2 Discussions w8
Please see all 3 attachments for instructions on 2 discussions.
Discussion 1: Identifying Needed Resources
Logistical support will be of some concern to those making the final decision about which alternative to select. In this discussion, provide some insight into the logistical support that will be needed for each of the alternatives you have identified. You do not need to provide detailed insight into staffing requirements such as you would in a class on human resource management. You do not have to provide detailed financial amounts, such as you might in a budgeting class. The goal of this discussion is simply to provide some insight into the resources needed for each of the alternatives. See following attachments for information on topic and subject: Annotated Outline, and Identifying the Problems Assignment. This discussion should contribute to your analysis of those issues in your final paper. For your initial post, for each alternative, respond to the following:
· What type of additional staffing might you need for each alternative, or what training would be needed for current staff?
· What type of additional funding might you need to carry out this work, or what type of additional grants might be usable to support these alternatives?
· If there will be any new technologies required to carry out this work, or any type of specialized logistical support in terms of equipment or supplies, please describe that for each alternative.
Please support your ideas with recent, scholarly sources that are properly cited and referenced in APA style.
Discussion 2: Monitoring Implementation Activities
For your initial post, for each alternative you have proposed, provide some insight into how you might monitor ongoing progress after an alternative has been implemented. See following attachments for information on topic and subject: Annotated Outline, and Identifying the Problems Assignment. For each alternative, provide some insight into:
· What might you use as benchmarks to determine progress?
· What metrics might be used to assess progress at each benchmark?
· What might be done to resolve any issues if progress is not as planned?
Please support your ideas with recent, scholarly sources that are properly cited and referenced in APA Style.
Discussion 1: Identifying Needed Resources
Logistical support will be of some concern to those making the final decision about which alternative to select. In this discussion, provide some insight into the logistical support that will be needed for each of the alternatives you have identified. You do not need to provide detailed insight into staffing requirements such as you would in a class on human resource management. You do not have to provide detailed financial amounts, such as you might in a budgeting class. The goal of this discussion is simply to provide some insight into the resources needed for each of the alternatives. See following attachments for information on topic and subject: Annotated Outline, and Identifying the Problems Assignment. This discussion should contribute to your analysis of those issues in your final paper. For your initial post, for each alternative, respond to the following:
· What type of additional staffing might you need for each alternative, or what training would be needed for current staff?
· What type of additional funding might you need to carry out this work, or what type of additional grants might be usable to support these alternatives?
· If there will be any new technologies required to carry out this work, or any type of specialized logistical support in terms of equipment or supplies, please describe that for each alternative.
Please support your ideas with recent, scholarly sources that are properly cited and referenced in APA style.
Discussion 2: Monitoring Implementation Activities
For your initial post, for each alternative you have proposed, provide some insight into how you might monitor ongoing progress after an alternative has been implemented. See following attachments for information on topic and subject: Annotated Outline, and Identifying the Problems Assignment. For each alternative, provide some insight into:
· What might you use as benchmarks to determine progress?
· What metrics might be used to assess progress at each benchmark?
· What might be done to resolve any issues if progress is not as planned?
Please support your ideas with recent, scholarly sources that are properly cited and referenced in APA Style.
Running head: ANNOTATED OUTLINE
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ANNOTATED OUTLINE 3
Annotated Outline
Unit 7 Assignment 1
Daniel Anderson
March 1, 2020
Annotated Outline
The Indiana Department of Child Services (IDCS) in the United States protects children from neglect and abuse in Indiana. It achieves this goal through collaboration with communities and families to provide safe, nurturing, and stable homes. Child abuse and neglect are global challenges causing mental, emotional, and physical illnesses. Indiana reports many cases of child abuse, neglect, opioid epidemics, and ongoing investigations of child neglect. The country has a large number of kids in out-of-home care and the highest number of kids being referred to child protection. As a result, of these high numbers, IDCS faces expenditure problems in combating child abuse and neglect, thus a need for the development of policy to streamline cost-effective operations.
Child Abuse and Neglect in the U.S.
a. Meaning of child abuse and neglect
b. Reasons for the existence of the issue
c. Federal government existing plans to combat the issue
d. States where the problem is dominant (California, Texas, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts)
van der Kolk, B. A. (2017). This issue: child abuse & victimization. Psychiatric Annals, 35(5), 374-378.
Analysis of Child abuse and Neglect in Indiana
The Concept of Child Abuse and Neglect
· Discussion of underlying assumptions of child abuse and neglect
· Why Indiana has many incidences of child abuse and neglect
· Government and non-governmental organizations in Indiana that deals with child abuse and neglect.
Hudson, Jr, D. L. (2016). Conflicted over Confidentiality: Indiana Ethics Opinion Says Lawyers Not Always Obligated to Report Child Abuse. Child L. Prac., 35, 42.
Potential Consequences of Not Child Abuse and Neglect
a. Short-term effects: Sleep and appetite disturbances, nightmares, separation anxiety, and disruptive behaviors.
b. Long-term impacts (physical, psychological, behavioral, and societal consequences): Stunt physical development (brain damage), depression, low self-esteem, substance use, foster care payments, juvenile and criminal justice systems costs, unhealthy sexual practices.
