For example, although psychologists or any professional must maintain client confidentiality, they may break this confidentiality if a client reports that a child is being abused. Medical practitioners, psychologists, police officers, social workers, welfare workers, teachers, and principals are all mandatory reporters. Several states have broadened the list of mandatory reporters to any person suspecting abuse (Healthyplace.com, 2000). When a report of abuse is disclosed to a person there is a legal responsibility to report the abuse to proper authorities such as the police or Child Protective Services. Scenario: Jane Doe is a wife and mother of three children.
Out of these numbers 2,472 living in emergency shelter funded by the Ma Department of Transitional Assistance. Most of the families are single mothers. These families include 4,413 children and Youth. Of these 2,379 were less than six years old. Reaching its shelter capacity DTA has to place families in motels for periods ranging from a couple weeks to a couple months (McCormick Center for Social Policy, 2000).
The Impact of Parental Mental Illness on Children Aged 5 – 12 Years Word count 4116 Abstract This essay sets out to learn what effects parental mental illness has on a child’s life. It will focus on what young carers say about their caring responsibilities. Legislation and government policies maintain children should be protected from inappropriate caring and each child should be supported to meet the five outcomes of the Every Child Matters (DfES, 2004) agenda. There is a need for inter professional working and a shared protocol to support young carers and their families. Different areas of a young carers life have been considered including their family (and parenting capacity), health, education and safeguarding concerns.
Joe Keels April 16, 2012 Ellen Foster Compare & Contrast When I first started reading the novel Ellen Foster you get the image of a poor white girl that family struggled, and from her mother who is very ill to a father who is an alcoholic. Secondly, throughout the novel there were lots of key points where we can compare and contrast the book from the movie. When starting the book you find out that Ellen lives with her mother and father, the house hold that she stays in is mainly ran by her now that her mother has become ill and dies of an overdose of taking too many pills. But when watching the film we saw her mother suddenly die of a stroke. Her father who plays one of the main parts in her life even though to her he
After consulting with this modeling scout, she was advised that she must lose 10-inches from her hips. Filled with determination to succeed, Renn embarked on a weight loss regime that nearly cost her life. After reading diet books after diet books, cutting out pictures from magazines, and exercising to a workout video multiple times a night, Crystal still wasn’t happy. Having nearly starving herself and exercising six hours a day, after three months, Crystal was starting to get the body she had imagined. Throughout the next three years, Crystal dropped nearly 90 pounds and despite her dwindling health, was often praised by her agency for her waif-like frame.
April is the month that we show awareness for children who are being abused or have been abused. This helps make more people aware of what to look for when a child is being abused. There is approximately 905, 00 children who have experienced child abuse or neglect in the year of 2006 (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2008). Child abuse almost always occurs within a family, but the consequence does not stop
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Shirley Lemacks NUR/440 April 9, 2012 Karen Harriman Grandparents Raising Grandchildren In today’s society, an increasing number of middle aged and older adults are raising their grandchildren because of complex family problems with the majority of the caregivers being the grandmothers. With the increasing incidence of parental substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, parental AIDS, incarceration, divorce and desertion there is sure to be more children placed with their grandparents. Grandparents differ from other adults caring for children. Most are close to retirement or have already retired and have lower financial resources and less physical stamina than the younger adults have. They face difficulties resuming parenting responsibilities, difficulties assessing assistance and high legal costs.
Charlotte reports several life events that could be related to her depression. Charlotte lost her job 1 ½ years ago and doesn’t feel qualified to find another meaningful job. Her mother died when she was a teenage and she was forced to take on the caregiver role rather than pursue school. Charlotte has a uterine condition preventing her from having kids. Charlotte is also having some difficulties in her marriage despite stating that the marriage is good overall.
Indicators: Going to the hospital a lot due to factures, burns and broken bones. The person may not want to be touched because they don’t trust you and are scared. They may also have unexplained bruising and marks on their skin. Case study on physical abuse: Mark is 54 years old, 10 years ago had a stroke which left him partially paralysed. He has carers came into his home three times a day, but his wife cares for him the rest of the time.
Even though advocates against child abuse work diligently every day to put an end to child abuse, it is tragic because child abuse can cause physical and emotional distress along with many other factors and child abuse can lead to developmental issues and detachment from others. In the book “A Child Called It”, Pelzer says he lived a normal and healthy life until his mother became an alcoholic, transformed into a monster, and began expressing her anger on her child at the age of four (Pelzer, 1995, Loc 1344). The physical injury or ill-treatment of a child under the age of eighteen by a person who is responsible for the child’s wellbeing under circumstances, which indicate that the child’s health or wellbeing is harmed or threatened thereby, is the definition of child physical abuse, defined by The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (Newton, 2001). Ethical theory is an idea that helps a person form personal standards to help them differentiate what is morally good or bad. Child abuse within any standard is morally wrong in the eyes of most people.