Person responsible for the child’s welfare A person who provides permanent or temporary care, supervision, mental health diagnosis or treatment, training or control of a child in lieu of parental care, supervision, and control. Direct contact The care, supervision, guidance or control of children OR routine interaction with children. A person 18 years of age or older who resides in the same home as the child. (Pennsylvania General Assembly, n.d.-a) Self-Assessment Quiz Question #1 #2 Which of the following of Mary’s issues (if diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or physician) may fit the CPSL definition of serious mental injury? a. Bruises that are not consistently explained. b. Speech and language impaired. c. Failing in school. d. Thin and not eating much. Self-Assessment Quiz Question #1 #3 Mary’s bruises may be a result of which of the following types
only incidents of sexual abuse or exploitation and serious bodily injury by a school employee were considered child abuse under the CPSL. There was a separate reporting and investigation process in place for other types of abuse. Now the current law allows for school employees to be considered perpetrators under the definition provided for “person responsible for the child’s welfare”or person “having direct contact with children.” § 630. Case study Mary is a thin, speech and language impaired, multiracial second grader at your elementary school. Her teacher, Mrs. Anderson is in your office to discuss the concerns that she has with regards to Mary’s peer relationships. The father will not allow her or her 10 year old brother to participate in the after-school tutoring program on the school campus. Mrs. Anderson has made several attempts to get the parents in for a conference. After going to the nurse, it was found that she had old bruises on the knuckles of both hands as well as her legs. When asked how she got them, Mary replied: “My Dad, he has me boxing ’cause I gotta get tough and shape up.” According to her, Dad says her weight is getting out of control and that’s why she doesn’t eat lunch some days. When questioned about the old bruises on her legs, Mary said she fell. Mary asked if she could go back to class, and asked that the nurse not call her dad. Self-Assessment Quiz Question #1 According to the CPSL all of the following individuals can be defined as a perpetrator in Mary’s case except: a. Her 10 year old brother.
of child abuse? a. Bodily injury. b. Serious mental injury. c. Serious physical neglect. d. Sexual abuse or exploitation.
Self-Assessment Quiz Question #1 #4 Which of the following are true regarding possible physical indicators of sexual abuse or exploitation in children : a. Self-injury.
b. Her parents. c. Any teacher. d. All are correct.
b. Fire setting. c. Anxiousness. d. Bedwetting. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES TO THE CPSL
The following list does not include all legislative bills but rather highlights some of the recent changes in legislation impacting In 2014, Pennsylvania passed Act 105 Pennsylvania’s antihuman trafficking law, which defined human trafficking to include both sex trafficking and labor trafficking (PCAR, 2018a). The Pennsylvania Legislature then enacted Act 115 of 2016, which amended Title 23 (Domestic Relations) In 2016, Pennsylvania passed Act 115 This Act added Engaging a child in a severe form of trafficking in persons or sex trafficking as a form of child abuse. This type of child abuse includes both sex trafficking and labor trafficking of children. Child Sex Trafficking: Any child under the age of 18 who is induced to engage in commercial sex is a victim of sex trafficking. Examples of sex trafficking of children includes prostitution, pornography, and sex tourism (PCAR, n.d.). Human trafficking Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a child for labor or services through use of force, fraud, or coercion (Keep Kids Safe, 2019b). Under federal law, sex trafficking such as prostitution Types of human trafficking Labor or services trafficking May include the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining a person for labor or services (Human Trafficking Hotline, n.d.-b). There may be use of force, fraud, or
mandated reporters and the process of recognizing and reporting suspected child abuse.
and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to include human trafficking (PCAR, 2018a).
Child Labor Trafficking: The use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection in involuntary servitude,peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. Examples of labor trafficking include agricultural or domestic service workers who are underpaid or not paid at all, physically abusive traveling sales crews that force children to sell legal items (e.g., magazines)or illegal items (e.g., drugs) or to beg, and workers in restaurants and hair and nail salons who are abused, confined,and/or not paid (PCAR, n.d.).
pornography, and exotic dancing does not require there be force, fraud, or coercion if the victim is under 18(Keep Kids Safe, 2019b).
coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude peonage (paying off a debt through work), debt bondage (debt slavery, bonded labor or services for a debt or other obligation), or slavery (a condition compared to that of a slave in respect
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