Familial risk indicators associated with HAP:
1. The HAP parent has siblings in his/her own family who have also been alienated from a parent or other family members due to family conflict in the past resulting from separation of the parents.
2. The HAP parent has a past history of being a victim of sexual, physical abuse or neglect as a child or young adult.
3. The HAP parent is currently abusing drugs or alcohol or has a past history of drug or alcohol abuse.
4. The HAP parent has a general history of conflict with third parties such as neighbours, landlords, babysitters, in-laws or past friends.
5. The HAP parent has a past history of being a “bully” in school when he/she was a child.
6. The HAP parent has a past history as a foster child or child receiving temporary care or assistance of local child welfare protection agencies.
7. The HAP parent has a past history of neglect of children such as leaving children alone in the home when the children were too young to be left alone.
8. The HAP parent has a history as a victim of physical or emotional abused by their partner during cohabitation.
9. The HAP parent has few or no long term friendships.
10. The HAP parent has a past history of protracted litigation with one or more previous partners.
11. The HAP parent has a history of poor relationships with his/her own parents or other members of his/her immediate family.
12. The HAP parent has a past history of conflict or poor relations with in-laws and former in-laws from previous relationships.
13. The HAP parent has been previously involved in a relationship where the former partner was charged criminally for sexual or physical abusing the HAP parent.
14. Some neighbours and friends of the family while they were together also express concern about hostile behaviours and motivations of the HAP parent.
15. The HAP parent has a history of anger management problems such as history of yelling at children, spouse and others.
16. The HAP parent has a pattern of multiple, short term intimate relationships or exhibits promiscuous behaviours.
17. The HAP parent has a past history of deceptive and illegal practices such as shoplifting, fraud, use of false or misleading information relating to abuse of welfare or immigration laws.
18. The HAP parent is currently involved in an intimate or live-in relationship with a new partner.
19. The HAP parent is currently involved in an intimate or live-in relationship with a new partner where the new partner has a history of being a perpetrator of family violence in previous relationships or where the person has been known to be violent and aggressive.
20. The HAP parent currently resides, or was raised as a child, in what would be considered as an economically depressed or high crime neighbourhood.”
21. The HAP parent is collecting child support from more than one other parent for the same child in a practice referred to as “double-dipping.”
22. The HAP parent is currently collecting welfare or social assistance or has a history of collecting welfare or social assistance at various times over a number of years.
23. The HAP parent is currently living in a women’s shelter or has lived in a women’s shelter. (There are no known shelters for men and children)
24. Any child of the HAP parent is exhibiting a number of behavioural problems while under the care and control of the HAP parent.
25. Any child of the HAP parent has shown aggression, uncooperativeness and/or unwillingness to return to the home of this parent upon returning from the home of another parent of family member.
26. Any child of the HAP parent has experienced a noticeable drop in school performance or attendance since residing in the sole or primary care of with this parent.
27. Any child of the HAP parent has been engaged in vandalism or acts of racism in the community while under the care and control of this parent.
28. Any child of the HAP parent is smoking tobacco against the law while under the care and control of this parent.
29. Any child of the HAP parent is or has been involved with the use of illicit drugs while under the care and control of the parent.
30. Children living with the HAP parent are overly aggressive (physically, emotionally), competitive and abusive with each other.
31. Any child of the HAP parent has self inflicted injuries or mutilation or has attempted suicide while under the care and control of this parent and the cause of the child’s actions cannot be ascertained.
32. Any child of the HAP parent suffers from chronic absenteeism or late attendance at school without reasonable cause while under the care and control of this parent.
33. Any child of the HAP parent is a member of a youth gang or has been a member of a youth gang.
34. Any child of the HAP parent appears to have an unhealthy attraction to socially undesirable influences such as guns, fires, knives, drugs, drinking, rapes, torture, killing, etc.
35. Any child of the HAP parent is on mood altering drugs such as Ritalin or antidepressants with the knowledge and consent of both parents.
36. Any child of the HAP parent is not performing well in school or has dropped out of school without completing high school.
37. Any child of the HAP parent has poor social skills and has difficulty getting along with his/her peers.
38. The HAP parent had his/her relationship with his/her own parent ended with another parent during childhood and the cause of this appears to be divorce or separation of the parents.
Taken from: Risk assessment protocol to evaluate the risk of harm to children caused by Hostile-Aggressive Parenting (HAP) (including recommended intervention strategies) Published by: Family Conflict Resolution Services
1. The HAP parent has siblings in his/her own family who have also been alienated from a parent or other family members due to family conflict in the past resulting from separation of the parents.
