1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«This study aims to identify the factors most associated with cognitive/language and socio-emotional development of children in a sample of vulnerable children receiving preventive or protective services.» (p. 2977) «The study is a secondary analysis stemming from the AIDES Initiative (Inter-Agency Partnership for Child Development and Safety), a research project in Quebec, Canada, which examined the experimental implementation of an ecosystemic-empowerment framework of practice within child preventive and child protective systems.» (p. 2977)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«Four regions were selected from rural, urban, and semiurban settings. A total of 81 children at baseline (Time 1) and 73 children at post-test (Time 2) were recruited from the child preventive services versus 104 at Time 1 and 88 at Time 2 from child protective services. In total, the combination of both groups represented 185 children at Time 1 and 161 at Time 2.» (p. 2977)

Instruments :
- Questionnaires
- Grille d’observation

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

According to the authors, «socioeconomic risk was inversely related to the quality of the home environment: the higher the quality of the environment, the lower the socio-economic risk. In sum, children of the most disadvantaged families benefited from the least favourable environment.» (p. 2984) «[P]arents in the preventive system are more comfortable in their organisational setting (i.e., their community) to share their concerns about their parental role, given that the preventive system is geared more toward family preservation and engaging, building trust, and fostering collaboration with families. More than twice as many families receiving preventive services reported having a positive relationship with formalised support systems compared to families receiving protective services (Chamberland et al. 2010; Kyte et al. submitted).» (2985)