Introduction. A Disturbing Statistic: The United States

Counselors are legally and ethically responsible to report child abuse cases when a child discloses information. Additionally, as mandated reporters, counselors have the obligation to safeguard the children and protect them from harm. Counselors consider several possible outcomes after a report is made, and may be faced with ethical dilemmas or concerns throughout this process. Depending on the severity of the case, counselors must provide ongoing support and counseling after an investigation is conducted. An understanding of the effects that that possible outcomes may have on children who are living through child abuse cases, may be essential when counselors are planning effective interventions that will support the child after cases have

REPORTER: The reporter/ father (Lakendrick) called with concerns for the victims, Azaria and Jacklin. According to Lakendrick, Larry Franklin (Ladonna’s father) called on today (09/01/2015) and said that Ladonna was removed from the home. Ladonna was forced out of the house by Shon and she went to stay with her mother (Ruthie), and she took the children with her. It is unknown where the children were at the time of the incident. The reporter said Larry told him that he had Jacklin and asked him “could he come and get Azaria”. Ladonna told the reporter as she was leaving the home “Shon threw her out”. There were no further details given. The reporter spoke to Ladonna about coming to get his daughter, and she didn’t agree. The reporter said Shon

Kendra told this worker that to the school teacher, principal, nurse, and police Tyren reported that moms both friend, Michael, the inflicted the bruising. Tyren's story has changed between the home interview and the hospital, Alton memorial. Lamiya told Tyren during the transportation to the hospital to blame the whooping and bruising on mom.

At 11 p.m. on July 27 2014, according to the report obtained by the journalist Michael Roberts, a police officer was contacted concerning an infant brought into the Children 's Hospital. The document states that the Natalee Skinner-Hurst had been brought to another area hospital by her maternal grandmother, Krista Skinner, and "was brain dead with severe bruising on her head, a swollen left eye, fractured ribs and suspected bite marks on her left thigh area." (Roberts 2016) Michael Roberts investigated to figure out what situation brought about this tragic death. The child lived at an apartment with her mom, Kelsy Newell-Skinner, and her father, Jonathan Hurst, as well a one year old brother and three more half-siblings, a set of three-year-old twins and a four-year-old.(Roberts 2016) The four-year-old’s dad was identified by Roberts as Chantz Darrow. He told investigators that he received a series of texts from Skinner-Newell beginning at around noon on the 27th.(Roberts 2016) In one of the messages, she allegedly told him "she must have been very drunk last night, because she just woke up and the baby had been beaten," according to Roberts an additional text is said to have acknowledged that Kelsys’ "did not even remember last night and she felt horrible." (Roberts 2016) Darrow’s estimated his time of arrival at 2:30 p.m., and after viewing the beaten child, he called Kelsy 's mother, Krista. During the call, Kelsy Newell-Skinner is described as frenzied and she soon

The purpose of this agreement is to delineate the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) response to ensure that professionals involved in the assessment, investigation, prosecution and therapeutic interventions of child maltreatment cases are doing so in a coordinated, cohesive manner, maximizing the positive outcomes for the victim’s physical, mental, emotional and safety needs, and for the pursuit of justice. Multidisciplinary team professionals through the instituting of the CAC have established the following goals: (1) to maintain a safe, child-focused, culturally-sensitive location for child forensic interviews, medical examinations, and advocacy services; (2) to minimize trauma to the child; (3) to enhance communication

According to Baldwin, her boyfriend was abusive for years. He would take her money and credit cards, and he repeatedly assaulted her during custody visits. The court eventually "barred" him from threatening or assaulting her during his visits, but he continued to send her threatening text messages.

This research will reveal the questionable actions and inaction of those who hold power in America. It will shed light on the limited resources that some individuals face. The topic holds importance because it makes known the injustices of the victims of abusers who have been allowed disservices. The findings will challenge the modern beliefs concerning the treatment of child abuse victims. It focuses on what unfortunate individuals should and should not be subject to. These subjections include arrests and financial lacking. This research study examines methods of betterment that are behooving to the aforementioned individuals. Within the investigation, data will be drawn from qualitative and quantitative information such as graphs, case studies, interviews and statistical charts.

“We heard they sent the boy to live with his grandparents. Ashley never really got over the loss of the baby. I want to know what in the hell does all of this has to do with my mother being murdered?” Her voice echoed in the room as she stood to her feet.

REPORTER: The reporter/ father (Rashoun) called with concerns for the victim, Zayden. According to the reporter, Porsha is on probation for shoplifting; the reporter said she is always stealing with the child. Also, the reporter last saw the child on Halloween night, and he didn’t have on a jacket. The reporter said Porsha drops the child off anywhere, so she can hangout or go to the club. The reporter said his sister saw the child at Alisha’s house one time. The reporter said mom and some guys are always smoking (weed) and drinking around the child (unknown when). The reporter said, one day, Porsha was out at 2 or 3am in the morning, while the child was asleep in the car. The reporter called mom and asked why he couldn’t speak to the child,

Domestic violence as well as child abuse has become a serious threat to the well-being of people. If adults in most cases can protect themselves, children appear to be particularly vulnerable in when they face violence. According to the State Law, child protection is one of the most important functions of police work, therefore the police must immediately react to all alarm signals pointing to child abuse.

Every state employs child protective services to legally respond to neglectful and abusive situations involving children. Because community-based social workers have constant contact with members of the public, they assist with enforcing child protection services legislation. Social workers are mandatory reports of child neglect and abuse, so they often are the ones who report concerns to officials, gather information and initially interview victims and witnesses. Experienced community-based social workers with strong ties to their state’s Child Welfare agency will most likely be asked to act as a liaison and advocate if the victim is directly on or related to

Recommendations to improve the mandatory reporting and immediate response system. Based on the experience of the U.S. and Australia, and taking into account judicial practices and pilot efforts in recent years, including those supported by this project, the report made recommendations on the improvement of the mandatory reporting and immediate response system. Recommendations included (i) establishing a specialized unit that could coordinate a multi-stakeholder mechanism to handle child abuse cases; (ii) developing a database on child abuse cases; (iii) incorporating specific provisions on the content to be reported, the protection for and the liabilities of reporters when developing

In 2012, there were 666,900 child abuse cases reported in the United States (Department of Health and Human Services, 2012). Of that number, 531,000 child abuse cases were for general neglect. Ten years ago in 2005, the number was much higher at over 900,000 reported child abuse cases. Clearly, the welfare of children is a significant value shared by the majority of Americans. The reduction of reported child abuse cases is often linked to significant federal and state laws enacted to further protect children from physical, sexual, emotional/mental harm and neglect (Lindsey, 2004). The bigger question that has historically and currently plagued the child welfare system is: who is responsible for protecting the children? Many complex answers have arisen: Is it the role of the social worker? Law enforcement? Medical professionals? This paper argues that the main welfare of children should be executed by social workers as opposed to other professionals. This paper first reviews public and private response to child abuse in the United States historically. Second, the

Imagine being a young child who is naïve, who is innocent and as pure as they can get. Now imagine being that same child who is fearful, who is getting abused both physically and mentally and not being able to grasp why this happening. The subject of child abuse is serious as to that affects millions of children every year. Child abuse can happen directly from the parents, siblings, family friends, neighbors, etc. In this paper the reasons from where child abuse stems such as poverty, mental illness, addiction, and sexual abuse will be discussed along with the barriers that that child welfare employees face when it comes to helping children who are being abused.

After reporting their abuse, children and adolescents fall at the mercy of not just their abusive families, but the flawed American child welfare system. Oftentimes, Child Protection