PDF-STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING REQUIREMENT TO REPORT CHILD ABUSE Name:

WHEN REPORTING ABUSE IS REQUIREDA mandated reporter who in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment has knowledge or observes a person under the age of 18. Candice A. Lively, J.D.. U.S.C. School of Law. Children’s Law Center. (803)765-9601. livelyc@law.sc.edu. OBJECTIVES. UNDERSTAND THE LAW IN S.C. FOR MANDATED REPORTERS. KNOW HOW AND WHEN TO REPORT ABUSE AND NEGLECT. Policies and Procedures. Reporting abuse or neglect. Terms to know:. Abuse-. Causing or allowing mental or emotional injury. Physical injury or a genuine threat of physical injury. Failure to prevent an act, by another person, that results in physical injury. . A Quick Guide for. Mandated Reporters . © 2016 All rights reserved.. REPORTING LAW APPLIES WHEN. in your professional capacity or within the scope of your employment. you know of or observe a child. Session Agenda. What is hearsay?. Why is hearsay important?. Hearsay exceptions commonly used in child abuse cases. The impact of . Crawford v. Washington. on hearsay. Impact of . Crawford. on forensic interviews. PowerPoint. This module is viewed in PowerPoint. For maximum viewing, click on the slide show “indicator” on the toolbar directly below this slide (to the left of the percentages for the Zoom Bar). Once clicked, press enter to . Student Support Services. Texas Family Code. Defines what constitutes child abuse. States the reporting requirements. Outlines consequences of not reporting. What is child abuse?. There are four major types of child maltreatment:. Strengthens our ability to better protect children from abuse and neglect by amending the definitions of child abuse and perpetrator;. Streamlines and clarifies mandatory child abuse reporting processes;. Leslie Strickler, DO FAAP. Medical Director, UNM Child Abuse Response Team (CART). June 27, 2016. New Mexico Legal Code. 32A-4-3. Duty to report child abuse and child neglect; responsibility to investigate child abuse or neglect; penalty. . Child Abuse “Child Abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.” - Herbert Ward What is it? Child abuse is any act that endangers a child’s Neglect:. . Training for Camp Counselors. Katie Feldhues & Erin Dailey. Ohio 4-H Extension Educators. Camp should provide:. Safe and healthy space . with adequate food and clothing. Protection. . 1. How Abuse Can Come to Your Attention. You may recognize the signs that a child may be abused. Someone may tell you they think a child is being abused . A child may disclose that she or he is experiencing abuse. Beverly Tucker, MS . Forensic Interviewer . Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis. Today’s Considerations:. When do the rules of evidence make it a challenge to admit forensic interviews of child victims of maltreatment? . Child abuse….by the numbers. Each year in the United States, hotline reports are filed on more than . 6 million . children.. On average, . between . four . and seven children . die every . day . from abuse . A commitment by the Saskatchewan Government, police, professionals and organizations to collaborate in an eort to prevent and investigate child abuse and provide support to child victims of abuse