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BSHS 408 Week 5 Ethical Issues Associated With the Human Service
Professional (2 PPT)
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What surrounding issues and societal beliefs about children does the
nursery rhyme portray?
What role does culture and family play in the development of this rhyme
or story?
The effects of child abuse and neglect can last a lifetime. As a health
service professional it is imperative that you can distinguish between the
varying types of child abuse and neglect and what policies are in place to
deal with these offenses against children.
How has the history of child abuse and neglect helped shape current
policies?
How do the various types of child abuse and neglect differ? How are
these types viewed from different theoretical perspectives?
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Summarize the selected bill or law and state its current status.
Summarize the historical events and context in which the law was
created. How has the history of child abuse and neglect helped shape this
public policy or legal response?
How might this bill or law affect children in your state? What can you
do to affect the outcome of this bill or change or support this law?
Definition
Causes and symptoms
Statistical information regarding its prevalence
Real-life examples of ways this type of abuse or neglect may appear
Ways to identify abuse and characteristics to look for in extrafamilial
abuse
Local or national resources for perpetrators and victims of abuse Format
your booklet consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment
Files tab to submit your assignment.
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BSHS 408 Week 2 Childrens Justice Act
The impact this act has had on intervention processes associated with
the following:
Child abuse
Neg
lect
Child maltreatment
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Part 1:
Child labor
Slavery
Child prostitution
Part 2:
Child abuse
Neglect
Child maltreatment
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BSHS 408 WEEK 3 Child Abuse and Neglect Assessment Case Study
Select a case study from the Child Abuse and Neglect Case Studies.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper answering the following questions:
What forms of neglect are present in this family?
How do these forms of neglect impact the child's protection or the
children in the family?
Does the neglect impact family preservation? Explain. What
characteristics are present in the abuser and abused? Knowing these
characteristics, what forms of assessment would you use for screening?
What information are you lacking about the situation and its context
that you feel you need to know to gain an in-depth understanding?
What assumptions about human and social behavior are you making,
and how would you follow up with these?
Identify the strengths, limitations, risks, and barriers present in this
family. Based on the strengths, where would you start to work with this
family? Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the
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BSHS 408 Week 3 Interviewing Skills Worksheet
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Discuss the module with your Learning Team. As a team, respond to the
questions below.
Was interviewing an appropriate or inappropriate assessment method for
this case? Why or why not? What is empathy?
Do you think there was an empathetic moment in the interview? If so,
explain what made it empathetic.
What does counter transference mean?
In moments where you were uncomfortable with how the social worker
was interviewing the client, what could the social worker have done or
said differently to be more empathetic?
What feelings might surface for you when working with a child abuse
and neglect case and assessment method?
Were any of these feelings reflected in the video by the social worker? If
so, which ones?
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BSHS 408 Week 3 Patterns and Characteristics of the Abuser
and the Abused
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As a human service professional, you must understand the patterns and
characteristics of the abuser and the abused to complete a
comprehensive screening.
What are the patterns and characteristics you would look for during the
screening of family members of a potential abused or neglected child?
How do the characteristics of the abuser differ from the abused?
What are the patterns and characteristics you would look for while
screening a potential abused or neglected child?
How would these patterns and characteristics help you determine the
proper assessment methods? Which methods would you use in this
screening scenario?
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How could parents prepare to adopt or foster the children you have
identified?
What are some ways you could prepare these children for adoption or
foster care?
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A description of how you could use that program in working with the
case study family
Why this parenting program is appropriate for the case study family.
How could this program be adapted to better suit the needs of the case
study family?
What other resources would help the case study family? Submit your
assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
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BSHS 408 Week 5 Building Stronger Families
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How does society play a role in improving the strength of the family?
What current societal trends must change to prevent abuse and neglect?
As a human service professional, there are times when you may need to
deal with an ethical issue.
The potential impact of both the human services professional and the
client within the school setting
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After some discussion with the children, they disclose that they
sometimes get hit or grabbed if they are bad. You see bruises and know
that you have to file a report but are concerned about what will happen
to the children after you report. Their father has a reputation around
town of threatening people and you are worried about what may happen
to both you and the children following the report.
What ethical issues arise from working with children in school settings?
What other factors must be considered?