Child Abuse (also see Abuse)

BRIEF SUMMARY

Counselors are often the first line of defense in knowing when there is a safety issue in a home and connecting students to the right resources.

KEY POINTS

• Bullet 1
• Bullet 2

SHARED WISDOM

• DCS interviewing a child at school: It’s up to the DCS as to whether or not a school employee was allowed to be present during the interview. The DCS may interview the employee separately if they are the ones who made the report.  However, a big concern is confidentiality and the child feeling as though they have to say specific things in the presence of certain people when the DCS is involved… It probably depends more so on the local office conducting the investigation.
• What I have learned

RESOURCES

• Department of Child Services (DCS)-Indiana policies for report abuse
• Indiana’s Child Abuse Response Policies and Reporting Procedures (IDOE)
• Abuse_Report_Form1
• Childabuseprocedure.doc

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