What are some of the problems encountered when interviewing children?

What did you do when you were in Walmart, in the toy section, and you saw a mother yelling at her child and then slapping him because he wouldn’t be quiet. He wanted a toy and she didn’t want to (or couldn’t afford to) buy it for him.
Approach the mother and inform her that what she is doing a child abuse
Quickly go down another aisle Tell the store manager Call the cops Perhaps, like the majority of people, question yourself….”is that really child abuse”?….and go about your shopping

Discussion Board 4
How do you feel?
Should child abusers
be punished? Why?
Is there a better, or
different, way to deal with child abusers and/or those that neglect
children?
Does it, or should it,
make a difference if the abuse/neglect is within the family or outside the
family?
Please provide your
opinion to this and respond to at least one other student’s posts for full
credit.

Discussion Board 5
What are some of the skills needed to interview children?
What are some of the problems encountered when interviewing children?
What might need to be avoided?

Lesson 1 Assignments
Answer the
following questions for Lesson #1’s Assignment.
Please type the question and
then type your answer below it. You must reply in full sentences using
proper grammar and spelling. Put your name and assignment name/number on
the top of the submitted assignment. Also, number the questions and identify
the chapter.

Chapter 1:
What reasons were given for the
maltreatment of children in early history?
How did the Greeks and Romans differ in
their ideas about the sexual misuse of children?
Explain the early and current reasons
that people believe it is all right to be involved in incest?
Why is the coining of the phrase
“Battered-child syndrome” so important to the future of the
child protection movement?
What is the primary function of Child
Protective Services today?

Chapter 2:
What types of families are there in
today’s society
What criteria can be used to define a
family?
Cite some differences in values or
family relationships between the following:

African American families
Hispanic American families
Asian/Pacific Islander families
Native American families

Cite four problem categories that families
may face;provide examples of each.
Why don’t children have rights?

Lesson 3 Assignments
Please type the question and then type your
answer below it. You must reply in full sentences using proper grammar and
spelling. Put your name and assignment name/number on the top of the
submitted assignment. Also, number the questions and identify the chapter.

Answer the
following questions for Lesson #3’s Assignment:

Chapter 5:
Discuss the challenges involved in
identifying the demographic characteristics that describe the a
family in which child abuse has occurred.
What major variables are most often used
to explain the causes of abuse?
Cite physical and behavioral indicators
of abuse.
Why might adolescents be abused?
What are the characteristics of abusive
parents?
Why might siblings be abusive?
What effect does family violence have on
children?

Chapter 6:
Name and define the two groups’
approaches to child sexual abuse.
Define child sexual abuse.
Name and define the types of sexual
abuse.
Name the different phases of sexual
abuse.
Describe the profile of an abused child.
Explain the differences and similarities
between female and male victims of sexual abuse.
What are the three categories of
theories about sexual offenders? What are examples of each?

Lesson 5 Assignments
Please type the question and then type your
answer below it. You must reply in full sentences using proper grammar and
spelling. Put your name and assignment name/number on the top of the
submitted assignment. Also, number the questions and identify the chapter.
Answer the
following questions for Lesson #5’s Assignment:

Chapter 10:
What is the goal of intervention in
child abuse and neglect cases?
What is a mandated reporter? Cite
several professions whose workers are mandated reporters?
What information do most reporting laws
or policies include?
What are the dilemmas often faced by
mandated reporters? How might child protection teams be useful?
When does assessment begin? What is the
protective worker trying to assess?
What is the purpose of interviewing
parents?
What effect does separation have on a
child?
What are some possible reactions to
early intervention?
What is the role of the physician in
maltreatment cases?
What are three possible functions of the
police in abuse and neglect situations?
How do reports come to the attention of
the police?
Why are teachers important in the
intervention process?

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