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Protecting Our Children: A Guide for K-5 Teachers

This guide offers K-5 teachers insight into identifying child neglect/abuse and their mandatory reporting responsibilities. Discusses what constitutes abuse, laws, reporting procedures, and support resources. Learn to recognize signs of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse/neglect, including behaviors and physical indicators. Understand the seriousness of the issue and the impact on children. Take action to safeguard children in your care. Reporting abuse is crucial in ensuring the safety and well-being of children. Stay informed and proactive in protecting our children.

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Protecting Our Children: A Guide for K-5 Teachers

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  1. “Protecting Our Children” A guide for K-5 Teachers in helping them identify child neglect/abuse and their mandatory responsibilities

  2. Should I or Shouldn’t I Is this something I should report? Who should I tell? Is this serious enough? Will I be Identified as a Reporter?

  3. What is our Responsibility • All 50 states have a form of a mandatory child abuse and neglect reporting law • Originally passed in 1974 • Amended a number of times since • Educators are mandatory reporters Go Back To My Web Page

  4. Mandatory Reporting • It is a state law that all school personnel report child abuse • Failure to report abuse or neglect is a misdemeanor (less serious than a felony-which is punishable by a fine or imprisonment in a city or county jail rather than a penitentiary)

  5. What is Abuse and Neglect Is any recent act or failure to act • Resulting in imminent risk of serious harm, death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation of a child by a parent or caretaker who is responsible for the child’s welfare

  6. What is Sexual Abuse • Employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or any simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct; or………. • Go Back To My Web Page

  7. …Rape, and in cases of caretaker or inter-familial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children

  8. Bruises and Welts Unexplained on face, lips, torso, back, buttocks, thighs Stages of healing Shape of article used to inflict(belt buckle, cord) Injuries regularly appear after absence, weekend or vacation Burns Cigar, cigarette on soles, palms, back or buttocks Immersion; sock-like, glove-like, doughnut shaped on buttocks or genitalia, patterned like an iron Rope; arms, legs, neck, or torso Signs of Child Abuse or NeglectPhysical Abuse

  9. Fractures Unexplained To skull, nose, face in different stages of healing Multiple or Spiral Lacerations or Abrasions Unexplained To mouth,lips, gums, eyes To external genitalia Signs of Child Abuse or NeglectPhysical Abuse

  10. Behaviors Wary of Adults Apprehensive when other kids cry Aggressive/ withdrawn Scared of Parents Afraid to go Home Reports Injury by Parents Signs of Child Abuse or NeglectPhysical Abuse

  11. Physical Hunger Poor Hygiene Inappropriate dress Lack of Supervision Unattended physical problems Behavioral Stealing Early to School/Last to Leave Fatigue Trouble with the law States no caretaker Signs of Child Abuse or NeglectPhysical Neglect

  12. Physical Difficult to walk/sit Pain/Itching in genital area Bruises/bleeding in private areas STD’s Behavioral Won’t change at PE Bizarre sexual knowledge Runaways Poor peer relations Signs of Child Abuse or NeglectSexual Abuse

  13. Physical Speech Disorder Lags in physical development Failure to thrive Behavioral Sucking, biting, rocking Anti-social Neurotic traits Psychoneurotic reactions Signs of Child Abuse or NeglectEmotional Abuse

  14. A guide to help Identify Child AbuseGo Back To My Web Page

  15. The Sad Facts • Over 3 children died each day due to parental maltreatment in 1995 • Child Abuse fatalities have increased by 39% in the last 10 yrs

  16. What is Being Done Before they get to School • One of the most promising prevention strategies for reducing early childhood injuries is comprehensive home health visits • Home visits are conducted in Bon Homme County after the birth of a child by the County Nurse

  17. Report Report Report • For Some of our students we are the only Hope that they have. We need to Protect them all.

  18. Who Should You Tell!! • Your Principal • Social Services Office ( Yankton, SD Phone 605-668-3030) • Law Enforcement Agency • Anybody that has the ability to help Go Back To My Web Page

  19. Additional Info on Child Abuse Recognizing Signs of Child Abuse

  20. Our Children Our Future • We have a accepted a huge responsibility to children because of the profession we have chosen. Remember that burning flame we all have that has led us to become educators. Our love for children and the desire to help them is what we are all about. • Go Back To My Web Page

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