part 1 midterm Flashcards
What year was Cruelty to Children established
1874
What year was Children’s Bureau established
1912
What year was did the Social Security Act require child welfare services
1962
what year all 50 states passed mandatory reporting laws
1967
What year all 50 state provide protective services
1978
Who developed Battered Child Syndrome, and what year
C. Henry Kempe, 1962
What did Kempe’s Battered Child Syndrome do?
increased public awareness and impact of overt, intentional physical abuse
what is MEPA and what year
Multiethnic Placement Act, 1994
What did the MEPA do?
prohibits child welfare agencies form delaying or denying adoptive placements on basis of race. Agency’s do what need for kids for them to stay in their own culture, school, community. If another family wants to adopt and not in area, need to move forward.
what is ASFA?
Adoption and Safe Families Act
what did ASFA do?
established timeliness for returning children to bio parents or terminating rights and considered most sweeping change in the U.S. adoption and foster care system in two decades
what are four different types of maltreatment
physical, neglect, emotional abuse, sexual abuse
what is physical abuse and examples
non-accidental physical injury. Bruises to severe fractures to death.
Ex. Punching, beating, kicking, biting, shaking, throwing, stabbing, choking, hitting, burning, and other by parents or caregiver.
what are the five types of neglect
physical, emotional, medical, mental health, educational
what is physical neglect
failure to provide basic needs, ex. Shelter, food, and clothing
what is emotional neglect
parents not respond to crying, overlook their infant’s cues and signals
what is medical neglect
failure to provide medical treatment ex. Immunizations, prescribed medication, recommended surgery, and cases of serious injury