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Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual Series 1990s
The following are the Child Abuse and Neglect User Manuals from the 1990s. Please note that some of this information may be outdated and that updated versions of some manuals are included in the new and revised Child Abuse and Neglect User Manuals.
Caregivers of Young Children: Preventing and Responding to Child Maltreatment
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User Manual Series (1992) |
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Koralek |
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1992 - 85 pages |
This manual examines the roles and responsibilities of caregivers of young children in preventing and reporting child maltreatment. The manual provides an overview of child abuse and explains how to recognize and report cases of suspected abuse. Guidelines for caring for maltreated children and supporting their families are also provided. Specific topics include mandatory reporting, staff selection procedures, staff supervision and policies, developmental issues, and developing positive relationships with parents. 6 figures and 36 references.
Child Neglect: A Guide for Intervention
This report presents a broad overview of issues related to child neglect in the United States. The report examines aspects of child neglect that can help people better understand its causes and effects, and provides information that can be used to develop effective prevention and intervention strategies. The report is divided into 7 main chapters that discuss the different definitions, causes, and effects of neglect; the incidence and prevalence of neglect; assessment, intervention, and prevention strategies and techniques that can be used by Child Protective Services and other agencies to treat and prevent neglect; and the implications for public policy ...
Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues
The manual addresses the needs of professionals regarding child sexual abuse, describes professional practices, and discusses how to assist sexually abused children and their families. Treatment techniques for the victim, the nonoffending parent or mother, and the offending father are offered, and research on reliability and suggestibility of child witnesses is reviewed briefly. The focus of the manual is on case management and substantiation and is designed to assist child protection workers, child abuse investigation and mental health staff, legal professionals, and education and health care professionals. Child interviewing techniques and sample questions are included. The document contains a glossary ...
Crisis Intervention in Child Abuse and Neglect
This manual, part of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect's User Manual Series, helps caseworkers improve their assistance to children and families in crisis. Sections present a brief overview of crisis; define crisis, identify the elements and phases of crises, highlight client feelings during a crisis, and discuss the psychological effects of crises; and outline the goals of crisis intervention and describe a nine-step crisis intervention model. The manual offers suggestions for involving the entire family in the crisis intervention assessment process; examines specific treatment approaches and techniques, including community systems, multimodal, cognitive behavioral, task-centered, family, and eclectic ...
Protecting Children in Substance-Abusing Families
This manual, developed by NCCAN, provides an overview of how to identify parental substance abuse, assess the strengths and needs of families, develop service plans, and implement strategies for helping children of substance-abusing parents. Physical and behavioral indications of substance abuse, characteristics of parents at risk of substance abuse, and special risks of children of chemically involved parents are reviewed. The manual also addresses reporting obligations, comprehensive family assessment, and juvenile court involvement. Innovative approaches to intervention are described, such as programs for pregnant and parenting women, residential treatment, family preservation, transitional group care, specialized foster homes, support programs for ...
The Role of Law Enforcement in the Response to Child Abuse and Neglect
This manual was designed to train State and local law enforcement officials for intervention in and investigation of child abuse and neglect cases. It explains the rules of law enforcement, the nature of team investigations, the investigative process, relationships with other disciplines, interview techniques, and specialized types of investigations. Topics include risk assessment, removal from home, interviewing tools, cross-cultural investigations, foster care, investigation of child deaths, monitoring telephone or personal conversations, polygraph evaluations, and arrest issues. A glossary of terms and a selected bibliography are provided. 1 figure and 54 notes.
The Role of Mental Health Professionals in the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
This manual provides mental health professionals with a knowledge base about preventing and treating child abuse and neglect and helps them understand their roles and responsibilities in this area. Sections provide information on mental health disciplines and child abuse intervention; identify the roles of the mental health professional who works with maltreated children and their families, including preventing abuse on a primary and secondary level, providing tertiary intervention services, evaluating and treating children and their families, serving as an advocate and source of information, acting as an educator, helping clients prepare for testifying in court, being a consultant to county ...
Substitute Care Providers: Helping Abused and Neglected Children
This manual for child welfare personnel provides them with information on serving abused and neglected children who are in family foster care or who are adopted. Section 1 presents background information on substitute care and permanency planning. Section 2 identifies the basic needs of all children and the special needs of both children in substitute care and maltreated children. Section 3 describes the systems, networks, and teams with which people who help maltreated children interact, including the service network and the substitute care team. Section 4 offers guidelines for meeting the needs of maltreated children, focusing on understanding the assessment ...
Treatment for Abused and Neglected Children: Infancy to Age 18
This manual, produced by NCCAN as part of the User Manual Series, provides an overview of the treatment of sexually abused, physically abused, and neglected children. Child development is briefly reviewed and the study of developmental psychopathology is described. All aspects of child development are considered, including intrapersonal development, interpersonal development, physical development, sexual development, and behavioral conduct development. Consequences of abuse and neglect, assessment of maltreatment, the therapeutic process and the role of the therapist, treatment issues and specialized interventions, and case management are addressed. The manual provides a glossary of terms and list of resources for more detailed ...
Working With the Courts in Child Protection
This manual provides an overview of court procedures in child protection cases. It describes court processes, defines legal requirements for evidence, and provides guidelines to help professionals participate in the process. Child protective court, criminal court, and domestic relations court processes are summarized. Specific topics include rules of evidence, use of records as evidence, privileged communications, courtroom dress, testimony, expert witnesses, competency of child witnesses, and preparing the child to testify. 1 figure and 88 references.
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