Barbara Fallon
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 338098 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Barbara Fallon |
| PRENOMES | Barbara |
| SOBRENOME | Fallon |
| ASSINATURA | FALLON B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3654-992X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 54 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 106 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 54 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Ethno-racial identity and child welfare decisions
The duty to report or to support?” Exploring the experiences of child protection workers investigating Black families reported for allegations of physical abuse to Ontario’s child welfare system
Colonialism has shaped the use of physical discipline for some Black parents • Zero-tolerance positions for physical discipline were arbitrarily employed. • Black families are being reported for the threat of physical discipline by schools. • Black families should be supported rather than being reported as an intervention. Referrals from educational settings account for a large proportion of chid maltreatment reports internationally and across No…
The experiences of racism and cultural socialization by Chinese parents in Canada and the United States
This study contributes to the literature by revealing the experience of Chinese parents living in Canada and the United States. The findings demonstrate the importance of addressing parents' appraisal and internalization of negative racialized experiences when working with Chinese families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Experiences of in-person violence and cyberviolence against child welfare workers in Canada
Studies conducted in countries across the world have consistently demonstrated high rates of in-person violence towards social workers, and particularly social workers engaged in challenging areas of practice such as child welfare. More recently, research has focused on the cyberworld as a new avenue for abuse against workers. Employing an online survey, this research sought to compare the experiences and effects of in-person violence and cybervi…
Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence as a form of child maltreatment in Canada
Nonlinear child protection intervention and child population density
Mindfulness and cognitive training interventions that address intersecting cognitive and aging needs of older adults
Mindfulness and cognitive training interventions are promising models to address impacts (e.g., anxiety and stress) of cognitive impairment among older adults. Combining strategies may yield better outcomes than models offered in isolation. However, there are numerous uncertainties about these interventions, potential for combination, and implementation. Social workers are well placed to offer these interventions. Findings From an initial search …
Co-developing culturally grounded early years programming with Indigenous communities
Although early childhood programs designed for Indigenous children exist in Canada and elsewhere, there remains a need for program development and implementation to be sustainable, evidence-based, and foundationally grounded in (rather than peripherally inclusive of) Indigenous cultures and languages. Overall, little is known about how to develop sustainable, communitygrounded early childhood programs that address the structural inequities and he…
Provoking Reflection in Action in Experienced Practitioners
Stress experienced during high-risk decision-making may impair performance, but can also be a cue, provoking the move from intuitive and automatic application of expertise to reflective and deliberative approaches. This article reports an exploratory intervention designed to provoke reflection-in-action and, ultimately, to improve practice decision making in experienced clinicians. The intervention combined: classroom-based education on decision-…
Latin American children in Ontario child welfare
Understanding the roles of the healthcare and child welfare systems in promoting the safety and well-being of children
Our core finding was a reported lack of communication between the groups of professionals. Other identified barriers in collaboration included a lack of understanding of each other's roles, hesitation for healthcare providers making reports, as well as legacies of harm and systemic inequities in both institutions. Future research should build on this examination by including the voices of healthcare providers and child welfare workers to identify…
Exploring Organizational Learning, Risk, and Psychological Safety
Child welfare workers and organizations are the direct link between legislation and families, thus, key to service effectiveness. However, little is known about the role of organizational learning, risk tolerance, and psychological safety, especially in Canadian child welfare. The aim of this study is to identify senior leaders’ perceptions of these constructs in the context of child welfare service delivery and family outcomes. This qualitative …
Responding to social and emotional vulnerability
In 2018, the child welfare system in Ontario, Canada, expanded the age of protection to include 16 and 17 year olds for the purpose of mitigating risk of harm for older adolescents. To date, there is little information regarding investigations of older adolescents, particularly in Ontario; this study will address this gap. Data used for this analysis were drawn from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect‐2018. The Ontario…
Comparing an In-Person and Online Continuing Education Intervention to Improve Professional Decision-Making
Purpose: This paper compares two iterations (in-person and online) of a multi-stage continuing education program for improving high-risk decision-making among mental health workers. Methods: The mixed-methods study analyzed the following: (1) physiological and psychological arousal during simulated patient interviews; (2) physiological and psychological arousal recorded during real-time decision-making over four months; and (3) thoughts on the pr…
Factors associated with Covid-19 vaccination in young children
