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CHILD ABUSE MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING

CHILD ABUSE MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING. Patti Agatston, Ph.D. Prevention/Intervention Center. Child Abuse Is Everyone’s Problem.

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CHILD ABUSE MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING

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  1. CHILD ABUSE MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING Patti Agatston, Ph.D. Prevention/Intervention Center

  2. Child Abuse Is Everyone’s Problem • When children are victimized by the very people responsible for their care, we as a society must not also fail them. We must acknowledge that abuse can and does happen in all types of families within our society.

  3. Common Underlying factors in These Families Are: • Emotional immaturity of the parents • Marital friction • Financial difficulties • Alcoholism or other drug use • Severe stress • Emotional disturbance

  4. All school district employees are mandated reporters. DFCS must always be immediately notified, and by Georgia law no later than 24 hours from the time there is reasonable cause to believe a child has been abused. Employees may make a direct referral to DFCS, however according to state law, a staff member who makes a report to the “person in charge of the facility” (i.e. principal or assistant principal) or their delegate has complied with the reporting requirement. Georgia Mandated Reporter Law

  5. Types of disclosures • Indirect Hints: “My brother wouldn’t let me sleep last night.” • Disguised Disclosure: “I know someone who is being touched in a bad way.” • Disclosures with strings attached: “I have a problem, but if I tell you about it you have to promise not to tell.”

  6. Find a private place to talk Reassure the child – “I’m glad you told me.” Listen calmly and openly Write down the facts in child’s words Report the disclosure to the designated administrator at your school Respect child’s confidentiality Do not quiz or interview, let the trained CPS worker do this When a child discloses . . .

  7. What not to say . . . • Why didn’t you stop him/her? • Are you telling the truth? • What did you do to make this happen?

  8. Remember… • Any person or official required… to report a suspected case of child abuse who knowingly and willfully fails to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

  9. You are protected! • Any person or persons…participating in the making of a report or causing a report to be made to a child welfare agency providing protective services…shall in so doing be immune from any civil or criminal liability…provided such participation…is made in good faith.

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