Application: Action Plan 3: Addressing Maltreatment—The Role of Early Childhood Professionals

Then on the next page of your paper, you will center these words in bold print

Part l: How to Report Suspected Child Abuse in _______ (Your State)

Criteria to use for determining when abuse may be present and a report must be made:

· Use bullet points for each part of the criteria

· When you are using facts related to your state (which you will do), make certain to reference them as per APA

· On an average, you will utilize approximately 5 or 6 bullet points depending on the information you locate

Steps to follow in making a report:

· Again use bullet points

· Be specific

· Reference, as needed

· Do not leave anything out; this is VERY important information

Part ll: Strategies for Helping Children and Families (this is to be centered, directly under your steps… NOT on a separate page… your action plan is one continuous document)

(Using the Resources offered this week, think about the kinds of needs families that have experienced abuse or are at risk for abuse may have in each of the following areas… then for each area, you will explain a specific need that a parent or child may have and 2 specific strategies or suggestion your could use or recommend for addressing that need)

Knowledge of child development and positive parenting practices

· A specific need that a parent of a child may have (you will write this in a paragraph form)

· Two specific strategies or suggestions you could use or recommend for addressing that need

· 1.

· 2.

Information on available community resources

· A specific need that a parent of a child may have (you will write this in a paragraph form)

· Two specific strategies or suggestions you could use or recommend for addressing that need

· 1.

· 2.