What Concerns Do You Have About Being a Mandated Reporter?
Calling Child Protective Services
As a teacher, the first time you need to call to report suspected child abuse can be very stressful. You often worry about the child, you worry that you may be mistaken, and you worry that the people you are reporting will find out that you called Child Protective Services.
Over a very long career, I’ve had to call to report four cases of suspected abuse of a child, and one time I had to report elder abuse. Every time I felt sad, uncomfortable and anxious, but I knew it was necessary.
It is very important that as a teacher you address your fears and focus on the fact that you are required by law to report any suspicion of abuse or neglect.
This week you have an opportunity to ask questions, share your experiences ( please do not mention names or schools where you may have had to report) but we can discuss incidents in a confidential way to help everyone learn.
- What, if anything, worries you about having to report suspected child abuse?
- If you have had to report, and are comfortable, please share how you remember feeling about making the call to Child Protective Services?
- Neglect is also a reportable situation. Are you comfortable you know how to identity neglect? Give us an example of neglect.
- Post anything else that may be on your mind about child abuse reporting.
Read and respond to at least two of your peer’s posts.
Word Count-150-200
EXAMPLE
1. One of my biggest worry about reporting suspected child abuse would be the fact that it just weren’t true. It would cause a lot of unnecessary pain and trouble for the child and parents. As well as those who would have to be involved in the investigation.
2. I am very grateful I have never had to report a situation like that, although I have had moments of suspicion
3. An example of neglect would be if a child would come to school unbathed and in dirty or tattered clothes, as well as if they came to school constantly hungry and without food. I remember one from when I was growing up one of my friends actually was being heavily neglected by her mother, her mother would always be late to pick her up from school. This would be every single day, and eventually the school did end up having the police and child protective services called because the mother just never came to pick her up one day.
4. I feel as a mandated reporter although we may not want to cause unnecessary trouble for families, we don’t know for sure whether a child is safe. There has to be a lot observing when it comes to being a mandated reporter, for myself I would always error on the side of caution. Just because what if nothing was ever said and that child end up not making it because I was too scared to and not sure if anything was really happening.
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