Product Description

This book helps mandated professionals recognize child maltreatment, indentify children at risk for abuse and neglect, and develop strategies for preventing and intervening in abuse situations. It covers physical, psychological and sexual abuse, neglect, and legal aspects, and is an excellent resource for teachers, nurses, social workers, day-care workers, and law enforcement personnel.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3312985 in Books
• Published on: 1994-01-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 231 pages

Review
"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 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 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 --The American Association of Office Nurses

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 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. 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 --The American Association of Office Nurses

Review
"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
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
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

About the Author
Angelo P. Giardino earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He earned his doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He was named a clinical scholar at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar's Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a research fellow in the Division of General Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. During fellowship training, he pursued specialized training in the evaluation of child abuse and neglect. In 1995, he founded the Abuse Referral Clinic for Children with Special Care Needs. This clinic provided interdisciplinary evaluations of children with disabilities who were suspected of having been abused. Currently, Dr. Giardino serves as an attending physician on the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Giardino has served on several Boards of Directors, including the Support Center for Child Advocates (an advocacy organization providing social work services and legal support to children who have been maltreated), Bethany Christian Services of Greater Delaware Valley (a social services agency involved with Adoption and Foster Care) and the Philadelphia Branch Board of the Southeastern PA Chapter of the American Red Cross. He is a member of American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and an associate member of the International Association of Forensic Nurses. In addition, Dr. Giardino was elected to membership in the Helfer Society, an organization of physicians working on behalf of the care of children who have been abused and neglected. He continues to serve as an expert witness on issues related to child abuse in the Courts of Common Pleas in Philadelphia and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He has co-authored several books and a number of peer reviewed articles on

Customer Reviews

Child maltreatment
This is an excellent book, not only for mandated reporters, but also for those in the investigative, maltreatment forensics or evaluation fields. Social workers, teachers and case workers among others may find this good introduction. WARNING: At times it is somewhat graphic with photographic illustrations.