need for professionals to adaptively respond to practice environments that are characterised by uncertainty and complexity. At the same time, there are known weakness and problems that are reported in the decision-making literature, begging questions about how to best support and evaluate for effective and accountable discretion and decision-making across a whole system. In this paper discretion is conceptualised as a structural and epistemic phenomena that is constrained and restricted under the weight of standardisation. A five-part conceptual framework for a systems approach to policy evaluation is presented, and it is argued that this framework would support the capacity for effective discretionary judgement and decision-making to emerge as a property of the system overall. This paper is a theoretical and conceptual argument for a systemic policy evaluation framework that is supportive of discretionary judgment and decision-making in child protection systems shifting the emphasis away from technical-rational compliance.

Amplifying the practicality of contemporary building information modelling (BIM) implementations for New Zealand green building certification (Green Star)

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 696-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali GhaffarianHoseini ◽  
Dat Tien Doan ◽  
Nicola Naismith ◽  
John Tookey ◽  
Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information

Purpose Green Star is becoming a broadly accepted mark of design quality and environmental sustainability. Compared to other green tools, Green Star is considered as one of main streams green assessment tools, which cover almost sustainable criteria. Simultaneously, building information modelling (BIM) has also been introduced into the industry. BIM is expected to aid designers to shift the construction industry towards more environmentally and economically sustainable construction practice. Whilst the aspirations of Green Star rating and BIM implementation are broadly aligned, in the context of New Zealand this has led to some disconnects in design strategy and process. The purpose of this paper is to improve the practicality of BIM implementations for delivering Green Star certification in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach The extensive literature review is conducted through a series of incremental steps. A conceptual framework focussing on the relationship between benefits and challenges of BIM and Green Star is then developed. Findings BIM supports practitioners to achieve the majority of Green Star criteria (75 per cent). Energy efficiency criterion is the key factor affecting the assessment process of Green Star and National Australian Built Environment Rating System in New Zealand. Research questions about lessening the challenges which can be encountered during the BIM and Green Star implementation are developed. Research limitations/implications This paper is limited to a conceptual research. Further empirical research should be conducted to validate and modify the conceptual framework and the propositions presented in this paper to provide an initial insight into BIM and Green Star connectivity within the context of New Zealand. Originality/value This paper provided a clear picture for investors, developers, practitioners about benefits and challenges of BIM and Green Star implementation. The outcomes are anticipated to deliver visions for shifting the country further towards development of sustainable future cities.

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