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All child care professionals must: Ans✓✓✓ provide their names when
reporting suspicions of child
abuse, abandonment, and/or neglect
Annually, a statement must be signed by child care professionals
acknowledging: Ans✓✓✓ their understanding of the laws for
reporting suspicions of child abuse and neglect
As a child care provider, you don't have to: Ans✓✓✓ prove anything.
That is the investigators job
Child Protective Services Ans✓✓✓ Provide services that protect
children from abuse and neglect, enforces the statutes on child abuse and
neglect prevention, and initiates the process of protecting the abused
from further victimization
Communities Ans✓✓✓ Have the responsibility to establish and
maintain required resources and educate families and individuals on
child abuse and neglect prevention
Failure to report: Ans✓✓✓ is a third degree felony in the State of
Florida
, Florida was one of the first states in the nation to: Ans✓✓✓ have a toll-
free hotline capable of receiving reports of child abuse, abandonment,
and neglect around the clock and immediately initiating an investigation
anywhere in the state
Her case led to the founding in 1874 of the: Ans✓✓✓ Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children with child protection as its primary
mandate
If the situation is an emergency and the child is in danger: Ans✓✓✓
call 9-1-1 and then follow up with a call to the abuse hotline
In Florida, the
continuum of prevention and intervention services fall into many
categories, such as: Ans✓✓✓ • Prenatal support for expectant parents
• Postnatal education and support
• In-home education and support
• Early and regular educational, medical, and psychological screening
• Medical and psychological services
• Child care
• Self-help groups
• Parent education and training
• Child safety training
• Family crisis and intervention support
• Treatment and intervention services