Information Collection Domains
This domain is concerned with the maltreating behavior and immediate effects on a child. It
considers what is occurring or has occurred and what the results are.
What is The Extent of Maltreatment
Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral
3 Categories for Caregiver Protective Capacities
This study indicated that individuals who have
adverse childhood experiences including abuse, neglect, and
dysfunctional household environments are at much greater risk of
emotional, physical, and behavioral problems as adults.
ACES
Adverse
Childhood Experiences Study
Approaches to managing child behavior
Concepts and purpose of discipline
Perception of effectiveness of utilized approaches
Cognitive
foundation for how children grow physically, cognitively, emotionally and socially.
understanding of child developmental stages
This domain is concerned with the nature of what accompanies or surrounds the
maltreatment.
What is: NATURE OF THE MALTREATMENT: SURROUNDING CIRCUMSTANCES
These processes include
thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem solving.
These are higher-level functions of the brain and encompass
language, imagination, perception, and planning
Cognitive functioning
Reasons for Being a Caregiver
Knowledge and Skill
Decision Making
Cognitive
Attitude about discipline
Relationship to child
Understanding
Emotional
Psychological
Evironmental
Area's in which children need to feel safe
This domain is concerned with the child’s general behavior, emotions, temperament, and
physical capacity.
CHILD FUNCTIONING
For adults to function well, they need to be able to manage and
cope when in stressful situations, maintain independence and
implement self-care in their lives.
Emotional Functioning
Satisfaction in being a caregiver
Expectations and Empathy
Protectiveness
Emotional
Disciplinary Methods
Context in which discipline occurs
Expectations of Discipline
Behavioral
This information domain has strictly to do with how adults (the caregivers) in a family
household are functioning. This question is concerned with how the adults (parents/legal
guardians or caregivers) in the family household typically feel, think, and act on a daily
basis
ADULT FUNCTIONING
Focused on how a person’s positive or
negative actions relate to their self-control, physical health,
financial management, communication and employment.
Parenting Style
History of Parenting Behavior
Cultural Practices
Behavioral
Spanking/Corporal Punishment
This domain explores the general nature and approach to parenting which forms the basis
for understanding caregiver-child interaction in more substantive ways.
GENERAL PARENTING