Recognizing & Reporting Child Abuse

211 commerce blvd,round rock TX 78644

30 November, 2022

Description

This curriculum is designed for Texas organizations and professionals working with children on a regular basis. Utilizing a combination of video and lecture, the Recognizing and Reporting curriculum educates child-serving professionals or volunteers on the basic issues of child abuse, how to recognize physical and behavioral signs of the varying forms of child abuse, and how to make a report. Objectives This course is divided into two sections and covers the following objectives: Recognizing Child Abuse The realities of child abuse detailing the prevalence of abuse in all communities, who perpetrators are, and how they gain access to children through a process called grooming. The legal definitions of child abuse, assuring that those in the community can recognize abusive situations as determined by law. Signs and symptoms of sexual, physical, emotional abuse, neglect and domestic violence, as well as their effects on children. Reporting Child Abuse How to communicate with a child who makes a disclosure. The importance of making a report. How to make a report and how to overcome one’s fears/barriers around reporting. Policies within child-serving organizations that need to exist to minimize the potential for abuse. What an advocacy center does and its unique role in the community.*Certificates are available upon completion of course evaluation only*