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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your child tells a mandatory reporter that you hit him, then the mandatory reporter is required to report it.

•	child tells you that they have been hit but you seen no marks that were left:  Mandated reporters do not have the role of determining whether suspected abuse is founded or not, that is the job of CPS.  It’s best to take the child’s words as true and report the disclosure unless you have concrete evidence that they are fabricated.

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Oh that's good. Waste CPS's time investigating a spanking, or some kids walking to the park by themselves, when there are truly horrible neglect and child abuses cases out there that desperately need CPS's time and attention.[/quote]

Not the point. Mandated reporters are required to report - they are are not required to prove that there is abuse happening first. CPS will decide whether to investigate or not. A call from a mandated reporter does not automatically mean CPS will investigate.

I've called for a student saying his father hit him across the face multiple times, another had a black eye and said her mom punched her in the face, etc. It is not my job to investigate and prove whether or not there is actual abuse going on, just to call CPS and then they decide if they need to investigate or not. Out of all the times I've called CPS investigated three times (out of about 6 calls). [/quote]

So, you wouldn't ask the child if the parent spanked him on the bottom with an open hand before calling CPS?  I think that is certainly over reacting and wasting CPS's time.  Kids will exaggerate and say things that aren't true.  If you work with kids, you should know that.  We don't need a nanny state.  This is part of the reason that parents are afraid to discipline their kids, and look where that's gotten us.
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Asking potentially leading questions can cause the child to inaccurately report what happened. For example, if I interrogated the girl with the black eye she might have changed her mind about what happened or thought it was wrong to tell me and tried to cover for herself and her parents. If that resulted in me not calling, a case of actual abuse would not have been reported or discovered.

Like I said - it's not the mandated reporters job to investigate, just report. They don't want reports slipping through the cracks because some egotistical person decided to interrogate the child first then decide not to call. CPS takes the report, decides whether or not it needs to be investigated. Getting a call from a mandated reporter does not automatically mean the family will be investigated. [/quote]

I should add - I have had a student tell me that they were spanked and I did not call CPS. "My mom spanked me" is very different from "my mom punched me in the face" or "my dad hits me a lot over the face when he's mad" or in one call that I made "my dad comes into my bedroom at night and kisses me and we play vampire. my mom isn't allowed to play vampire but my dad can"

There are some seriously fucked up things that kids say. Our job is to listen to it, take it to the school counselor if in doubt, and call if needed. Our job is not to investigate and discover abuse then let CPS know. [/quote]

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