The Teacher's Role in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse

McIntyre, Thomas

doi:10.1177/0013124590022003006

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“…In one study, only 4% of the teachers said they were very aware of signs of sexual abuse, 17% reported that they could recognize signs of sexual abuse if they were obvious, and an astonishing 75% reported that they could not recognize signs of sexual abuse at any point (McIntyre, 1990). Research showed that teachers are particularly ignorant of the signs of sexual abuse.…”

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Child Abuse: What Teachers in the '90s Know, Think, and Do

Hinson¹,

Fossey²

2000

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR)

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This article reports the results of a survey administered to elementary classroom teachers to determine their abilities to recognize signs of abuse, their perceptions of the reporting process, and their understanding of issues of liability. Teachers indicated that many of them were unable to recognize signs of child abuse and were confused about reporting procedures. In addition, some were consciously choosing not to report because they did not think that child welfare agencies would provide any effective relief for the child. Furthermore, some teachers were ignorant of the immunity provisions designed to protect them and of the criminal penalties for not reporting. Some teachers were also fearful of ramifications for reporting, including harassment by the abuser, a lawsuit, or alienation from co-workers or administrators. Collectively, the results provided insight into teachers' thoughts and behaviors in regard to child abuse and indicated that many teachers are in need of training to identify symptoms, to become familiar with reporting procedures, and to clarify misconceptions about the law.Physically and sexually abused children come from all kinds of families and socioeconomic conditions, but most have one thing in common-they go to school. For

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Child Abuse: What Teachers in the '90s Know, Think, and Do

Hinson¹,

Fossey²

2000

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR)

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“…Lack of academic and on-job trainings about child abuse are the most important causes affecting teachers' knowledge and their capability in regard to the diagnosis of child abuse. In McIntyre [16] study, most of the studied teachers asserted that they had never suspected to a child abuse case among their students. Considering the high rate of child abuse (1,000,000 children in the world), it seems that these victims are present in the classes but they are not seen.…”

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How do Teachers Diagnosis and Percept Child Maltreatment?

Garrusi¹,

Safizadeh²,

Arabnejad³

et al. 2007

J. of Social Sciences

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Child abuse is a complex problem and its prevention requires action on many fronts. Teachers do spend many hours a day with children and they are likely to be concerned about the possible abuse or neglect of a child or young person at some time during their career This study seeks to determine teacher knowledge and teachers' conceptions of what is and what is not abuse. The study was done in Iran (I.R.). Questionnaire were used on a randomly selected sample of 1200 teachers. Data analysis showed a significant difference knowledge based on educational level. Knowledge score of participants had positive direct relation with their job experience. In regard to the attitude, there was no significant difference in attitude score based on various features of participants. Result from this study indicate that teachers do not have adequate knowledge and proper attitude regarding child maltreatment. Advocating of educational program about child maltreatment is necessary.

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“…Aksel ve Irmak (2015) ise öğretmenlerin kısa süreli de olsa alınan hizmet içi eğitimlerden yararlandıklarını belirlemiştir. Yapılan araştırmalarda öğretmenlerin üniversite eğitimleri süresince ve hizmet içi eğitimlerle sürekli olarak çocuk ihmal ve istismarı konusunda eğitilmeleri ve bilgilerinin yüksek düzeyde tutulması gerektiği ifade edilmektedir (Goldman, 2005;McIntyre, 1990;McKee & Dillenburger, 2009).…”

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Okul Öncesi Öğretmenlerinin Çocuk İhmal ve İstismarı ile Çocuk Haklarına Yönelik Görüşleri

ŞİMŞEK¹

2020

TurkishStudies

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In this research it is aimed to evaluate knowledge and experiences of teacher candidates regarding child negligence and abuse and child rights. Case study that aims to give prominence to self-experiences of individuals was used in the research. Snowball sampling method, which is one of the purposive sampling methods, was used for the determination of participants. The sample of the research consists of 20 preschool teachers. 10 teachers had been working for two years at least and five of them work at private schools and other five teachers work in public schools. Also 10 teachers from this group were newly graduated from Education Faculty Preschool Education Department in 2018-2019 education year. Five of these newly graduate teachers work at private schools and other five teachers work at public schools. Interview technique, which is one of the qualitative research techniques, was used in this research. Teachers participated in the research voluntarily and they signed the consent information form. Also in the research teachers were given codes instead of their names and their information was kept confidential. "Semi Structured Teacher Interview Form That Determines Experiences of Preschool Teachers Regarding Child Negligence and Abuse" was carried out. When semi structured interview form was prepared, first of all a draft form was prepared, which consists of questions regarding child negligence and abuse and child rights. Draft form took its final shape after taking views of two experts specialized in the field of child rights. Finally pilot scheme was carried out with two preschool teachers 1 Çalışma 2018-2019 eğitim-öğretim yılında yürütülmüştür. 2 This study was conducted in 2018-2019 education year.

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The Teacher's Role in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse

Cited by 20 publications

References 7 publications

Child Abuse: What Teachers in the '90s Know, Think, and Do

Child Abuse: What Teachers in the '90s Know, Think, and Do

How do Teachers Diagnosis and Percept Child Maltreatment?

Okul Öncesi Öğretmenlerinin Çocuk İhmal ve İstismarı ile Çocuk Haklarına Yönelik Görüşleri

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