COMMON PAPER
Common Paper
Child abuse and neglect
Paper format
Normal margins, Times New Roman, 12 point
Use the text selected, at least 2 journal articles and a media source as well (paper, magazine, movie, online clip)
Use subheadings to keep on target
Paper should be 5-6 pages which does not include source citing and cover page (a cover page is not required but ok)
Section 1: Intro
Discuss the text and the subheading ideas
Be broad in the intro, you will be more specific in the subheadings
Identification of the writer as the child victim, a therapist, or someone to whom the story was told.
Identification of the child: sex, ages covered in the book, cultural group, socioeconomic status, family constellation (e.g., mother, grandparents, 3 children), living circumstances covered in the book.
Characteristics of Maltreatment:
Identify the types of maltreatment described in the book (neglect, physical, sexual, psychological). Give specific examples.
Discuss the role of family and community risk factors that played a role in the child maltreatment.
Your discussion should include references to the journal articles that you have found, as well as to the required readings.
Section 2: Impacts
Impact of Maltreatment. Discuss the impact that the maltreatment had on the child. Think about the way the child behaved and thought. Think about symptoms the child reports or that you identify based on what the book describes.
Discuss the cycle of violence and resilience. Is this child likely to go on to maltreat children or not? Is this child likely to have long-term problems in adulthood? What factors can you identify that are likely to lead down one road or the other? Be sure to examine evidence of strengths in the child, in the family, and in the environment that might be the bases of resiliency.
Discuss and identify the sources of resilience in the child. What internal (e.g. child’s temperament) or external factors (e.g. sources of support to the child) contributed to the child’s survival
Your discussion should include references to the journal articles that you have found, as well as to the required readings.
Section 3: Intervention and Treatments
Opportunities for Intervention and Missed Opportunities. Discuss whether there were opportunities for helping people to become involved that were never taken or opportunities for helping people to become involved earlier than they did if they eventually became involved. Discuss why those opportunities were lost. Were there mandated reporters who failed to report? If so, why do you think they did not do this? If helpers eventually became involved, discuss what factors seem to have been present that made those helpers available and made them act. Use a systemic approach in this discussion focusing not only on the child’s close circle, but also on the familial, social, legislative, etc. layers that were/ or were not effective in rescuing the child.
Your discussion should include references to the journal articles that you have found, as well as to the required readings.
Section 4: Conclusions
What is the summary of your research?
How do you feel about the topic?
Conclude with closure on the subject child or system and any further outlook in the field of child advocacy or child protection
Due 10/17 to Canvas; will adjust syllabus