James Herbert
Biographic Data
| ID | 4776553 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Herbert |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Herbert |
| SIGNATURE | HERBERT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2344-7759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measuring collaboration quality in the context of Barnahus and Children’s Advocacy Centers
Multi-agency collaboration is central to integrated response models like the Barnahus and Children’s Advocacy Centers in operationalizing children’s rights; yet defining and measuring the quality of this collaboration remains a significant challenge for researchers and policymakers. This review aims to identify the underlying dimensions of collaboration quality in responses to child abuse and examine the degree to which existing instruments addre…
Participation of parents known to child protection in service responses
Practitioner-family relationships are critical to partnering with families. • Family support practitioners are critical to interprofessional responses. • Community services need to be more family friendly to encourage help seeking. Families known to child protection typically require support from a range of services to meet their diverse needs. It is essential that this range of services work together to effectively support families. Parents are …
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and young people who have experienced forms of child maltreatment other than child sexual abuse
TF-CBT is effective for non-sexual abuse-related child maltreatment PTSD symptoms. • TF-CBT is also likely effective for a range of other key trauma symptoms. • Results are applicable to threat-based child maltreatment experiences. • Further research is needed to determine generalizability of results to neglect. • Integrating TF-CBT within existing services is possible, but flexibility is required. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-…
Effect of multi-disciplinary deliberation on perceptions of risk and recommended actions in response to child abuse
Effects of Therapy at a Community Based Trauma Therapy Service Treating Child Abuse and Neglect
This repeated-measures study examined the effects of a hybrid of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) with other therapeutic approaches at a community-based clinic in Perth Western Australia among a sample of children and young people overwhelmingly experiencing multiple forms of maltreatment and with complex family situations (i.e., family and domestic violence, parental mental health, parental substance abuse). Drawing on 1713 …
From the representative to the radical
Existential risk is higher than is commonly thought. This risk can be reduced by improving our democratic processes and institutions. Local government has the opportunity, and therefore the responsibility, to experiment in this field. To inform this experimentation, this paper will discuss two novel types of participation. First, representative deliberative processes that reintroduce the Ancient Athenian practice of random selection, updating it …
Service delivery goals and underlying interprofessional practices
Better Together? A Review of Evidence for Multi-Disciplinary Teams Responding to Physical and Sexual Child Abuse
Multi-Disciplinary teams (MDTs) have often been presented as the key to dealing with a number of intractable problems associated with responding to allegations of physical and sexual child abuse. While these approaches have proliferated internationally, researchers have complained of the lack of a specific evidence base identifying the processes and structures supporting multi-disciplinary work and how these contribute to high-level outcomes. Thi…
Multi-disciplinary teams responding to child abuse
Engagement Within
Evidence for the Efficacy of the Child Advocacy Center Model
The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) model has been presented as the solution to many of the problems inherent in responses by authorities to child sexual abuse. The lack of referral to therapeutic services and support, procedurally flawed and potentially traumatic investigation practices, and conflict between the different statutory agencies involved are all thought to contribute to low conviction rates for abuse and poor outcomes for children. The C…
Leaving a licensed boarding house
While de-institutionalisation set out with the laudable aim to improve the quality of life of people with disability, the untethering of accommodation from support services has in some cases led to less than desirable outcomes. Poor regulation of for-profit boarding houses licensed to care for people with disability has led to the exploitation and abuse of some of Australia’s most vulnerable and marginalised people. Recognition of this, and a num…
Towards Program Evaluation for Practitioner Learning
While human service practice improvement is acknowledged as an important outcome of program evaluation, much evaluation is narrowly focused on accountability requirements. This type of evaluation often has limited use and relevance to human service practitioners. In exploring forms of evaluation that do have practice relevance, this article presents the experiences and perceptions of human service practitioners subject to evaluations that set out…
Towards Program Evaluation for Practitioner Learning
