Eager-2-Learn Week 1

2.9 million cases reported involving 5.5 million children a year 1500 children die each year Another 30,000 suffer a serious disability 900,000 reports are substantiated incidents Every 10 seconds a child is abused Child abuse kills more children in America than accidental falls drownings choking on food fires in the home suffocation.

Child abuse and neglect are part of the everyday reality of working with and for children. You are in a unique position to help those children, their families, and the community. Usually you are the only other person outside immediate family members who sees a child on an on-going basis.

A person required to report child abuse or neglect is one who has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been abused or neglected or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect You are required by law to report suspected abuse!

To protect the child and stop the abuse To get help for the family Help the family understand the seriousness of the problem Immune from any liability, civil or criminal, or termination of employment

You don’t need to prove it!!