Yes, Tavion’s mother’s statement of concern about the suspicion of abuse should warrant a valid reason to lunch investigation in the child injury. Moreover, the emergency department staff had suspicion about the Tavion’s injury due to the fact injury is not consistence with an injury sustained in park playground. Hospitals are mandate by law to report any suspicion of child abuse; the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act enacted in 1974 was designed to encourage the reporting of child abuse cases, and prevention. In addition, most states have enacted laws to further protect abuse children, and most states protect the individual required to report cases of suspected child abuse; the following individual are eligible to report suspected cases of abuse include healthcare administrators, physicians, interns, registered nurse, chiropractors, social service workers, psychologists, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, podiatrists, mental health professionals, and volunteer in healthcare facilities (Pozgar, 2014).
The reporter stated there was an incident when Mrs. Sterling sent a 15 year old boy that Briana wanted to go to homecoming with text messages about her breast. The reporter also stated there was an incident when Mrs. Sterling dropped Briana off at a party she was not invited to because the host did not want to deal with her mother. The reporter stated Briana knew the owners of the home and she was not injured or harm while attending the party. The reporter stated Mrs. Sterling has been witnessed grabbing Briana’s hair, yelling, screaming, and threatening to hit her with a belt when she doesn’t perform her gymnastic stunts correctly. Ms. Barbay stated Mr. Sterling comes into the home drunk and Mrs. Sterling will call the children in a room when the parents are about to fight; the children have to stand in the room to watch their parents fight. Per the reporter, during the fight, Mrs. Sterling will have the children call their paternal grandparents for help. The reporter stated Mr. Sterling’s father is best friend with a local judge in the town that sweeps the family’s dysfunction under the rug. Ms. Barbay stated Mr. Sterling’s father has stated in the past that neither one of the parents deserve the
When most people hear my full name , “Joann Botani," they automatically assume I'm Italian, but truth is I am actually Middle Eastern. From what I know my dad does have a little Italian in his blood but the name “Botani” actually comes from a city in Turkey. I come from an upper-middle class house hold and I have two younger siblings, a brother and a sister. Being the oldest has its challenges because there is so much expected from me whether it is school, work or social life. I tend to think my younger siblings have it easier because I am the one who pushes the boundaries with my parents and because of that my siblings usually get to do what ever the want because it is not as extreme as what I do. It has always been easy for my younger sister because she is the “princess” of the house but I am my dad’s favorite while my brother is a momma’s boy. My family is very competitive when it comes to school and grades, my little brother and I were always duking it out
Per Reporter: Onslow County received a report on 1/22/18 with concerns of the living condition of the home; dirty home feces on the floor and body odor. During the investigation, there were concerns with the mental health status of both parents. Shomari has been inpatient twice for making suicidal statements. Gabriella is diagnosed with bipolar, ADHD & Depression, which she is not being treated for. Previously Gabriella and Shomari had a verbal altercation about ordered food; Shomari’s food arrived before Gabriella’s did. Gabriella became upset, went upstairs and wrote her suicidal thoughts down. Gabriella went downstairs and handed Shomari the paper. Gabriella and Shomari stated that Sabastian was sleeping during the altercation. There have
On Friday 02/23/18 at 1447 hours I was dispatched to a juvenile problem at 3340
The reporter stated the child did not have any visible marks or bruises and did not have to receive any emergency medical care. The reporter stated the floors are falling through and they have to use a board in some parts of the home to walk. Mrs. Jones stated charges have been filed against an unknown male that touched the child’s leg. The reporter also stated she was informed that two days ago, Cecilia was with her mother in Carrolton, MS while she drove around looking for pills. The reporter stated DHS or law enforcement was not contacted at that time with this information. Per the reporter, the child was taken from the home and left with Jessica Dixon, a family friend. The reporter stated the child was left with Jessica because she and Mr. Jones are truck drivers and had to leave for work. Mrs. Jones stated they leave for work on Thursday and return on
