A Case Study Carol's Impairment

abuse or suspected abuse of vulnerable individuals is mandated to be reported in most states

Author of disability Nancy Mairs who’s a feminist and a cripple, has accomplished a lot in writing and teaching. Her remarkable personality shows in many of her essays especially in Disability which was first published in 1987 in the New York Times. In this essay, Nancy Mairs shows how disabled people are constantly excluded, especially from the media. By giving out facts and including her personal experiences, Mairs aims for making some changes regarding the relationship between the media and people with disabilities. Mairs thesis is shown implicitly in the first

Author of disability Nancy Mairs who’s a feminist and a cripple, has accomplished a lot in writing and teaching. Her remarkable personality shows in many of her essays especially in Disability which was first published in 1987 in the New York Times. In this essay, Nancy Mairs shows how disabled people are constantly excluded, especially from the media. By giving out facts and including her personal experiences, Mairs aims for making some changes regarding the relationship between the media and people with disabilities. Mairs thesis is shown implicitly in the first and last

If you saw a person in the mall in a wheelchair, would you judge them? Or would you look at them like they are a normal human-being? People who have a disability whether they are physically disabled, mentally disabled, or learning disabled, are still themselves. Nancy Mairs was forty-three year old woman with multiple sclerosis. She wrote an essay, “Disability”, that explained her views of her physical disability.

When children come into the custody of DCFS and are placed into Foster Care they are scared, confused, lonely, and usually conditioned not to tell when they are being mistreated. Most of the children that come into “the system” have learned to accept abuse as normal or natural and are unaware that they are even being mistreated. Therefore, when they are placed in homes where this is occurring it is not in their nature to speak up. Once they are removed from their parents, they are solely reliant on the department for their protection and it is the department’s responsibility to provide that protection which has not always been fulfilled by the department or the foster care agencies. The department should be making reasonable efforts to provide proper services

When a child is suspected of being abused, neglected or placed at imminent risk of serious harm by a member of the staff of a private or public school or an institution that cares for the child, the person in charge of the school or facility must notify the child’s parent or other person responsible for the child’s care that a report has been made. The state’s department of child abuse responsibility is to notify the head of a facility, school or establishment that a report has been made.

The reporting party is (RP) Ophelia Larose the grandmother of the foster child Aniyah Blake. The RP stated she and the biological mother had a visit with Aniyah on 6/19/15. The RP the foster father (Mark Cannon) did not bring food or diapers for the visit. When foster father was asked about the missing items the foster father replied "the FFA did not provide me with them when they dropped Aniyah off." The RP stated the child appeared very hungry and the bio mother provided the child with a bottle and diapers. The foster child had a diaper rash according to the RP. The RP got the impression the foster father did not want to participate in the

The case of Sherry requires a review and analysis of Minnesota laws regarding mandatory reporting, drug offenses, and child neglect. Based on the synthesis of information from several statutes the author asserts that the case does require a report be filed with state child welfare agencies.

Arizona Child Abuse Info Center provides information in addition to training on Arizona legislation requirements on mandated reporting. The site includes a free mandatory reporting training with a pretest and posttest, it also includes training slides on top of video training. The pretest included 14 questions to gauge the level of understanding of the legislation of Arizona for mandated reporting for child abuse. The additional training clarified on the repercussions that can occur if a social worker fails to report suspected child abuse. The result includes a misdemeanor charge, a felony charge, including an administrative reprimand. It is helpful to know that there is immunity to the reporter if the report was made in good faith. That provides protection to the social worker from any civil

The trainee will explore the 51A report of child abuse or neglect. The first intensive reviews the detail how to take a 51A report. The trainee also goes through the 51A form for mandated reporters. The trainee is also introduced to the three goals of screening which states the primary goal of screening is to gather sufficient information from the reporter to be able to identify and locate the children, parents or primary caretaker, and also check agency records to determine if the family has been reported or known to the agency. The second goal of screening is to meet the needs of the reporter by providing support and encouragement to the reporter as they deal with the fears and concerns regarding the family. Frequent reports struggle with the decision of whether or not to file. The third goal is to determine in collaboration with the Hotline clinical case supervisor and the DCF on call supervisor what the response time will be for the DCF determining risk level to the child. In the second week the trainee is also trained in writing the 51A narrative, screening decisions, DCF protective intake procedures, and a iFamily net intensive entering the 51A reports in the iFamily net database, searching of people, cases, and foster

The author, Nancy Mairs, is a handicapped person . The media , she thinks, is a place that

After a thorough investigation of the system within DCF, it is seen that the common misconceptions stating DCF are at fault for children experiencing troubling abuse/neglect can be disproved. To the average eye, every time a story is published in the media bashing DCF, it makes it easy to point fingers. However, in order to attain full knowledge of what actually happens, a closer look at the system itself is required.

The reporting party (RP) stated foster child Anthony is failing to strive. According to the RP the child is under weight and height. The RP stated the child is not fed properly. The foster mother stated the child only wants to eat "junk food." The RP advised foster mother to provide proper meals. The foster mother stated the child bangs his head however, the bruise appear to be from a fall. The foster child has an injury to his lip that the foster mother contributed to the child biting his lip. The foster mother stated the child does not like to bath and has dry skin. The RP advised foster mother to proper feed and bath the child. The RP stated the child is attaching to staff and others and not the foster mother. The RP stated the foster mother

The reporting party (RP) stated that foster child was asked to leave the home. The foster child left the home and went to a friend's home (name no available) for two days. Prior to the child leaving the home she asked her foster parents to contact her FFA social worker to have her transferred out of the home. According to the RP the foster parents refused to contact the child's social worker. Eventually the foster parents contacted the FFA and the child was taken to a receiving home and from there to Alma House. The RP stated prior to the foster child leaving the home there was a pushing and shoving incident between foster parent and child. According to the RP the foster father attended a funeral and did not pick the foster child up from school.

the substance abuse and mental health services administration defines serious mental illness among adults as a mental disorder (excluding developmental and substance abuse disorders) that results in serious functional impairment that can substantially interfere with or limit one or more major life activities