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Child Abuse NBCC approved.

Course Description

Target Audience: Social workers, counselor, and other mental health professionals.

Course Content Level: Advanced

Number of CE Hours: 6

Type of CE hours: Clinical

Delivery format: Reading based asynchronous distance learning.

Course completion requirements:
How to Obtain Continuing Education Credit
Please follow the steps below to obtain the necessary contact hours of home study continuing
education credit:

1. Read course objectives.
2. Study the course text:

3. The questions for the final examination are attached here. Answer these questions by marking
your Scantron card:
Write your name on every Scantron card in the space provided. Also write the exam title
in the space marked “Subject”.
True/false examination Mark the Scantron card as follows: Use A for true answers, B for
false answers. Disregard C, D and E.
Multiple-choice questions Choose the letter of the correct answer and mark the Scantron
card accordingly.
Marking the Scantron card Use No. 2 pencil only. Make dark marks. Erase completely to
change.
4. Complete the licensure information on the examination sheet.

5. Return the scantron card, examination sheet and student evaluation of the course.
You’ll need 70% correct score on the post-test for successful completion of the course.

6. Retain a copy of the answers for your record.
Homestead Schools, Inc. is solely responsible for the quality and content of this CE
program and for the selection of its instructor/author, and receives no outside financial
support in the preparation, presentation or implementation of its CE activities.
The sponsor has no affiliation with companies whose products or services are mentioned
in this course material; they are mentioned only for their educational and
informational value. The sponsor’s sole source of revenue is the tuition paid by
participants like you in its CE program.

Instructor Credentials: N/A

ACE Provider Approval Statement: Homestead Schools, Inc., 1070, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Assoiciation of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses for continuing education credit.
ACE provider approval period: 4/2/2023-4/2/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 6 Clinical continuing education credits.

ADA Accomodations: Homestead Schools, Inc. ensures that its facilities accommodate and are accessible according to the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Should you need to cancel your order or if you are not satisfied with the quality of our course material, you can return the course (before a certificate Target Audience: Social workers, counselor, and other mental health professionals.

Course Content Level: Advanced

Number of CE Hours: 6

Type of CE hours: Clinical

Delivery format: Reading based asynchronous distance learning.

Course completion requirements:
How to Obtain Continuing Education Credit
Please follow the steps below to obtain the necessary contact hours of home study continuing
education credit:

1. Read course objectives.
2. Study the course text:

3. The questions for the final examination are attached here. Answer these questions by marking
your Scantron card:
Write your name on every Scantron card in the space provided. Also write the exam title
in the space marked “Subject”.
True/false examination Mark the Scantron card as follows: Use A for true answers, B for
false answers. Disregard C, D and E.
Multiple-choice questions Choose the letter of the correct answer and mark the Scantron
card accordingly.
Marking the Scantron card Use No. 2 pencil only. Make dark marks. Erase completely to
change.
4. Complete the licensure information on the examination sheet.

5. Return the scantron card, examination sheet and student evaluation of the course.
You’ll need 70% correct score on the post-test for successful completion of the course.

6. Retain a copy of the answers for your record.
Homestead Schools, Inc. is solely responsible for the quality and content of this CE
program and for the selection of its instructor/author, and receives no outside financial
support in the preparation, presentation or implementation of its CE activities.
The sponsor has no affiliation with companies whose products or services are mentioned
in this course material; they are mentioned only for their educational and
informational value. The sponsor’s sole source of revenue is the tuition paid by
participants like you in its CE program.

Instructor Credentials: N/A

ACE Provider Approval Statement: Homestead Schools, Inc., 1070, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Assoiciation of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses for continuing education credit.
ACE provider approval period: 4/2/2023-4/2/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 6 Clinical continuing education credits.

ADA Accomodations: Homestead Schools, Inc. ensures that its facilities accommodate and are accessible according to the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Should you need to cancel your order or if you are not satisfied with the quality of our course material, you can return the course (before a certificate is issued) within 90 days and receive a prompt and full refund (less shipping and handling.)

Course last updated: June, 2017
is issued) within 90 days and receive a prompt and full refund (less shipping and handling.)

Course last updated: June, 2017

Learning Objectives

After completing this course you will learn to:

  1. Define and recognize various forms of child abuse.
  2. Identify 14 “suspicious” injuries that may point toward physical abuse.
  3. Recognize 13 specific behavioral patterns that may indicate child sexual abuse.
  4. Identify 11 effects on children subjected to emotional abuse.
  5. Identify 11 traits that may indicate child abuse.
  6. Identify the presence of five factors in parents that may predispose them toward child abuse.
  7. Recognize 6 common issues in an incestuous household.
  8. Gather information to support a diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome.
  9. Identify 15 instances of reportable child abuse.
  10. Recognize 7 signs of physical deprivation of a child.
  11. Recognize 4 indications that may lead you to conclude that child abuse accusation is true.
  12. Recognize 8 indications that may lead you to conclude that child abuse accusation is false.
  13. Define the role of social work, teachers, day-care professionals and general public to prevent child abuse.
  14. Find help for the abuser.
  15. Identify at least 6 processes for healing the abused child.
  16. Define the role of nursing in child abuse instances.
  17. Define legal aspects of child abuse.
  18. Explain the role played by courts in instances of child abuse.
  19. Provide referrals to families involved in child abuse.
  20. Explain to parents how words can hurt children.
  21. List six things parents should never say to their children.
  22. List 5 courses of action that may help a parent to break out of a vicious cycle of child abuse.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Abuse Is Abuse
  • Chapter 3: Physical Abuse and Neglect
  • Chapter 4: Sexual Abuse
  • Chapter 5: Emotional Abuse
  • Chapter 6: Recognizing the Abused Child
  • Chapter 7: Factors Influencing Child Abuse
  • Chapter 8: “Munchausen Syndrome”
  • Chapter 9: Taking Action
  • Chapter 10: Child Protective Agency
  • Chapter 11: It’s Everyone’s Mission
  • Chapter 12: Help for the Abuser
  • Chapter 13: Community Involvement
  • Chapter 14: Healing the Child
  • Chapter 15: Changing Role of Nursing
  • Chapter 16: Legal Aspects of Child Abuse
  • Chapter 17: Child Abuse and the Court of Law
  • Chapter 18: Statistics Known About Child Abuse
  • Resources on Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Additional Reading
  • Supplementary Articles:
  • “Don’t call me stupid”: how to avoid hurting your kids with words
  • Six Things Parents Should Never Say to Their Children
  • Crossing the ‘borderline’ of child abuse
  • The Face of Abuse
  • Does Abuse Beget Abuse?
  • Charting the Aftermath of Child Abuse
  • Why Leave Children With Bad Parents?
  • Stop the Child-Killers
  • The Biological Roots of Good Mothering
  • Breaking Out of a Vicious Circle
  • Protecting the Kids
  • Parents Spending Insufficient Time With Children
  • Child Abuse and Society’s Response
  • The Cycle of Violence
  • Can You Help? Allaying fears about child abuse
  • Healthy Families America
  • The Politics of Child Abuse
  • Improving Child Protective Services: How to Expand and Implement the Consensus
  • The Secretary’s Initiative on Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Child Abuse Post-Test