Child Abuse Prevention Month

Franklin County Children’s Task Force

Presents:

MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING
Next Class Sept. 30, 2008
from 2:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
cost $10 per person

For more information or to register:
Call FCCTF at 778-6960
or
email with your name, phone, address by
clicking here

Purpose: To familiarize participants with their legal mandate for reporting suspected child abuse and neglect as well as providing information to increase their recognition and response to child abuse and neglect.

Objectives:

1. Know and understand the roles and responsibilities of mandated reporters under Maine Law.

2. Recognize the possible behavioral indicators of child abuse.

3. Know how to make a report of suspected child abuse and neglect.

4. Develop increased understanding of the complexity of responding to child abuse and neglect by learning of possible outcomes when abuse/neglect is found by DHHS.

Printable flyer available by
clicking here

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Child abuse is a national tragedy, taking the lives of three children every day and affecting millions of children and families every year. Each April, Child Abuse and Prevention Month activities raise awareness about the problem of child abuse and most importantly, about what each of us can do to help prevent the abuse and neglect of our Nation's children.

The information on this page, as well as the other resource pages on the prevention of child abuse and neglect is from the book, What Everyone can do to Prevent Child Abuse provided by the Department of Health & Human Services. For more information you can contact them at Administration For Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447.

More Information On Child Abuse and Neglect

Below are links to more information about Child Abuse and Neglect prevention.

What is Child Abuse?
What is Child Abuse Prevention?
Child Abuse and Neglect: The National Scope of the Problem
What Individuals Can Do
What Organizations Can Do
Reporting Child Abuse