- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Learning Tools
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Biography
- Contributor’s Biography
- 1 Historical Foundations of Canadian Child Welfare and Mandatory Reporting
- 2 Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect in Northern Canada
- 3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Mandatory Reporting
- 4 Typology and Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect
- 5 Risk Factors in Child Abuse and Neglect
- 6 Protective Factors in Child Abuse and Neglect
- 7 Online Child Abuse and Neglect
- 8 Disclosure of Child Abuse and Neglect
- 9 The Decision to Report
- 10 Reporting to Child Protection Services
- 11 Strategies to Maintain the Relationship
- 12 Following the Report
- 13 Implications for Practice, Education, Policy, and Research
- Appendix 1 Summary Listing of Provincial and Territorial Legislation
- Appendix 2 Contact Information for Child and Family Service Agencies across Canada
- Appendix 3 Incident and Risk of Future Harm Questions
- Appendix 4 Sample Vignettes of Child Maltreatment
- Appendix 5 Reflection Questions: Personal Disciplinary History
- Appendix 6 Glossary of Terms
- Appendix 7 Recommended Websites
- Appendix 8 Feedback Form (Informed Consent)
- Appendix 9 Mandatory Reporting Model
- Index
Disclosure of Child Abuse and Neglect
Disclosure of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Chapter:
- (p.135) 8 Disclosure of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Source:
- Child Abuse and Neglect in Canada
- Author(s):
Lea Tufford
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The purpose of this chapter is to examine disclosures of child maltreatment by children and youth. When children and youth disclose abuse or neglect, this increases the possibility of access to supportive and therapeutic resources for these vulnerable individuals. In turn, access to resources can mitigate the risk to their health and well-being. The chapter first presents the classifications of disclosures as they have come to be understood in the literature. An exploration of disclosures by children and youth with specific attention to age, gender, and type of maltreatment is essential to understand how disclosure differs between children and youth. Finally, the chapter addresses how mandatory reporters should respond to a disclosure with specific recommendations.
Keywords: purposeful, accidental, delayed, impact, children, youth, families
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Learning Tools
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Biography
- Contributor’s Biography
- 1 Historical Foundations of Canadian Child Welfare and Mandatory Reporting
- 2 Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect in Northern Canada
- 3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Mandatory Reporting
- 4 Typology and Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect
- 5 Risk Factors in Child Abuse and Neglect
- 6 Protective Factors in Child Abuse and Neglect
- 7 Online Child Abuse and Neglect
- 8 Disclosure of Child Abuse and Neglect
- 9 The Decision to Report
- 10 Reporting to Child Protection Services
- 11 Strategies to Maintain the Relationship
- 12 Following the Report
- 13 Implications for Practice, Education, Policy, and Research
- Appendix 1 Summary Listing of Provincial and Territorial Legislation
- Appendix 2 Contact Information for Child and Family Service Agencies across Canada
- Appendix 3 Incident and Risk of Future Harm Questions
- Appendix 4 Sample Vignettes of Child Maltreatment
- Appendix 5 Reflection Questions: Personal Disciplinary History
- Appendix 6 Glossary of Terms
- Appendix 7 Recommended Websites
- Appendix 8 Feedback Form (Informed Consent)
- Appendix 9 Mandatory Reporting Model
- Index
