Child Abuse And Neglect Training Helps Deal With Cases Of Child Abuse In Houston TX

Publié par Unknown on samedi 7 mars 2015

By Leslie Ball


Anyone around the city of Houston TX and its environs has a legal obligation of reporting cases where he finds a child neglected or abused to the relevant authorities for action to be taken. If one is classified as a professional reporter by the law, he or she should report such a case within two days after detection. Professional reporters are people who the Department of Family and Child protective Serves has given child abuse and neglect training, has a state certification and is licensed in his particular profession. All workers in a licensed agency that serves the children in its normal course of its duties are also regarded as professional reporters.

Those in different professions cannot delegate this duty to other people such as coworkers or family. These professional reporters include doctors, nurses, daycare employees, teachers, employees of a health center that provides reproductive health services and juvenile detention as well as correctional officers among others

It is the work of The Department of Family and Protective Services to offer training to these groups on different areas of neglect and child abuse. The course objectives include; definition of actions that constitute to child abuse and neglect, how to tell a kid is abused, scenarios of actions that constitute to abuse, using e-Reporting function to report such cases online, and any other topic that may relate to the main objective of the training

Various forms are recorded under law. The first is physical abuse and manifested by presence of injuries on the body of the kid. You may recognize the presence of physical abuse by bone fractures, burn marks, bruises, and sometimes death of the victim. Where the child is threatened with harm but not injured, it is still considered as physical abuse.

Sexual abuse is any sexual conduct that may harm the Child physical, emotional, or mental welfare. It includes such activity as folding the genitals, penetration of the organs, indecent exposure or exploiting the kid through production of pornography or engaging them to prostitution.

Emotional abuse includes all action that impedes on the development of a kid and their psychological health. Such abuse is present in extreme issues of disciplining a child such as belittling them to a point that it lowers his self-esteem, placing him or her in a dark room, or using him as a scapegoat in problems.

Neglect on the other hand may also take different forms. Where a guardian places a child in a position that he is supposed to reason and act beyond his capabilities, this is neglectful supervision. Where the kid is denied access to medical care or the guardian does not follow up with them to ensure that all medication is taken as prescribed, this is medical neglect.

Physical neglect is the failure to provide the basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter to the child. It also includes exposure to situations at home that may be a threat to the safety of the child. Other cases of neglect include abandonment of the kid, failing to protect them, and failure to accept parental responsibility.

The authorities in Houston TX encourage residents to take up the online training on child abuse. Those in professions that touch on children are given training on the same. They are in a better position to notice such problems since they come into contact with the children.




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