ERIC Number: ED279974
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Sep
Pages: 152
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Child Sexual Abuse: An Interdisciplinary Professional Reference Manual with Service Directory for Central Massachusetts.
Worcester Area Child Sexual Abuse Task Force, MA.
This manual represents a state-of-the-art summary of approaches in child sexual abuse interventions, emphasizing interdisciplinary cooperation between professionals in successful case management. Although prepared specifically for the use of professionals in Region II of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services and containing a service directory for the region, this handbook contains technical assistance and intervention procedural information which is generally applicable to child sexual abuse wherever it occurs. Section One, Interdisciplinary Perspectives, contains general information on what to do if a child discloses information about sexual abuse, signs of child sexual abuse, considerations for medical professionals, the court's response to child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse and the schools, and case management. Section Two, Intervention Scenarios, provides procedural information, targeted to Massachusetts and Region II, but generally applicable. It discusses the mandated reporting of child sexual abuse and provides scenarios of what happens to victims, offenders, and families. Section Three is the Region II service directory of agencies providing services to victims, non-offending parents, offenders, adult survivors of sexual abuse, and others. Section Four, Reference Material, includes legal information specific to Massachusetts and medical, prevention/education, assessment and diagnostic resources, and reference information of general interest. (NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Children, Crisis Intervention, Family Problems, Interdisciplinary Approach, Sexual Abuse
Central Massachusetts AHEC, 900 Main St., Worcester, MA ($10.00/copy).
Publication Type: Reference Materials - General; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Worcester Area Child Sexual Abuse Task Force, MA.
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
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