Child Abuse and Maltreatment/Neglect: Identification and Reporting

Appendices


Chapter 1: Recognition of Child Abuse, Maltreatment, and Neglect

Chapter 2: Reporting Child Abuse and Maltreatment/Neglect

Chapter 3: The Abandoned Infant Protection Act

Chapter 4: The Consequences of Child Abuse

References

Examples of Reportable
Situations

Examples of Possible
Reportable Cases

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Examples of Reportable Situations

A school principal calls the State Central Register (SCR) and reports that a ten-year-old has told him repeatedly for several weeks that the does not get enough to eat at home. The child appears pale and eats excessively at the school lunch program.

A four-year-old is brought to the ER with a vaginal discharge. The child is diagnosed to have gonorrhea.

A twelve-year-old child has bruises on the upper left arm and lower area of neck. The child says her mother got angry and threw the child against the refrigerator.

A three-year-old in the ER is diagnosed to have immersion burns.

A grandmother states her daughter-in-law treats her grandson badly. The daughter-in-law calls the boy filthy names and makes him cry.

A resident calls to say young children roam the neighborhood all night long vandalizing property.

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