PPT-Screening for Child Abuse in the Emergency Department

Thomas J Valvano MD JD Medical Director SCAN Team Doernbecher Childrens Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics Oregon Health amp Science University Disclosure I have no actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this presentation. The Child Ab use Prevention and Treatment Act CAPTA has these definitions Child abuse and neglect At a minimum any recent act or failure to act o n the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death serious physical or emotional harm sexual a Hollie Strand. Trainer/Forensic Interviewer. Child Advocacy Center of the Black Hills . – A program of Children’s Home Society. Child Sexual Abuse. Research suggests that one in every three to four girls and one in six boys will be the victim of some type of sexual abuse/assault before age 18.. Kelley Volpe MD. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Chief Fellow. Educational Objectives. Examine the . impact of childhood trauma and mental illness on the life span. Recognize trauma related disorders and understand assessment tools utilized for diagnosis. 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 Outline.. Search process.. Biomedical databases.. Saving your searches.. Managing your results.. Search Process. Building the search.. What is my search question? What am I trying to . answer?. What are . WHAT TO DO133 ABUSE AND NEGLECTPhysical abuse - being severely hurt or injured - excessive physical punishment beating shaking babies giving alcohol and drugs strangling scalding/burning punching leav 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 . Child Guidance. Last year:. 231 Texas children died because of abuse or neglect at the hands of their parents or guardians.. 65,948 children were confirmed victims of abuse or neglect.. 17,108 children were removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect.. Child abuse happens in all cultural, ethnic, and income groups. . Child . abuse can be . physical. , emotional/verbal, sexual or through neglect. . Abuse . may cause serious injury to . the . child and may even result in death. . CHDP. Online Vision Screening Training . Objectives. By the end of the training, participants will be able to: . Understand the CHDP requirements for vision screening. Know the basic anatomy of the eye and the pathway of vision. Physical . abuse. Neglect. Abandonment. Sexual . abuse. Emotional . abuse. Video - Raise Awareness. Types of child abuse . Risk Factors. Parent or Caregiver Factors. Personality characteristics and psychological well being. Moving from Mandatory Reporting to Mandatory Supporting: Keeping Students Safe. MEGA 2023. Department of Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention. Created by Act of Legislature in 1983. Community-Based Prevention Programs.