| Name | Per | Date |
DIRECTIONS: Using the following scale, rate the situations.
| 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Very serious | Of concern | No big deal |
| After you rate each item, decide what you would do. List any additional information you would like to have. Circle any that you feel should be reported to Child Protective Services. | ||
1. ______A 4-year-old is considerably underweight for her age. She comes to your center in the same worn and dirty clothes day after day. She needs a bath. The other children make fun of her and won't play with her.
2. _______You are aware that the parents of two children, ages 3 and 7, both spend much of their time out of the house due to job responsibilities. They often do not return home until 8 p.m. The children make dinner for themselves and put themselves to bed.
3. ________A parent of one of the children in your center calls to tell you that her son told her that another child at the center touched her son on his" private parts."
4. ________A child in your center is constantly seeking attention. When he doesn't get your attention he punches, kicks or disrupts other children around him. You have noticed bruises on his arms and legs.
5. _______One of the parents of a child in your center tells you that he is worried about a parent who often leaves her 8-month-old baby at home alone while she visits friends or goes to the store.
6. _______The mother of a child in your center asks you for advice about a concern she has. Her daughter cries when she has to go to her dad's on the weekend. When she comes home she has nightmares and wets the bed.
7. _______A seven-month old baby new to your program has bruises on his buttocks.
| 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Very serious | Of concern | No big deal |
1. ___5___A 4-year-old is considerably underweight for her age. She comes to your center in the same worn and dirty clothes day after day. She needs a bath. The other children make fun of her and won't play with her.
Need to talk to parents and offer resource information.
2. ___10___You are aware that the parents of two children, ages 3 and 7, both spend much of their time out of the house due to job responsibilities. They often do not return home until 8 p.m. The children make dinner for themselves and put themselves to bed.
This is illegal.
3. ___5___A parent of one of the children in your center calls to tell you that her son told her that another child at the center touched her son on his" private parts."
Pay attention and discuss “inappropriate touching” with…(the child? All the children? )
4. ___5___A child in your center is constantly seeking attention. When he doesn't get your attention he punches, kicks or disrupts other children around him. You have noticed bruises on his arms and legs.
| Bruises from fighting? Investigate. Address behavior issues. |
5. ___10___One of the parents of a child in your center tells you that he is worried about a parent who often leaves her 8-month-old baby at home alone while she visits friends or goes to the store.
This is illegal.
6. ___6___The mother of a child in your center asks you for advice about a concern she has. Her daughter cries when she has to go to her dad's on the weekend. When she comes home she has nightmares and wets the bed.
Needs more research. Question child sensitively, avoiding leading questions (for example, ask “What kinds of things do you and your dad do when you visit him?” instead of “Does your dad touch you inappropriately?”)
7. ___10___A seven-month old baby new to your program has bruises on his buttocks.
Child wearing diaper so bruising unlikely to be from falling. Question/report concern.