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Sexting, Schools, and Law Enforcement: Where Does Child Protective Services Fit In?
(American Public Human Services Association-APHSA, 2018-12)
In a 2017 study of a private high school, researchers found that 15.8 percent of males and 13.6 percent of females sent sexts; 40.5 percent of males and 30.6 percent of females received them.1 A 2016 study in the Journal ...
Undocumented Immigrants as Foster Parents.
(American Public Human Services Association-APHSA, 2012-10)
According to federal data released to ARC ... a growing number and proportion of deportees are parents. Another report jointly issued by the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, the Women's Refugee Commission, ...
Respite Care for Foster Parents Should Not Mean Inferior Care for Foster Children.
(American Public Human Services Association-APHSA, 2012-12)
Caring for a foster child, especially in a therapeutic setting, is a fulltime undertaking. Because it can have severe emotional repercussions on the family, respite care by another trained foster parent or other professional ...
Videotaping Child Sexual Abuse Investigation Interviews.
(American Public Human Services Association-APHSA, 2015-02)
The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled that videotaping investigative interviews with children suspected of having been sexually abused is mandatory.1 However, "[a]t the best child advocacy centers, interview protocols ...
Writing for Teenagers in Foster Care About Their Legal Rights/
(American Public Human Services Association-APHSA, 2014-06)
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Children's Administration, The Mockingbird Society, http://independence.wa.gov/ pdf/YourRightsbooklet.pdf These, and other similar handbooks, introduce teenage ...
Reporting Child Maltreatment by Nonprofessionals: Obligatory or Discretionary?
(American Public Human Services Association-APHSA, 2017-12)
A newer program, founded in 2009, Strategies for Youth (SFY) is a national organization that "exists solely for the purpose of improving police-youth interactions, advancing the cause of training public safety officers in ...
Non-Abused Siblings Who Remain at Home: A Dangerous Child Protective Services Intersection.
(American Public Human Services Association-APHSA, 2012-06)
...]even if CPS finds safety concerns it may still determine that it is safe to leave an at-risk child or his or her siblings in the home.
On Patrol: The Need for Better Collaboration Between Front- Line Police Officers and Child Protection Workers.
(American Public Human Services Association-APHSA, 2017-12)
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has a radio code1 for child abuse cases (10-35), but this radio transmission is rarely used by Central because no parent ever calls a 911 operator to say that they have committed a ...