U09a1 Responding to Ethical and Legal Issues Erica Bryant Owens Capella University Case Scenario: An 18 year old female named Simone is a new mother who does not know who the father of her child is. She is a high school dropout and receives government assistance. She has received a grant by her social worker to attend counseling for awhile. She has no family to depend on due to her parents being alcoholics and suffering from mental illness. Simone was labeled in school as having learning disabilities
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As time passes we tend to ignore some of the most important situations that are and have been taking place‚ such as child abuse. Although it is not often spoken of in the United States‚ child abuse continues to be one of the growing social problems of the country‚ keeping in mind the number of children who end up in protective services each year is increasing. Usually sexual abuse and physical abuse of adults is given more attention‚ compared to child abuse. It is proven that neglecting along with
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assignment. The training is extensive and states to set aside 4 hours to complete the modules in the training. The training is composed of four lessons or modules. Lesson one covers the different types of child abuse: physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ and neglect. It also covers the red flags mandated reporters should look for and how to recognize and identify the different types of abuse. Lesson two outlines how to file a report‚ who must report‚ when mandated reporters must file a report‚ and the consequences
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Maltreatment in Children and Its Effects When the term maltreatment comes to mind‚ we often think of many things. Whether it is physical abuse‚ mental abuse‚ or neglect‚ one term that does not always come up is malnutrition. Malnutrition is defined as‚ "Faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients or their impaired assimilation or utilization (Dictionary.com)." Malnutrition is usually associated with third world countries and the families who live there who are poor and
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Child Care in Practice Vol. 17‚ No. 2‚ April 2011‚ pp. 103Á113 Lest We Forget: Remembering the Consequences of Child Neglect A Clarion Call to ‘‘Feisty Advocates’’ * Dominic McSherry It is widely acknowledged that‚ across the United Kingdom and the USA‚ childcare practitioners often struggle with cases of child neglect‚ because of the difficulties involved in attempting to define the problem at hand‚ and balancing these cases with others in the caseload that may appear more pressing‚
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Child Abuse and Neglect Child abuse is any act that endangers a child’s physical or emotional health and development. Child abuse and neglect can take place anywhere. The child often knows the abuser well a parent‚ relative‚ babysitter‚ or friend of the family. Child abuse and neglect crosses all ethnic‚ racial‚ social‚ and economic lines This book talks and expresses the examinations of child neglect in families and its relevance to research‚ policy and practice in the field of services to children
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Submitted by: Arooj Khalid Poverty and Child maltreatment 1-Introduction: Child maltreatment means abuse‚ neglect‚ and desertion of a child by the caretaker (a parent‚ guardian‚ protector‚ or a foster parent). The caretaker may be anyone who is ten years of age or older and entrusted with the care of the child. Child maltreatment occur when the caretakers harm
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harm a child. No one knows how many instances of child abuse occur each year because many cases of child abuse are never reported. Child abuse takes many forms. It includes physical‚ emotional‚ and sexual abuse. Another form of child abuse is neglect. Neglect is the failure of a parent or caregiver to provide for the basic needs of a child. It is the most common form of child abuse (Tollefson‚ 2011). Whether you are the abuser or the victim‚ both parties need to be treated in order to be able to heal
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Pergamon Child Abuse & Neglect 25 (2001) 1627–1640 Growing up with parental alcohol abuse: exposure to childhood abuse‚ neglect‚ and household dysfunction૾ Shanta R. Dube*‚a‚ Robert F. Andaa‚ Vincent J. Felittib‚ Janet B. Crofta‚ Valerie J. Edwardsa‚ Wayne H. Gilesa a National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion‚ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 4770 Buford Highway‚ N.E.‚ MS K– 45‚ Atlanta‚ GA 30341-3717‚ USA b Department of Preventive Medicine‚ Southern
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Cited: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ Administration for Children and Families. “HHS Releases Latest National Statistics on Child Abuse and Neglect. 04 April 2006. http://www.wcpcan.wa.gov/Files/Toolkit/HHS%20Releases%20Latest%20National%20Statistics%20on%20Child%20Abuse.htm Habinger‚ Matthew‚ OSB. “License for Parenting?” License for Parenting‚ works of Habinger. 27 December 2001. 28 February
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