Health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, and clinical social workers, are required by law and professional codes of conduct to report suspected child abuse. These so called mandated reporters need current and practical information to recognize the signs and symptoms of child maltreatment. The fourth edition of Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter has been revised and updated to include contemporary best practices in the evaluation of child abuse and neglect. The authors and editors of this vital text represent a diverse array of professional disciplines and research interests. Together, they have assembled a multidisciplinary work concerned with a variety of topics essential to the recognition and prevention of child abuse wherever it may occur. These topics include: - Recognizing and reporting physical abuse, sexual abuse, and child neglect - Medical child abuse, or Munchausen s syndrome by proxy - Risks to children in the digital age, including online predation and sexual exploitation - Creative art therapy and its potential benefits to traumatized children - Recognizing and reporting child abuse in the school setting Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter is a definitive reference for frontline professionals seeking to comply with mandated reporting guidelines. In addition, this publication serves as a textbook for students studying medicine, nursing, social work, and law enforcement and who plan to work with children and families in their professional practice. Written by experts on the front lines of child protection, Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter details the most effective methods for interviews, examinations, documentation, and appropriate referrals in cases of child maltreatment.

Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter 4E

Politics & Social Sciences

Angelo P. Giardino

Linda Shaw

Eileen R. Giardino

Patricia M. Speck

Social Sciences

STM Learning, Inc.

The Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment is designed to give novice and experienced sexual assault examiners the opportunity to learn, apply, and demonstrate competency in sexual assault evaluations of adolescents and adults. The book challenges sexual assault examiners to critically analyze medical evaluations, systematic evidence collection processes, general treatment considerations, and patient education. Students also will have the opportunity to identify and appropriately label anatomical structures and injuries using objective terminology.

Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment: SANE/SAFE Forensic Learning Series

Diana K. Faugno

Rachell A. Copeland

Jill L. Crum

Sociology

Sexual Assault Across the Life Span, Volume 1: Investigation, Diagnosis, and the Multidisciplinary Team is the first of a 3-volume set of sexual assault references. This first volume serves as a complete guide for multidisciplinary team members involved in the investigation of sexual assault. It includes comprehensive medical guides for the diagnosis and treatment of assaultive trauma; legal guides to investigation and prosecution; and guidelines for the role of first responders in cases of sexual assault, including EMS and law enforcement professionals. Supplemented by nearly 200 full-color photographs, this new title offers an excellent visual reference for professionals in the field, in addition to in-depth guidelines for diagnostic and investigative procedures in response to sexual assault. Readers in medicine, law enforcement, and social service will all benefit from its comprehensive focus on a variety of interdependent investigative disciplines, making this all-new, convenient reference an ideal resource for any and all professionals in sexual assault response.

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span, 2E Volume 1: Investigation, Diagnosis, and the Multidisciplinary Team

Mary J. Spencer

Michael L. Weaver

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span, Volume 2: Evaluation of Children and Adults is the second in a 3-volume set of sexual assault references. This second volume focuses on the particular needs of sexual assault survivors in various age groups, including chapters on child sexual abuse and sexual violence against adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Readers will enjoy the benefit of specially tailored instruction on the care and assessment of survivors in all of these age groups, emphasizing the unique needs of each. 
 This all-new, comprehensive guide includes essential information for sexual assault investigators of every variety. Social service workers, law enforcement personnel, medical practitioners, and prosecuting attorneys will all benefit from a versatile, multidisciplinary study of sexual assault in specific age groups across the life span, complete with more than 200 full-color photos provided by expert investigators working in the field.

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span 2E, Volume 2: Evaluation of Children and Adults

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span, Volume 3: Special Settings and Survivor Populations completes an exhaustive, 3-Volume set on sexual assault by focusing on the particular needs of special survivor populations, as well as survivors in unusual or otherwise unique settings. Sexual assault responders working among, or associated with, assault survivors in assisted living facilities, academic institutions, correctional facilities, and more will benefit from an uncommonly focused and precise study of the populations they serve. 
 With chapters written by expert sexual assault responders, and including nearly 200 full-color photos provided by attending medical practitioners and law enforcement investigators, this third and final volume of the Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span 3-volume set will make an ideal visual reference and instructional guide for professionals working with assault survivors in special populations. Readers in medicine, law enforcement, social service, and any other readers in sexual assault investigation will all enjoy the comprehensive informational support provided by this unique new title.

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span 2E, Volume 3, Special Settings and Survivor Populations

The Intermediate-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment is designed to give novice and experienced sexual assault examiners the opportunity to learn, apply, and demonstrate competency in sexual assault evaluations of adolescents and adults. Students are presented with more complex case histories, including different forms of drug facilitated sexual assault scenarios, and are introduced to additional anatomic terms compared to the Entry-Level Assessment. They also have opportunities to identify normal anatomical variants and other patient-specific factors that should be considered during medical evaluations, evidence collection, treatment, and patient education.

Intermediate-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assessment: SANE/SAFE Forensic Learning Series

Medical Books

Nursing

The Advanced-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment is designed to give novice and experienced sexual assault examiners the opportunity to learn, apply, and demonstrate competency in sexual assault evaluations of adolescents and adults.

Advanced-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment: SANE/SAFE Forensic Workbook Series

The all-new Child Sexual Abuse Assessment is a self-directed evaluation of child sexual abuse cases from infancy to adolescence. Forensic examiners who respond to cases of child sexual abuse will benefit from this concise instructional guide to enhanced care for survivors. 
 Readers will have the opportunity to assess 16 case histories of child sexual abuse, with a detailed account of each case and accompanying full-color examination photographs for reference. Each case includes a series of evaluative exercises designed to refine and reinforce readers skills in injury identification, evidence collection, and the recommendation of treatment and follow-up care for victims of sexual abuse. Features and Benefits 16 case histories and corresponding exercises in child sexual abuse evaluation Authored by internationally recognized experts in forensic nursing Ideal for self-directed study or group instruction Portable and convenient Written for forensic examiners at every level of experience, from novice to advanced

Child Sexual Abuse Assessment: SANE/SAFE Forensic Learning Series

Angelia Clark Trujillo

Tracey L. Wiese

Christine Hallas

Colleen O. James

Jennifer L. Johnson

Sexual Assault Quick Reference highlights specialized evaluative practices, common post assault findings, standards of documentation, and appropriate avenues for reporting cases of sexual assault to support the diagnosis, treatment, and prosecution of every variety of sexual violence.

Sexual Assault Quick Reference 2E

This workbook is designed to standardize anatomic nomenclature, as it relates to the head and neck, for both new and experienced sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) and sexual assault forensic examiners (SAFEs), first responders, medical residents and physicians, nursing students, and nurse practitioners, including nurse midwives, women's health nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, and forensic nurse practitioners. Manual Nonfatal Strangulation Assessment for Health Care Providers and First Responders will teach beginning first responders, SANE/SAFE practitioners, medical residents and nursing students the language of evidence-based evaluative methods of care for the strangulation patients. It will present peer-reviewed strangulation case studies with a clear history, photographic representation and confirmation of anatomical landmarks and injuries, discussions about existing conditions and their influence, identification of injury, evidence-based collection techniques, and treatment based on current standards of practice. Offering this workbook to first responders and health care providers will help fulfill their need for basic, peer-reviewed information and will contribute to continuing competence in care for strangulation patients.

Manual Nonfatal Strangulation Assessment (Forensic Learning Series)

Parenting & Relationships

Barbara A. Bachmeier

Family Relationships

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