Interventions for marginalised children aged 0 to three and their parents

A number of social interventions are aimed at children aged from 0 to three who are socially and developmentally marginalised due to risk factors in their upbringing or in the fetal condition.
This report identifies Nordic and English-speaking studies of specific interventions aimed at reducing, or compensating for, known risk factors for this group of children: parental abuse, neglect, violence within the immediate family, parents with mental disorders, parents with low IQs, early parenthood and combined problem scenarios.
The report identifies and describes evidence-based studies, i.e. studies that are highly reliable. The overall picture of the interventions studied is that they are mainly aimed at mothers; that many different types of activities are involved; and that interventions are long term, with frequent contact.
This report was commissioned by the Danish National Board of Social Services as part of efforts to unearth qualified knowledge that can be used for evidence-based practice. Decisions and professional social work can thus be based on interventions that, on the basis of the best and latest scientific knowledge, have a verified probability of success.