Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter, Third Edition [Perfect Paperback]

Angelo P. Giardino MD PhD FAAP (Author), Eileen R. Giardino PhD RN CRNP (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 187806052X | ISBN-13: 978-1878060525 | Publication Date: March 1, 2002 | Edition: 3

Completely updated, this widely acclaimed practical text helps professionals fulfill their legal and ethical responsibilities 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 as they prepare for a career involving 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 reorganization of the third edition facilitates easy access to content. This third edition introduces new chapters on the following topics: -The role of child protective services -The risk for maltreatment posed by the Internet as well as community- and home-based services -Prevention efforts at the local and national levels -Play therapy -Psychological and psychiatric responses to abuse -Resources available to professionals caring for abused children

Editorial Reviews

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

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

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

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 466 pages
• Publisher: STM Learning, Inc.; 3 edition (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 187806052X
• ISBN-13: 978-1878060525
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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