Childhood Prevalence of Involvement with the Child Protection System in Quebec
The goal of this study, the first of its kind in Canada, was to estimate the child lifetime prevalence of child protection involvement in Quebec. Using administrative and population data spanning 17 years, we performed a survival analysis of initial incidents of child protection reports, confirmed reports, confirmation of a child's security or development being compromised, and placement outside the home for one day or more. We found that before …
Global student perspectives on digital inclusion in education during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic globally disrupted education, forcing a shift to remote learning that excludes many learners. This paper examines student perspectives of the changes to their education. In October 2020, students worldwide participated in the Digital Inclusion Challenge, a hackathon-style event hosted by Convergence.Tech, a digital transformation company. Participants described barriers to learning and proposed solutions to increase inclusiv…
The overrepresentation of First Nations children in the Ontario child welfare system
Improving Professional Decision Making in Situations of Risk and Uncertainty
Social workers and other professionals providing mental health services are regularly required to make high-stakes decisions in situations characterised by conflicting demands. To better understand the factors that drive clinical decision making in situations of risk and uncertainty, we used a design-based research framework to pilot a new approach for improving professional decision making. The programme, which combined simulated interviews, a m…
Tolerating Risk
As a leading cause of death among those suffering from mental health problems, suicide is an issue that challenges policy makers, organizations, and practitioners alike. One outcome has been the implementation of standardized decision-making tools, developed through actuarial methods and aimed at limiting risks inherent in professional judgments. However, despite legislative and policy attempts to standardize the outcomes of risk assessment, prof…
Infants and Toddlers
Investigations involving urgent protection concerns vs. chronic needs
Previous research has proposed an urgent-chronic taxonomy of maltreatment investigations to better understand how child welfare services across Canada operationalized the dual mandate of child safety and well-being. Data from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS-2013a Fallon, B., Ma, J., Allan, K., Pillhofer, M., Trocmé, N., & Jud, A. (2013a). Opportunities for prevention and intervention with young children: Lesso…
An Initial Evaluation of a Resource Parent Training Curriculum for Child Welfare-Involved Children Who Have Experienced Trauma and Loss
The current study examined the efficacy of Pathways to Permanence 2: Parenting Children who have Experienced Trauma and Loss© (Pathways), a trauma-informed curriculum designed for resource (adoptive, foster and kinship) parents. This initial study examined data from the implementation of a resource training intervention in Ontario, Canada. Participants included 177 resource parents. The current study used a pre-experimental, pre-post design. Prel…
Examining decision-making tools and child welfare involvement among Black families in Ontario, Canada
Responding to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ontario, Canada
Over the past 20 years, Ontario child welfare agencies have seen an exponential increase in referrals for exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) for children. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper examines the causes and consequences of the exponential increase in the incidence rates of IPV exposure between 1993 and 2013, providing important context for a maltreatment type that is not well understood in Ontario. The incidence of investi…
Urgent Protection versus Chronic Need
This study analyzed data from the 1998, 2003 and 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of reported child abuse and neglect (CIS) and compared the profile of children who were reported for an urgent protection investigation versus any other investigation or assessment. As a proportion of all investigations, urgent protection cases have dropped from 28% of all investigations in 1998, to 19% in 2003, to 15% in 2008. Results from the CIS-2008 analysis reveal…
Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
Who gets services and who does not? Multi-level approach to the decision for ongoing child welfare or referral to specialized services
Determinants of maltreatment substantiation in a sample of infants involved with the child welfare system
Substantiated Child Maltreatment
First Nations children and disparities in transfers to ongoing child welfare services in Ontario following a child protection investigation
Troubled teens and challenged caregivers
A troubled group? Adolescents in a Canadian child welfare sample
Correlates of Substantiated Emotional Maltreatment in the Second Canadian Incidence Study
Child protection workers' experiences of working with high-conflict separating families
Examining decision-making tools and child welfare involvement among Black families in Ontario, Canada
Child welfare involvement and academic difficulties
The role of risk in child welfare decision-making
The one thing that actually helps”
Role specialization and service integration in child welfare
Delineating disproportionality and disparity of Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian families in the child welfare system
Nonlinear child protection intervention and child population density
Latin American children in Ontario child welfare
The overrepresentation of First Nations children in the Ontario child welfare system
Improving Professional Decision Making in Situations of Risk and Uncertainty
Social workers and other professionals providing mental health services are regularly required to make high-stakes decisions in situations characterised by conflicting demands. To better understand the factors that drive clinical decision making in situations of risk and uncertainty, we used a design-based research framework to pilot a new approach for improving professional decision making. The programme, which combined simulated interviews, a m…