While human service practice improvement is acknowledged as an important outcome of program evaluation, much evaluation is narrowly focused on accountability requirements. This type of evaluation often has limited use and relevance to human service practitioners. In exploring forms of evaluation that do have practice relevance, this article presents the experiences and perceptions of human service practitioners subject to evaluations that set out…
Multi-disciplinary teams responding to child abuse
Towards Program Evaluation for Practitioner Learning
While human service practice improvement is acknowledged as an important outcome of program evaluation, much evaluation is narrowly focused on accountability requirements. This type of evaluation often has limited use and relevance to human service practitioners. In exploring forms of evaluation that do have practice relevance, this article presents the experiences and perceptions of human service practitioners subject to evaluations that set out…
Leaving a licensed boarding house
While de-institutionalisation set out with the laudable aim to improve the quality of life of people with disability, the untethering of accommodation from support services has in some cases led to less than desirable outcomes. Poor regulation of for-profit boarding houses licensed to care for people with disability has led to the exploitation and abuse of some of Australia’s most vulnerable and marginalised people. Recognition of this, and a num…
Evidence for the Efficacy of the Child Advocacy Center Model
The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) model has been presented as the solution to many of the problems inherent in responses by authorities to child sexual abuse. The lack of referral to therapeutic services and support, procedurally flawed and potentially traumatic investigation practices, and conflict between the different statutory agencies involved are all thought to contribute to low conviction rates for abuse and poor outcomes for children. The C…
Engagement Within
Better Together? A Review of Evidence for Multi-Disciplinary Teams Responding to Physical and Sexual Child Abuse
Multi-Disciplinary teams (MDTs) have often been presented as the key to dealing with a number of intractable problems associated with responding to allegations of physical and sexual child abuse. While these approaches have proliferated internationally, researchers have complained of the lack of a specific evidence base identifying the processes and structures supporting multi-disciplinary work and how these contribute to high-level outcomes. Thi…
Multi-disciplinary teams responding to child abuse
Service delivery goals and underlying interprofessional practices
From the representative to the radical
Existential risk is higher than is commonly thought. This risk can be reduced by improving our democratic processes and institutions. Local government has the opportunity, and therefore the responsibility, to experiment in this field. To inform this experimentation, this paper will discuss two novel types of participation. First, representative deliberative processes that reintroduce the Ancient Athenian practice of random selection, updating it …
Effects of Therapy at a Community Based Trauma Therapy Service Treating Child Abuse and Neglect
This repeated-measures study examined the effects of a hybrid of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) with other therapeutic approaches at a community-based clinic in Perth Western Australia among a sample of children and young people overwhelmingly experiencing multiple forms of maltreatment and with complex family situations (i.e., family and domestic violence, parental mental health, parental substance abuse). Drawing on 1713 …
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and young people who have experienced forms of child maltreatment other than child sexual abuse
TF-CBT is effective for non-sexual abuse-related child maltreatment PTSD symptoms. • TF-CBT is also likely effective for a range of other key trauma symptoms. • Results are applicable to threat-based child maltreatment experiences. • Further research is needed to determine generalizability of results to neglect. • Integrating TF-CBT within existing services is possible, but flexibility is required. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-…
Effect of multi-disciplinary deliberation on perceptions of risk and recommended actions in response to child abuse
Measuring collaboration quality in the context of Barnahus and Children’s Advocacy Centers
Multi-agency collaboration is central to integrated response models like the Barnahus and Children’s Advocacy Centers in operationalizing children’s rights; yet defining and measuring the quality of this collaboration remains a significant challenge for researchers and policymakers. This review aims to identify the underlying dimensions of collaboration quality in responses to child abuse and examine the degree to which existing instruments addre…
Participation of parents known to child protection in service responses
Practitioner-family relationships are critical to partnering with families. • Family support practitioners are critical to interprofessional responses. • Community services need to be more family friendly to encourage help seeking. Families known to child protection typically require support from a range of services to meet their diverse needs. It is essential that this range of services work together to effectively support families. Parents are …
Psychology (10 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Child abuse (4 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (4 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (4 works)