2. The HAP parent has a past history of being a victim of sexual, physical abuse or neglect as a child or young adult.
3. The HAP parent is currently abusing drugs or alcohol or has a past history of drug or alcohol abuse.
4. The HAP parent has a general history of conflict with third parties such as neighbours, landlords, babysitters, in-laws or past friends.
5. The HAP parent has a past history of being a “bully” in school when he/she was a child.
6. The HAP parent has a past history as a foster child or child receiving temporary care or assistance of local child welfare protection agencies.
7. The HAP parent has a past history of neglect of children such as leaving children alone in the home when the children were too young to be left alone.
8. The HAP parent has a history as a victim of physical or emotional abused by their partner during cohabitation.
9. The HAP parent has few or no long term friendships.
10. The HAP parent has a past history of protracted litigation with one or more previous partners.
11. The HAP parent has a history of poor relationships with his/her own parents or other members of his/her immediate family.
12. The HAP parent has a past history of conflict or poor relations with in-laws and former in-laws from previous relationships.
13. The HAP parent has been previously involved in a relationship where the former partner was charged criminally for sexual or physical abusing the HAP parent.
14. Some neighbours and friends of the family while they were together also express concern about hostile behaviours and motivations of the HAP parent.
15. The HAP parent has a history of anger management problems such as history of yelling at children, spouse and others.
16. The HAP parent has a pattern of multiple, short term intimate relationships or exhibits promiscuous behaviours.
17. The HAP parent has a past history of deceptive and illegal practices such as shoplifting, fraud, use of false or misleading information relating to abuse of welfare or immigration laws.
18. The HAP parent is currently involved in an intimate or live-in relationship with a new partner.
19. The HAP parent is currently involved in an intimate or live-in relationship with a new partner where the new partner has a history of being a perpetrator of family violence in previous relationships or where the person has been known to be violent and aggressive.
20. The HAP parent currently resides, or was raised as a child, in what would be considered as an economically depressed or high crime neighbourhood.”
21. The HAP parent is collecting child support from more than one other parent for the same child in a practice referred to as “double-dipping.”
22. The HAP parent is currently collecting welfare or social assistance or has a history of collecting welfare or social assistance at various times over a number of years.
23. The HAP parent is currently living in a women’s shelter or has lived in a women’s shelter. (There are no known shelters for men and children)
24. Any child of the HAP parent is exhibiting a number of behavioural problems while under the care and control of the HAP parent.
25. Any child of the HAP parent has shown aggression, uncooperativeness and/or unwillingness to return to the home of this parent upon returning from the home of another parent of family member.
26. Any child of the HAP parent has experienced a noticeable drop in school performance or attendance since residing in the sole or primary care of with this parent.
27. Any child of the HAP parent has been engaged in vandalism or acts of racism in the community while under the care and control of this parent.
28. Any child of the HAP parent is smoking tobacco against the law while under the care and control of this parent.
29. Any child of the HAP parent is or has been involved with the use of illicit drugs while under the care and control of the parent.
30. Children living with the HAP parent are overly aggressive (physically, emotionally), competitive and abusive with each other.
31. Any child of the HAP parent has self inflicted injuries or mutilation or has attempted suicide while under the care and control of this parent and the cause of the child’s actions cannot be ascertained.
32. Any child of the HAP parent suffers from chronic absenteeism or late attendance at school without reasonable cause while under the care and control of this parent.
33. Any child of the HAP parent is a member of a youth gang or has been a member of a youth gang.
34. Any child of the HAP parent appears to have an unhealthy attraction to socially undesirable influences such as guns, fires, knives, drugs, drinking, rapes, torture, killing, etc.
35. Any child of the HAP parent is on mood altering drugs such as Ritalin or antidepressants with the knowledge and consent of both parents.
36. Any child of the HAP parent is not performing well in school or has dropped out of school without completing high school.
37. Any child of the HAP parent has poor social skills and has difficulty getting along with his/her peers.
38. The HAP parent had his/her relationship with his/her own parent ended with another parent during childhood and the cause of this appears to be divorce or separation of the parents.
Taken from: Risk assessment protocol to evaluate the risk of harm to children caused by Hostile-Aggressive Parenting (HAP) (including recommended intervention strategies) Published by: Family Conflict Resolution Services
