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Editorial: The place of proven models

Editorial: The place of proven models Michael Little1 and Nick Axford2 A recurrent theme in this Journal will be reports on evaluations of services designed to reduce impairments in children's development or otherwise enhance their well-being. There is now a growing bank of evidence on what are called ‘proven models’. There is no consensus over what this term means, but for the sake of discussion it can be defined as a service – typically a structured programme – that has been demonstrated in one or more experimental evaluations to produce better outcomes for the children served. This evidence has been assembled in a number of databases, examples of which are listed at the end of this editorial, and is also brought together in what are called ‘systematic reviews’ which analyse the combined results of several trials of the same programme or series of programmes aimed at specified impairments to children’s development. The article in this edition by Jane Barlow and her colleagues does this in relation to services designed to prevent or ameliorate child physical abuse and neglect. Some proven models become well known. As highlighted by John Coughlan’s article, recent government investments in parenting programmes in England, for example, have brought attention to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Children's Services Pier Professional

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Michael Little1 and Nick Axford2 A recurrent theme in this Journal will be reports on evaluations of services designed to reduce impairments in children's development or otherwise enhance their well-being. There is now a growing bank of evidence on what are called ‘proven models’. There is no consensus over what this term means, but for the sake of discussion it can be defined as a service – typically a structured programme – that has been demonstrated in one or more experimental evaluations to produce better outcomes for the children served. This evidence has been assembled in a number of databases, examples of which are listed at the end of this editorial, and is also brought together in what are called ‘systematic reviews’ which analyse the combined results of several trials of the same programme or series of programmes aimed at specified impairments to children’s development. The article in this edition by Jane Barlow and her colleagues does this in relation to services designed to prevent or ameliorate child physical abuse and neglect. Some proven models become well known. As highlighted by John Coughlan’s article, recent government investments in parenting programmes in England, for example, have brought attention to

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Journal of Children's Services – Pier Professional

Published: Nov 1, 2006

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