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S T A R T P R E S E N T A T I O N: 

S T A R T P R E S E N T A T I O N

A Proposed Dance/Movement Therapy Assessment to Identify Child Neglect: 

A Proposed Dance/Movement Therapy Assessment to Identify Child Neglect B Y L I V M A R I E L E I R V A A G M A Y 2 0 0 1

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T H A N K Y O U... Gayle Gates Rena Kornblum Frances Bonds-White Sherry Goodill Jenna Dalley Trish Miron Mat Ottenberg

P U R P O S E O F S T U D Y:• Describe the social and emotional behavior of neglected children and to translate that behavior into movement terms.• Methods of observation and assessment from dance/movement therapy and practice may provide a useful tool to identify child neglect.• A review of the literature revealed no dance/movement therapy assessment specifically targeted toward identification of this population.• The likely social and emotional behavior of neglected children are hypothesized.: 

P U R P O S E O F S T U D Y: • Describe the social and emotional behavior of neglected children and to translate that behavior into movement terms. • Methods of observation and assessment from dance/movement therapy and practice may provide a useful tool to identify child neglect. • A review of the literature revealed no dance/movement therapy assessment specifically targeted toward identification of this population. • The likely social and emotional behavior of neglected children are hypothesized.

C H I L D N E G L E C T D E F I N I T I O N S:Emotional neglect: An act of omission, the result of parental ignorance and indifference. The child is not given positive emotional support and stimulation. Marked inattention to the child's needs for affection, refusal or failure to provide needed physical care, spouse abuse in the child's presence, and permission of drug or alcohol used by the child.Physical neglect: Refusal or delay in seeking health care, abandonment, expulsion from home or refusal to allow a runaway to return home, and inadequate supervision(The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 2000).: 

C H I L D N E G L E C T D E F I N I T I O N S: Emotional neglect: An act of omission, the result of parental ignorance and indifference. The child is not given positive emotional support and stimulation. Marked inattention to the child's needs for affection, refusal or failure to provide needed physical care, spouse abuse in the child's presence, and permission of drug or alcohol used by the child. Physical neglect: Refusal or delay in seeking health care, abandonment, expulsion from home or refusal to allow a runaway to return home, and inadequate supervision (The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 2000).

L I T E R A T U R E R E V I E W:• Family Characteristics of Neglecting Families• Impact and Consequences of Child Neglect• Attachment Theory• Object Relation Theory• Affect Attunement and Nonverbal Communication• Sense of Self/Body Self and Touch• Dance/Movement Therapy• The Methods of Movement Observation• Movement Observation and Assessment with Children: 

L I T E R A T U R E R E V I E W: • Family Characteristics of Neglecting Families • Impact and Consequences of Child Neglect • Attachment Theory • Object Relation Theory • Affect Attunement and Nonverbal Communication • Sense of Self/Body Self and Touch • Dance/Movement Therapy • The Methods of Movement Observation • Movement Observation and Assessment with Children

F A M I L Y C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S O F N E G L E C T I N G F A M I L I E S:• mental illness• substance abuse• poverty• single-parent• withdrawn • depressed• powerless• limited, non-reciprocal networks: 

F A M I L Y C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S O F N E G L E C T I N G F A M I L I E S: • mental illness • substance abuse • poverty • single-parent • withdrawn • depressed • powerless • limited, non-reciprocal networks

I M P A C T A N D C O N S E Q U E N C E S O F C H I L D N E G L E C T:: 

I M P A C T A N D C O N S E Q U E N C E S O F C H I L D N E G L E C T: • withdrawal • passivity • lack of initiative • lack of enthusiasm • socially unresponsive • non-assertive • lack of eye-contact • lack of compassion • non-compliant • anxious • clinging • demanding • sucking and biting • anger • indiscriminately affectionate • impulsivity

T H E M E T H O D S O F M O V E M E N T O B S E R V A T I O N:• The Laban Movement Analysis• Personality Assessment Through Movement (North)• The Kestenberg Movement Profile• The Nonverbal Assessment Scale for Family  System (Dulicai)• The Movement Signature Analysis (Davis): 

T H E M E T H O D S O F M O V E M E N T O B S E R V A T I O N: • The Laban Movement Analysis • Personality Assessment Through Movement (North) • The Kestenberg Movement Profile • The Nonverbal Assessment Scale for Family System (Dulicai) • The Movement Signature Analysis (Davis)