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Can Early Intervention Reduce Future Child Maltreatment?

Year: 2025

Type: report

Abstract: Children with a disability are 3.5 times more likely to be maltreated.Federal Early Intervention (EI) serves 426,000 children 0-3 with a disability, 3.7% of the entire population under three.EI's objective is to support families in caring for their children's special needs.Compared to children evaluated but ineligible for EI, children receiving EI in the first year of life are 3.3 percentage points less likely to be maltreated later in life, a decline of 45%, with smaller effects for those receiving services later.Targeting at-risk children, intervening early, and engaging with families in a cooperative manner effectively reduces future maltreatment.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w33341

Authors: Anna Aizer, Emilia Brito Rebolledo

Institution: Brown University

Language: English

Topic: Child Abuse and Trauma

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: Brown University, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development