PERFORM A CHILD ABUSE ASSESSMENT

Consider your previously assigned readings on child abuse assessment and the information about recognizing signs and symptoms of Child Abuse and Neglect. What Is Child Abuse and Neglect? Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms | Child Welfare Information Gateway

In this assignment you are required to perform a child abuse assessment utilizing the child abuse reporting form. Download the suspected child abuse reporting form. Print the form, fill it out, scan and upload as as a pdf file.

Please evaluate the following vignette for suspicion of child abuse.  Fill out the form, describing what you see in the vignette that supports your assessment responses. After you fill out the form, write a paper discussing your assessment, possible interventions, and prevention strategies that you might use in this vignette. Justify your decisions and actions by using and referencing the course text and ethics code.

All work must be written in graduate level English and you are required to reference your work in APA format. Your paper should be 3 pages plus a title page and a reference page.

Dave, a 10-year old boy, is seen in an intake counseling session accompanied by his mother. His mother is worried because Dave is so angry. Dave tells you that he hates his parents. He tells you that he is sick of his father’s alcoholic rages and his mother making excuses for them. Mom tells you that Dave will argue and pick a fight with his father when Dad is drinking. Often times, this ends with fights between Dave and his Dad. On more than one occasion Dave has suffered from a black eye. Dave tells you that he only picks these fights to protect his 8-year old brother by “getting the heat off of him”. Mom tells you that it’s always impossible for her to tell who started the physical fight and asks what she should do.

Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Training (mandatedreporterca.com) (RESOURCE)

Requirements: 3 page