Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting   [Archived Catalog]
2021-2022 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook
   

HD 509 - Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting

1 Credit(s)
This class includes the study of the assessment and method of reporting sexual assault, general neglect, severe neglect, willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment, corporal punishment or injury and abuse in out-of-home care. Physical and behavioral indicators of abuse, crisis counseling techniques, community resources, rights and responsibilities of reporting, consequences of failure to report, caring for a child's needs after report is made, and implications and methods of treatment for children and adults are also included.