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Article: Child abuse reporting by school counselors.
- Article from:
- Professional School Counseling
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
- Author:
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A sample of school counselors (N = 263) in one Midwestern state completed questionnaires to share their child abuse reporting behaviors, influences with regard to making a decision to report, and perceived barriers to the reporting process. Participants indicated reporting the majority of suspected cases, and elementary school counselors reported more cases than did high school counselors. Implications and recommendations are presented.
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Over 3 million children were reported to child protection agencies in 1997, with close to half of those reports made by mandatory reporters (Kalichman, 1999). In 2000, approximately 879,000 cases of child abuse ...