Abuse and Neglect
An act of omission, failure to provide a necessary and adequate care to people who are unable to care for themselves.
Juvenile delinquents involved in the legal system have the best chance for success when
Parents accept and support the decisions of the court and encourage the child to do the same
leading cause of death among youth, ages 15-24
Suicide
First state in 1973 to address domestic violence, and open a battered women's shelter
Arizona
The memory studied ratio/percentage average for accurate recall of events by both children and adults
3:1/ 75%
Abuse is defined as
An act of commission, improper action toward other people that has potential to hurt or injure them
Court that represents children or minors who are not cared for by their family
Dependency Court
Name 3 risk factors that children can experience due to their parents using substances in the home
Problems with academic performance
Problems with low self-esteem
Future problems with early onset of substance abuse
Decade in US history was known for a significant increase in incarceration due to the campaign for “getting tough on crime”?
1980's
What is the overarching goal for child welfare
Safety, Permanency, well-being
Name 3 careers that are mandated reporters
Social workers, Police officers, Teachers, hair stylists, dentists and doctors etc.
When a judge orders a person to attend a court date or orders that documents be sent
Subpoena
single most beneficial protective factor for children with difficult circumstances or high ACE scores
Access to one stable adult or caregiver in their home, extended family, neighborhood or school.
federal law was enacted in 2018 as a push to keep children with their family members
Family First Act
Name 3 of the 7 stages of crisis intervention by Albert Robert’s Model
Plan and conduct an assessment
Build Rapport
Generate alternatives
Plan follow-up
Complex trauma
When an act of abuse or neglect happen again and again over a period of time to a person
Role of an expert witness in court
To educate the court about fact issues beyond the average layperson’s understanding
Risk Factors are defined as
Problems that can cause disruptions in child functioning and development
Children’s Aid Society in the 1850’s believed
One can lift up the poor by remodeling their children’s character
ACE stands for what?
Name 3
"Adverse Childhood Events"
Divorce of parents
Violence in the home
Alcohol or drug use in the home
Single Trauma
A single event that causes a traumatic effect on a person.
Name 3 things that child welfare work functions
Investigate reports/Provide temporary safe shelter
Provide family support and education to avoid out of home placement
Provide out of home placement with family members or foster homes if necessary
Mandated reporters are
Required to call in any child or elder reports of abuse or neglect as soon as possible after hearing about the abuse.
The concept that Probation is based on
Proportional punishments rather than punitive
When conducting a Forensic interview with a child, name 3 tactics that can taint an interview
Leading the witness
Suggestibility
Stereotyping
Group consciousness "your friends said"
Asking only close ended questions