Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe Research Library
The content and delivery of all Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe lessons are based on best practices from research in child development, learning styles, social psychology, and child abuse prevention. If you are interested in learning more about these research foundations of the curriculum, here are suggested readings, some of which detail research that informed the original expansion of the curriculum and some used in later updates and development.
The Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe program has been rated as having Promising Research Evidence by the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) and is listed in its Program Registry.
Child Welfare
Creating Community Responsibility for Child Protection – Possibilities and Challenges – Daro, D., and Dodge, K., 2009
Fostering Secure Attachment in Infants in Maltreating Families Through Preventative Interventions
Home Visitation: Assessing Progress, Managing Expectations – Daro, D. 2006
How neighborhoods influence child maltreatment: A review of the literature and alternative pathways – Coulton, C. J. et al.
Preventing adverse childhood experiences: Leveraging the best available evidence –Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019
Racial Bias in Child Protection, A Comparison of Competing Explanations Using National Data – Drake, B., et al., March 2011
Development
Attachment in Institutionalized and Community Children in Romania – Zeanah, C. H., et al., September/October 2005
The Bioecological Model of Human Development, Chapter 14 – Bronfenbrenner, U. and et al., 2006
Human Trafficking
2019 Data Report: The US National Human Trafficking Hotline – Polaris Project, 2020
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2020
Human Trafficking in America’s Schools – US Department of Education, American Institutes for Research, National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE), January 2021
Human trafficking prevalence and child welfare risk factors among homeless youth: A multi-city study – The Field Center, January 2018
Special Issues Facing Juvenile Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States – US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, December 2015
Trading Sex and Sexual Exploitation among High School Students: Data from the 2019 Minnesota Student Survey – MN Departments of Education, Health, Human Services, and Public Safety, January 2020
Trafficking in Persons Report, 20th Edition – US Department of State, June 2020
US Department of Education Use Case: Human Trafficking Framework for Instructional Programming in Schools – US Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students, 2017
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) – US Government Information, reauthorized 2019
Who Buys Sex – Demand Abolition, November 2018
Youth involvement in the sex trade: A national study – Swaner, R., et al., 2016
Outcomes
Child and Adult Outcomes of Chronic Child Maltreatment – Jonson-Reid, M. et al., May 2012
Child Maltreatment and the Transition to Adult-Based Medical and Mental-Health Care – January 2011
Developmental Victimology: The Comprehensive Study of Childhood Victimizations – Finkelhor, D., 2007
National Survey of Adolescents in the United States – Kilpatrick, D. G., and B. E. Saunders, 1995
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up – Widom, C. S., August 1999
Prevalence and Consequences of Child Victimization, Results from the National Survey of Adolescents – Kilpatrick, D. G., July 1999
The Effects of Child Maltreatment and Inherited Liability on Antisocial Development – Jonson-Reid, M., el al., April 2010
The Effects of Maltreatment and Neuroendocrine Regulation on Memory Performance – Cicchetti, D. et al., 2010
The Long-Term Consequences of Maltreatment in the Early Years – Egeland, B., et al., 2002
Violence and Risk of PTSD, Major Depression, Substance Abuse or Dependence, and Comorbidity – Kilpatrick, D. G., and Saunders, B.E., 2003
Why Have Child Maltreatment and Child Victimization Declined? – Finkelhor, D., and Jones, L., 2006
Program
Academic, Trauma, and Prevention Program Research – Child Safety Matters – Monique Burr Foundation
Population-Based Prevention of Child Maltreatment: The U.S. Triple P System Population Trial – Prinz, R., et al., January 2009
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont’s Sexual Abuse Free Environments for Teens (SAFE-T) Program
Research Review, Evidence-Based Programs and Practices: What Does It All Mean? – Children’s Services Council – September 2007
School-Based Child Maltreatment Programs – March 2003
Theoretical, Scientific and Clinical Foundations of the Triple P‐Positive Parenting Program: A Population Approach to the Promotion of Parenting Competence – Sanders, M. R., et al., 2003
Treating Conduct Problems and Strengthening Social and Emotional Competence in Young Children: The Dina Dinosaur Treatment Program – Webster-Stratton, C., and Reid, M. J., January 2003
Knowledge Gains Following a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Among Urban Students: A Cluster-Randomized Evaluation – Pulido, M. -et al. – July 2015
Psychology
Adopting a population-level approach to parenting and family support interventions – Prinz, R. J., and Sanders, M. R., January 2007
Designing research to study the effects of institutionalization on brain and behavioral development: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project – Zeanah, C. H., et al., 2003
Types of Abuse
Child-Focused Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs – Crime and Misconduct Commission, Queensland – June 2004
Examination of a Conceptual Model of Child Neglect – Dubowitz, H., et al., May 2005
Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS–4) – Report to Congress – Sedlak, A. J., et al., 2010
Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences – Center for Disease Control
Measuring poly-victimization using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire – Finkelhor, D., et al., 2005
New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research Book, Extracted Pages – National Academy of Sciences 2013
Physical Abuse Amplifies Attention to Threat – Shackman, J. E., et al., 2007
