Curated Resources: Child Neglect

Curated Resources: Child Neglect

Deep Dive: Neglect, Harvard Center on the Developing Child
A video, working paper, and issue brief from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child help to explore the impact of neglect on children using brain science.

Acts of Omission: An Overview of Child Neglect, Child Welfare Information Gateway
This bulletin for child welfare professionals addresses the scope of the problem of child neglect, its consequences, and strategies for addressing it.

The Neglect Toolkit, FRIENDS
This multi-part resource kit focuses on understanding neglect and the complexity of this issue, as well as promising approaches and strategies to address it.

Chronic Child Neglect, Child Welfare Information Gateway
This bulletin for professionals discusses what we know about chronic child neglect and reviews ways to work with families experiencing chronic neglect.

The Prevention of Child Neglect: The Socio-ecological Model, National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds
An overview of four fact sheets dedicated to what we know and what we can do – as professionals and individuals to prevent child neglect at the individual, family/relationship, community/neighborhood, and society levels.

Preventing Child Neglect: It’s More Than a Family Matter, National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds
An overview of resources developed by the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds related to child neglect.

Intergenerational Transmission of Neglect, Upbring
This article explores themes and implications from new and emerging research on child neglect.