Crisis Management for Child Neglect: Circumstances, Reporting, Legal Ramifications, and Support Resources

This presentation discusses crisis management for child neglect, including the circumstances contributing to the crisis, statutory reporting requirements, legal ramifications, and support resources. It also covers key elements of organizational policy when dealing with crisis situations. The presentation cites relevant references to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic.

Crisis Management
Student Name
Institutional Affiliation

Crisis Situation
 Crisis at hand was Child Neglect.
 This refers to the maltreatment of a child by failure to provide the
essentials needed for adequate care and betterment of a child's
growth.
 In most cases child neglect is considered a kind of child abuse.
 This kind of crisis is dependent on both parents and the society
since a child should be provided with adequate physical , social
and emotion support.

Circumstances contributing to the crisis
 Lack of meeting the basic needs such as clothing and feeding.
 Lack of educational support such as not sending the child to
school.
 Lack of proving the young person with love, care or emotional
support.
 Lack of proving medical care to the young person when necessary.
 Failure to provide safety to the young person
 Failure to attend to the social needs of the young person.

Statutory reporting requirements
 Young people not attending school.
 Children in a domestic violent home.
 Substance abuse by young people.
 Mental disorders.
 Abortions and unplanned pregnancies among the young people.
 Physical injury of the child.

Legal ramifications of the crisis situation
 Payment of fines.
 Incarceration of the guardian.
 Probation of the guardian or couple that has neglected the child.
 Limitation of parental rights.
 Application of restraining orders by placing a child in a
protective custody such as a foster family.

Support resources
1. Financial support
 Funding to able to provide assistance to the young people.
 Sourcing of services that are not offered in the organization to
ensure betterment of the child under neglect
2. Human support.
 Addition more staff to identify children who are undergoing
neglect.
 Inclusion of extra specialists.
 Involvement of community or society to investigate on child
neglect.

Support resources
3. Special support
 Alcohol and drug intervention for young persons who had turned
to drugs.
 Mental health support.
 Out of home arrangements for young people who were not
willing to remain in their place of residence.
 Conflict resolution between the parents and children hence
preventing neglect in the future.

Key elements of the organisation policy
when dealing crisis situations
 Emergency response procedures.
 Young persons protection procedures and policies incase of harm.
 Policies related to mental crisis.
 Policies and procedures related to drug issues.
 Policies and procedures related to physical altercation of the
young individual.

References
 Hildyard, K. L., & Wolfe, D. A. (2002). Child neglect:
developmental issues and outcomes .☆ Child abuse &
neglect, 26(6-7), 679-695.
 DePanfilis, D. (2006). Child neglect: A guide for prevention,
assessment, and intervention. US Department of Health and
Human Services, Adminsitration for Children and Families,
Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's
Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.