On 04/27/16 law enforcement was called to the home and Lacee was arrested for domestic violence on her brother. The reporter stated that the family has history with DHS and Kevin has been in DHS custody in the past because of his sister’s violence. The reporter stated Sharon regained custody of the child because it was reported that Lacee was no longer in the home. The reporter’s concern is for Kevin’s safety now that Lacee is back in the home and the child’s mother is unable to protect the child from Lacee. Ms. Castle stated both Kevin and Sharon are afraid of Lacee and Lacee is allowed to run rampet in the home. According to the reporter, on the day of the incident, Lacee was arrested and taken to jail because she instigated the incident
The worker contacted Michael Thomas who is the fiancé to Kiaira Johnsons mother. Mr.Thomas reported he has known Kiaira for about 2 years and sees her and both children often. “Jayden comes by to visit me and his grandmother often. I just saw Jayden and Phil yesterday (2/6/17) both of the boys were doing well both seemed heathy and happy.” “Kiaira is a good mom she loves and nurtures her children and has been doing a good job raising them.” Mr. Thomas stated he didn’t have any safety concerns for Kiaira or nor the safety of her children “I work in law enforcement and I have never seen any cause for concern with the family no drug use no alcoholism, or domestic
Schneider spoke about the involvement with Child Protective Services. She indicated that there is a two year old report which Dawn had recently restarted. It was reported that Matthew was thrown against a wall. There was a time when Robert was upset with Mathew. He got mad, Mathew was ease dropping on her conversation with Robert about Dawn. Everyone knows Matthew ease drops on the adults. This is common knowledge. Robert had actually gotten mad and threw the child on the bed. Another time at his grandmother’s home, Robert tossed the child on the uncle’s bed. The child hit the wall with his foot and it popped through the wall. It was determined to be unfounded. She thinks Matthew confounded the two
On April 19th of this year, the CPS received a call from PCC, reporting that the grandma and mom were arguing. The child Jayven also reported that great grandma threw him up against the wall and hit him twice and mad his nose bleed. After that happened, Jayven reported grabbing a knife and threatened to kill him self. The great grandma admitted that she did push him against the wall but only to take the knife from him.
On 10/16/2015 I spoke with Nelda Shavers the director who stated she became aware of the incident when Brittany Shavers had came in the office around 9:30 am and stated Kaylee P. was having a seizure on the playground. Ms. Shavers stated Brittany grabbed the phone and called 911 while she went to tend to Kaylee on the playground. Ms. Shavers stated she rolled Kaylee over on her side. Ms. Shavers stated there was another class on the playground adjucte to the playground that Kaylee and her class was on. Once Brittany had called 911 she gave the phone to Ms. Shavers who continued to stay on with 911 while Brittany and D'Andrea Franklin took the children on both playgrounds inside. Ms. Shavers stated Kaylee's teacher Shana Myers had went in to
Ms. Capps is an 83-year-old female. She is bedbound and depends on others to assist with almost all ADLs. She lives with her daughter, Cherry Harbin who is also her primary caregiver but Ms. Capps’s sons live close by and assist when needed. Ms. Harbin also has friends who help when family is unable to assist. Therefore, the Allegation Physical Neglect: Inadequate supervision is found "not
Also, their son seems to be withdrawn and is not emotionally available to his parents. It found that they live in an unsafe neighborhood so I would visit the couple’s apartment to examine the conditions, do evaluate if Ms. Hernandez fall could have resulted from a hazardous
If this scenario happened in an outpatient clinic or urgent care center and there were physicians who were more dedicated to patient safety a report to child protective services may have been made regarding the child’s injuries. This child deserves to have her rights observed and
The mother reported that a half a day later she received a call from the urgent care doctor saying that she should take the child to her own pediatrician because he was concerned about how she got hurt (three boys) he was concerned someone pushed her. Ms. Segal stated that she took the child to the pediatrician. Ms. Segal stated that she contacted her divorce lawyer and she said that the child no longer had her own room at her father’s home and she didn’t know what happened over the weekend. The mother reported that Mr. Gallardo stated that the child could