HD FS 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reasonable Suspicion, Childline, Child Protective Services
15 Jan 2017
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The conditions needed to report suspected child maltreatment: 1) anyone can make a report, not just mandated reporters, 2) reasonable suspicion child maltreatment has or will occur. Etc: 3) follow state and institutional regulations. What is a mandated reporter: a person who is required to make a report of suspected child abuse. Who is a mandated reporter: doctor, teacher, psychologist, priest, childcare, anyone who accepts responsibility for the care of a child. Laws on training in child maltreatment: all this is a result of jerry sandusky, state law requires training for professional license renewal, specifies the content, frequency and duration requirements. Curriculum needs to address specific topics: 1) recognize the signs of abuse. Developmentally would not be seeing: 2) institutional policies on reporting child maltreatment, 3) 3 hours of initial training, 2 hours for subsequent. Who makes the report: mandated reporters. Authorized adults = mandated reporters: not in the state, but penn state.
