Promoting Child Health And Safety: Case Studies And Strategies

Case Study 1

1. The abuse that might be occurring with Tamara is coming from her family as they seem to be neglected about her behavior.

The concerns can be discussed with the supervisors of the service and then it will be decided whether it will be informed to Tamara’s parents. If Tamara’s parents still tend to be negligent towards their child’s behavior then the authorities of the service might have to look deeper into the matter.

The three strategies that can be helpful in resolving Tamara’s issues related to health, hygiene and diet are: strengthen economic support to Tamara’s parents; provide quality care and education early in her life and enhancing parenting skills to promote healthy child development. But the issues will be discussed with the director as in how to approach Tamara’s parents so that they do not get a misconception. Then a meeting with Tamara’s parents will be fixed in order to discuss the issues. Family engagement by preschool enrichment and a better quality of life through legalization and licensing would provide a firm base for the quality of life that is expected for Tamara. Parenting skill, family relationship approaches and early childhood home visit would encourage the parents to have a healthy upbringing of their child (Fortson, 2016).

1. The external agencies that could help Tamara are: Australian childhood foundation, NAPCAN (National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect) and Child wise.

1. The type of abuse that might be occurring to Ace is sexual abuse that is coming from his uncle.

1. The concerns will be discussed with the educators and if they say then doctors can be involved in the service(Finkelhor, 2014).
2. The concerns should not be told to Ace’s parents because they will not believe that their relative could do something like that. So it will only be discussed with the directors and supervisors of the service.
3. Ace was not ready to tell about his problem to his parents but when he disclosed that to the educator it should be dealt with utmost love and care. Ace’s safety is ensured by the way his issues are dealt by the service educator. It is very important to convey the message to the child that he is believed and he is very brave, which many adults fail to do in most cases. Ace was not ready to speak about it but he gave hints about the abuse that he faced at his grandmother’s home (Fortson, 2016).
4. It is not a wise decision to take any legal step without informing the parents at a later stage. In case Ace’s parents do not support him then the service can take help of the GOs and NGOs like Office for Children, Youth and Family support, Department of Family and Community Services and Department of Communities, Child safety and Disability Services that are working to prevent child abuse in Australia.Everything should be done in the absence of Ace as it can have a negative impact on his psychology (Herrenkohl, 2013).
5. Ace’s trust can be retained if he is not forced to speak about his problem and by not taking him to his grandmother’s place. He should be engaged in conversation with the educator with whom he felt free and comfortable sharing his problem.

1. The two types of Abuse that Grace is facing are emotional maltreatment and physical neglect.

1. By reading the case study it seemed that at Grace’s home she might be abused mentally which had a very big impact in her mind. She needs proper love and affection which she did not get from her birth. The conflict between her parents had taken a toll in her child psychology so she needs time to recover from that situation. It will be good for her if she can stay at her grandparent’s place or she can be taken to a psychologist to overcome the trauma (Herrenkohl, 2013).
2. The steps to make a report are as follows: (Sperry & Widom, 2013).

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1. The Child Protection Act (1999) is required to make a report to Child Safety if it is assumed that the child has suffered, is suffering at present or on the verge of suffering from physical or sexual abuse and the parents are not ready to help (Young & Widom, 2014).

1. This case study is a bit different from the other three as in this case the issue is related to the educator and not a child. This case should be taken seriously and properly discussed with the supervisor. Measurable step should be taken or else the situation might take a wrong turn.
2. It will not be appropriate to take any decision in a hurry. Monitoring the situation is more important and delving into the matter as in why Jon is taking only a specific group of children with him should be analyzed. Sometimes careful observation helps in resolving a problem rather than work in a haste (Sperry & Widom, 2013).
3. Jon can be asked about this matter but indirectly. For instance he cannot be accused directly for taking the children away separately as it might lead to an aggression in his behavior. The supervisor can be informed or the educator with whom Jon is close can approach him and ask politely about what is going on. The one who will approach him need to assess his mentality and talk to him accordingly (Young & Widom, 2014).
4. This concern can be discussed with the higher authorities and supervisors but not with the other educators or parents of the children. Someone from the group of children who are going separately with Jon can also be approached in a different way to bring out the matter in the forefront.
5. The three ethical practices that Jon is following are: (Widom, Czaja & Dutton, 2014).

He has been able to surpass the client expectations at a consistent rate.

He has set standards in the service and is ethical and sincere to his work.

He is objective and goal- oriented and strive to the children of the services.

Reference

Finkelhor, D., Shattuck, A., Turner, H. A., & Hamby, S. L. (2014). The lifetime prevalence of child sexual abuse and sexual assault assessed in late adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 55(3), 329-333.

Fortson, B. L., Klevens, J., Merrick, M. T., Gilbert, L. K., & Alexander, S. P. (2016). Preventing child abuse and neglect: A technical package for policy, norm, and programmatic activities.

Herrenkohl, T. I., Hong, S., Klika, J. B., Herrenkohl, R. C., & Russo, M. J. (2013). Developmental impacts of child abuse and neglect related to adult mental health, substance use, and physical health. Journal of family violence, 28(2), 191-199.

Kleinman, P. K. (Ed.). (2015). Diagnostic imaging of child abuse. Cambridge University Press.

Moore, S. E., Scott, J. G., Ferrari, A. J., Mills, R., Dunne, M. P., Erskine, H. E., … & McCarthy, M. (2015). Burden attributable to child maltreatment in Australia. Child abuse & neglect, 48, 208-220.

Mrazek, P. B., & Kempe, C. H. (Eds.). (2014). Sexually Abused Children & Their Families. Elsevier.

Pipe, M. E., Lamb, M. E., Orbach, Y., & Cederborg, A. C. (Eds.). (2013). Child sexual abuse: Disclosure, delay, and denial. Psychology Press.

Sperry, D. M., & Widom, C. S. (2013). Child abuse and neglect, social support, and psychopathology in adulthood: A prospective investigation. Child abuse & neglect, 37(6), 415-425.

Widom, C. S., Czaja, S., & Dutton, M. A. (2014). Child abuse and neglect and intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration: A prospective investigation. Child abuse & neglect, 38(4), 650-663.

Young, J. C., & Widom, C. S. (2014). Long-term effects of child abuse and neglect on emotion processing in adulthood. Child abuse & neglect, 38(8), 1369-1381.

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