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Article: Teachers and mandated reporters of child maltreatment: Comparison with legal, medical, and social services reporters
- Article from:
- Children & Schools
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright National Association of Social Workers, Incorporated Oct 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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All 50 states now have mandated reporting laws, which require certain professionals who work or come into contact with children to report suspected abuse or neglect. Many believe that teachers are in the best position to identify and report child abuse. However, research to date has not focused on characteristics of reports made by educators. This study compared reports of child maltreatment made by education personnel with the three other groups required to report. Results indicated that education personnel were responsible for 25 percent of the reports of abuse among the four mandated report sources, yet they had the lowest rate of substantiation. Significant differences were found in the ...