Child First Intervention

Introduction:
Child First Intervention program is a treatment program for distressed children and their families. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, childhood abuse and neglect is a significant problem in “2011, States reported that 676,569 children were victims of child abuse or neglect” ((U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012). Child First treats the child and their family by implementing executive functioning. A Child First teams comes to the home and first tries to build trust between them and the family. The team then partners with the family to understand the child’s health and developmental issues and what traumas this child might have been exposed to if any as well as any challenges the
Child Firsts short term goals are health promotion goals providing protective strategies such as self-management skills, executive functioning, and utilization of support and resources. The health promotion in turn leads to a risk reduction long term goals for future behavior, emotional, and physiological problems.
Logic Model:
The implication of the Child First program starts after the child or family is referred. Then the Child First treatment team needs to identify risk factors, these risk factors can descend from the family, child, or community (theory of the problem). Risk Factors within the family can include domestic violence, uninvolved parents, poverty, and/or depression (Blueprints, 2015). Risk factors for the child are developmental delays, socio-emotional, physical, and health problems. After the Child First clinician team identifies the risk factors they begin to apply activities and services that best suit the family and their specific needs. This team provides approximately 12-14 home visits lasting 45 minutes to 90 minutes a
This trial was taken of 157 low-income families that lived-in Bridgeport, Connecticut with children ages 6-36 months that has agreed to participate in the study and were indicated as having numerous risk factors that I listed above. These families were compared to a control group, the control group were listed as resembling the families in the Child First Program in terms of income, demographics, and family characteristics (Lowell, 2011). This study provides strong evidence of the Child First Program the randomized control study provides strong evidence however there are limitations to the study for the reason that it is concentrated in the Connecticut area and the participants volunteered to participate ultimately lowering the evidence to