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Completely updated, this widely acclaimed practical text/reference helps professionals fulfill their legal and ethical responsibility to report child abuse with a high level of confidence, effectiveness, and gratification. The book also serves as a textbook for students in medicine, nursing, social services, and law enforcement who are preparing for work with children. Written by experts from multiple disciplines, Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter incorporates proven approaches for distinguishing possible abuse from conditions that mimic abuse, conducting necessary interviews and examinations, documenting findings and preparing reports, making appropriate referrals, and joining with other caring professionals to prevent child maltreatment. The comprehensive reorganisation of the 3rd Edition facilitates access to content. New to the 3rd Edition are chapters on the role of child protective services, the risk for maltreatment on the Internet, community and home based services, prevention efforts at the local and national levels, play therapy, psychological and psychiatric responses to abuse, and resources available to professionals caring for abused children.

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The American Association of Office Nurses prides itself on presenting quality education experiences in the field of office practice. Books like The Mandated Reporter become a critical resource to nurses whose main goal is to provide quality patient care. -- Mary Ann Jones, R.N., M.A., Founder, A.A.O.N., Montwale, NJ I have found The Mandated Reporter to be the best of its type available and recently adopted it as the text for my Child Abuse and Neglect class at Metropolitan State College in Denver, CO. -- Susan J. Dycus, R.N., Attorney at Law, Professor, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO The Mandated Reporter brings together pertinent information ... the chapter selection highlights the necessary diagnosing criteria for physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse, as well as for the controversial and less known multiple personality disorder and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. The chapters on Abuse, Schools, and the Law and Psychological Abuse are excellent and important additions for mandated reporters ... Each chapter is written from a different perspective and by authors from different disciplines and credentials ... -- Wayne I. Munkel, LCSW , Medical Social Consultant, Department of Social Services, Cardinal Glennon Children s Hospital, St. Louis, MO

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