Tolerating Risk
As a leading cause of death among those suffering from mental health problems, suicide is an issue that challenges policy makers, organizations, and practitioners alike. One outcome has been the implementation of standardized decision-making tools, developed through actuarial methods and aimed at limiting risks inherent in professional judgments. However, despite legislative and policy attempts to standardize the outcomes of risk assessment, prof…
Investigations involving urgent protection concerns vs. chronic needs
Previous research has proposed an urgent-chronic taxonomy of maltreatment investigations to better understand how child welfare services across Canada operationalized the dual mandate of child safety and well-being. Data from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS-2013a Fallon, B., Ma, J., Allan, K., Pillhofer, M., Trocmé, N., & Jud, A. (2013a). Opportunities for prevention and intervention with young children: Lesso…
An Initial Evaluation of a Resource Parent Training Curriculum for Child Welfare-Involved Children Who Have Experienced Trauma and Loss
The current study examined the efficacy of Pathways to Permanence 2: Parenting Children who have Experienced Trauma and Loss© (Pathways), a trauma-informed curriculum designed for resource (adoptive, foster and kinship) parents. This initial study examined data from the implementation of a resource training intervention in Ontario, Canada. Participants included 177 resource parents. The current study used a pre-experimental, pre-post design. Prel…
Responding to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ontario, Canada
Over the past 20 years, Ontario child welfare agencies have seen an exponential increase in referrals for exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) for children. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper examines the causes and consequences of the exponential increase in the incidence rates of IPV exposure between 1993 and 2013, providing important context for a maltreatment type that is not well understood in Ontario. The incidence of investi…
Examining the Independent Effect of Social Support on Unmet Mental Healthcare Needs Among Canadians
Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
Reliability of the Canadian Incidence Study Data Collection Instrument
The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) provides national estimates of the scope and characteristics of reported child maltreatment. It is the most comprehensive source of information about maltreated children in Canada. The data are used to inform policy and, in secondary analyses, to examine correlates of maltreatment and relationships among case characteristics and service responses. Evaluation of the psychometri…
Placement decisions and disparities among aboriginal groups
Risk, Resilience and Outcomes
Childhood Maltreatment, Risk and Resilience
Untangling Risk of Maltreatment from Events of Maltreatment
Characteristics of Young Parents Investigated and Opened for Ongoing Services in Child Welfare
Determinants of maltreatment substantiation in a sample of infants involved with the child welfare system
Correlates of Substantiated Emotional Maltreatment in the Second Canadian Incidence Study
Who gets services and who does not? Multi-level approach to the decision for ongoing child welfare or referral to specialized services
Child protection workers' experiences of working with high-conflict separating families
A troubled group? Adolescents in a Canadian child welfare sample
Urgent Protection versus Chronic Need
This study analyzed data from the 1998, 2003 and 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of reported child abuse and neglect (CIS) and compared the profile of children who were reported for an urgent protection investigation versus any other investigation or assessment. As a proportion of all investigations, urgent protection cases have dropped from 28% of all investigations in 1998, to 19% in 2003, to 15% in 2008. Results from the CIS-2008 analysis reveal…
Québec Incidence Study on the situations investigated by child protective services
Clinical Differences and Outcomes of Sexual Abuse Investigations by Gender
Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations
The objective of this study was to use logistic regression and examine factors that influence charging decisions by the police during child maltreatment investigations. An estimated 4,808 substantiated child maltreatment investigations that involved police were obtained from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. Of the 4,808 cases examined, police laid charges in about one-third of the cases. Controlling for all ot…
Delineating disproportionality and disparity of Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian families in the child welfare system
How Can Data Drive Policy and Practice in Child Welfare? Making the Link in Canada
Formal university-child welfare partnerships offer a unique opportunity to begin to fill the gaps in the child welfare knowledge base and link child welfare services to the realities of practice. With resources from a knowledge mobilization grant, a formal partnership was developed between the University of Toronto, clinicians, policy analysts, and researchers from child welfare agencies across Ontario. The key objectives of the grant included: (…
Role specialization and service integration in child welfare
Examining the Independent Effect of Social Support on Unmet Mental Healthcare Needs Among Canadians
Child welfare involvement and academic difficulties
Troubled teens and challenged caregivers
Substantiated Child Maltreatment
The one thing that actually helps”
First Nations children and disparities in transfers to ongoing child welfare services in Ontario following a child protection investigation
Psychology (49 obras) · Medicine (43 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (40 obras) · Psychiatry (34 obras) · Welfare (31 obras) · Political science (30 obras) · Environmental health (27 obras) · Neglect (27 obras) · Poison control (27 obras) · Child abuse (26 obras)