In conclusion, as a future teacher, it is important to understand my responsibility to report any suspected child neglect or abuse. Even if my future student does not give me permission to report the incident, if the child is in danger, it is my responsibility to report. By keeping his promise of confidentiality to J.D., Dr. Pesce put J.D. in great danger. The student was in danger at school because of the misconduct of the teacher, and he was in danger outside of school because of his shame and suicidal thoughts and tendencies.
“It is an affirmative duty to report all actual or suspected cases of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.” (Florida Dept. of Education, 2015, Section 1006.061) Reference: Florida Dept. of Education. (2015). “Child Abuse Look for the Signs.” Florida Depaartment of Education. Retrieved from: http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7725/urlt/0072440-mandatoryabusereport08.pdf Florida Dept. of Education. (2015).
If a child or young person alleges harm or abuse, it is important to be aware of the school procedures to be followed for reporting concerns about that particular child. Teacher should also know how to respond if a child discloses anything serious to them. • Listen carefully- If a child talks to me about a concern, or if the child tells me about their abuse I will listen carefully and compassionately to what they tell me. • Stay Calm-It is important to stay calm and not show any extreme reaction to what the child is saying.
I decided the best option was to learn more about the situation by sitting down with the parents. If the teacher had any suspicion that Tyrone was being abused at home, she should contact outside services. The philosophical principle that aided in solving this dilemma was rightness of action. As a teacher, if there is any harm inflicted on a child in their classroom it is their obligation to act. In this case the teacher needs to contact outside services because she knows that a child being treated harshly at home is wrong.
CPS 617 A: Assess.& Treatment of Child Abuse MeeSoo Lee Reaction Paper from chapter 1 to chapter 6 1. family abuse landscape “Abuse in the family” has been long in the history, however, it was not until the article called battered child syndrome (Kempe, et al., 1962) was appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association and started getting attention form professionals. Before that, culturally parents used to be thought to have a right to treat their children and also battered women’s shelters appeared with the term “spouse abuse” in 1972. I think it is very important that the issue is being able to get appropriate
The ethical dilemmas in this scenario, center on mandated report obligations, disclosure, and confidentiality. Both the school counselor and teacher are mandated reporters in the state of New York and must report suspected abuse/maltreatment. However, the state specifies that “Mandated reporters are required to report suspected child abuse or maltreatment when they are presented with a reasonable cause to suspect child abuse or maltreatment in a situation where a child, parent, or other person legally responsible for the child is before the mandated reporter when the mandated reporter is acting in his or her official capacity” (Office of Children and Family Services, 2016). In laymen’s terms, the responsibility to report would fall on the
I completed the mandated reporter training for the state of Virginia. Being a mandated reporter means knowing what needs to be reported and how to identify signs or key phrases to look out for. The online training goes over different types of child abuse and neglect and provides information to become aware of signs pertaining to abuse or neglect. A mandated reporter would be required to report to Child Protective Services (CPS) and potentially the police, any suspicions that child abuse may have occurred or may be occurring. “All 50 states have statutes making it mandatory for professionals to report suspected or known child abuse” (Hepworth, 2013).
6 November 2016. Summary Paragraph: This book describes the child sexual abuse in different areas and the "practical steps" to end these child sexual abuse. According to this book, the it has been reported that the child sexual abuse in schools in the United State is approximately 10 times higher than that of the United Kingdom. Therefore, it is important to make our children secure whether it is in school or in house.
Someone who experience abuse or neglect at a young age can act like that to their kids if they want to or not. It can make someone’s life hard because they could act different and the good jobs don’t want those actions won’t accept them. If they are at school that is one way to make their child a bully, they could care less about school, they could let their grades slip, or they could not do their homework and distract other kids from what they are suppose to be doing. If teachers made their students write journals it could help with some of those
However, even if this were an effective way to serve her student, the fact that group counseling has been eliminated as an option still hinders the school counseling program’s effectiveness. When confronting the administration about reinstating group counseling, she risks her job and relationship with other school professionals. This course of action requires tact, data, and facts. By bolstering her student’s self-efficacy to help her disclose her identity to her parents, Mrs. Moon risks her student’s emotional wellbeing if her parents do not accept her. By defying the order of the school and providing group counseling unofficially, she severely risks her job and her reputation as a school
As mentioned earlier, the GAO investigated cases of abuse and death, that were usually do to the cause of maltreatment among staff. A lot of hired “professionals” in this industry are untrained, poorly goal oriented and don't know how to deal with this juveniles (Kutz, 2008). In these investigated reports, it was discovered kids with health problems were denied treatment and continually physically and emotionally abused by staff member, instead of being given special treatment. With a lot of these schools interests revolving around “changing” these kids, staff members take this power upon themselves and treat these kids how ever they see feel fit. Lacking federal law, encourages this continued inappropriate behavior treatment of kids by staff members and this must be looked at with more speculation and
Luckily, there are now laws in place to protect children that are subject to child abuse, yet this doesn’t stop some parents from demonstrating abusive tendencies. Despite child abuse being impermissable in todays society, it still transpires. Child
Child abuse had always been a lingering controversial issue for many decades. Today, despite the laws and prevention programs, the number of victims seem to never decreased. Abuse comes in many forms: physical, sexual, psychological emotion, neglect and malnutrition. Moreover, the first argument is in regards to not only parents for some adults as well believing discipline equals to physical force. Parents who mistreat his or her child have an assumption that they have the parental right to use physical punishment.
Some of these children may not be old enough to have a voice or they just are too shy. By having those in society aware of the signs and symptoms of child abuse we are hoping to break down the cycle. Some parents may not even believe that what they are doing to their child is a sign of child abuse but it could be something that has been passed down from their parents. What parents have to remember is that there are many ways of parenting around the world, this does not mean that anything goes, as long as it’s “cultural”, parents must adapt to what is acceptable in the dominant culture around them (Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance website, 2016, para.
However, this is a topic that is of utmost importance to me because I am an advocate of children’s rights. Children are innocent and powerless, and for this reason, they need people to stand up to protect them. Sadly, in many cases, the abuser is either a family member or a friend of the family who is trusted by the parents. I once read that over 90% of victims that are sexually abused under the age of 18 actually know their abuser personally. The problem is that when they speak up, they are not believed; likewise, many children may not speak up due to the same fear – that they will be called liars and that the abuse will become
