A manual designed to aid school counselors dealing with child abuse and neglect

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-80)Today???s educational counselors deal with many diverse problems that confront children on a daily basis. Even though schools have become a melting pot of students with differing backgrounds, cultures, and needs, they seem to share a number of common problems. Child abuse is one of these shared problems and is a growing concern of school personnel, communities, and government. This manual offers counselors concise information that will aid them in dealing with child abuse in the schools. Recognizing background information and the hazards of child abuse counselors will be more effective in helping the victims, parents, and involved family members. County, state, and federal laws controlling and governing the actions of counselors, administrators and officers of the law are examined within the manual. Also explored are investigative techniques a counselor can utilize to become more aware and better able to recognize and confirm suspected child abuse cases. Professionals in the field of child abuse were interviewed to ascertain the current issues and philosophies interwoven in the spectrum of child abuse. Their input illustrated realistic views of the current child abuse problem and ways for educational counselors to use this information in their counseling practice. A list of referral agencies, hotlines and references are combined with a summary of their function and contact numbers. This information makes available to communities, teachers, administrators, counselors and students, the avenue of aid for individual and family counseling