Afifi, T. O., MacMillan, H. L., Boyle, M., Cheung, K., Taillieu, T., Turner, S., & Sareen, J. (2016). Child abuse and physical health in adulthood. Health Reports, 27, 10–18.
How Child Abuse and Neglect Is Tied to The Organizational Mission
a. The problem and organization mission: Mission is to offer services to and protect kids from abuse and neglect. Child abuse and neglect directly influence the realization of the mission.
b. Reduction of reports on the problem: Provide parents with resources to provide proper parenting to their children to lower the number of cases and reports which the DCS receives.
Evaluation of the Indiana Department of Child Services. (2018, June 18). Retrieved January 22, 2020, from
https://www.in.gov/dcs/files/IndianaEvaluationReportCWGFinal
Analysis of Differing Factors Influencing Child Abuse and Neglect
Parent or Caregiver Factors
1. Personality Characteristics or Mental Health: Abusive or neglectful characteristics include a belief that external forces determine an event that is beyond a person’s control, antisocial behavior, depression, and poor impulse control.
2. History of Abuse: Most of the maltreating parents were once victims of child abuse and neglect in their childhood. Witnessing or experiencing maltreatment enables a person to learn violent practices and how to justify that behavior.
3. Substance Abuse: Discussion of researches that reveals a connection between substance abuse and child maltreatment. In-depth analysis of whether substance abuse is a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.
4. Parenting Approaches: Analysis of how negative attitudes about kids’ behaviors and inaccurate knowledge about child development play a role in kid maltreatment. Identifying researches that attribute harsh parenting styles (lack of support, high-stress level, and lower economic status) to child abuse and neglect.
Peterson, C., Florence, C., & Klevens, J. (2018). The economic burden of child maltreatment in the United States, 2015. Child Abuse & Neglect, 86, 178–183. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.09.018
Family Factors
Identification of unique circumstances of families such as domestic violence, single parenting, and stressful life events that increase the chances of child abuse and neglect. Further discussion of family structure (single parenting and low-income families), domestic violence (frequency of spousal abuse), and stressful life events (physical abuse, losing jobs, marital issues, death of a family member, and physical illness).
Monnat, S. M., & Chandler, R. F. (2015). Long-term physical health consequences of adverse childhood experiences. The Sociological Quarterly, 56, 723–752. DOI: 10.1111/ tsq.12107
Illustration of how hostility, anxiety, and depression link with family factors.
Child Factors
a. A clear demonstration of factors such as a kid’s age, mental, physical, emotional, and social development contribute to a high rate of a child’s vulnerability to abuse and neglect.
b. Discussion of the vulnerable age to maltreatment, for instance, between birth to age three
c. Explanation of how physical, cognitive, and emotionally disabled kids are likely to be abused and neglected by their parents and even the community.
d. Description of how the perception of a child being “different” worsens the situation of child abuse and neglect
Environmental Factors
Discussion of poverty and unemployment, social isolation and social support, and community violence as a differing factor influencing child abuse and neglect in Indiana.
Doyle, C., & Cicchetti, D. (2017). From the cradle to the grave: The effect of adverse caregiving environments on attachment and relationships throughout the lifespan. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 24(2), 203–217. Doi: 10.1111/cpsp.12192
Ways of Collecting Perceptions from Differing Sectors of The Community About Alternatives for Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect
a. Face-to-face conversation to ask people from different neighborhoods about how they think the formation of community coalition will address child abuse and neglect
b. Carrying out a windshield survey to determine the effectiveness of supporting parents, caregivers, and families.
Evaluation Ways of Differing Alternatives, providing specific examples of varied perspectives on each alternative to provide a comprehensive understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Attitude-Based Heuristic
A parent or caregiver’s stored memory is used to select the best option among different alternatives through comparison. For instance, schools, religious organizations, care organizations, and government agencies as a key to the formation of a community coalition to solve the issue and building a caring society.
Alternative-Based Heuristic
A parent goes for the alternative that satisfies his or her need to bring up a child. For instance, is the perception is that the authoritarian parenting approach increases the chances of child abuse, but makes him utilize authority as a parent, he may opt for supported authoritative parenting that balances authority and love for the child.
Metrics for Conducting A Program Evaluation Pre- and Post-Program Implementation
Socioemotional Development
· Socially and emotionally developed parents establish positive relationships and do not encourage child abuse and neglect-based behaviors or practices.
· Identification of whether parents can manage their emotions, calm themselves when angry, and make responsible and safe decisions about their children.
Higher Educational Expectations
· Discussion of whether the success of the program has led to higher performance in schools and reduced dropouts
Reduce the Number of Street Children
· Discussion of the changes in terms of street children in major towns, who are victims of child abuse and neglection
LeTendre, M. L., & Reed, M. B. (2017). The effect of adverse childhood experience on clinical diagnosis of a substance use disorder: Results of a nationally representative study. Substance Use & Misuse, 52, 689–697. DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1253746
An Evaluation of Whether the Problem Analysis Captures and Integrates the Views of Diverse Groups in The Community
· Examining the efforts for arresting suspects of child abuse and neglect
· Determination of whether the law enforcement agencies acting to safeguard the interests of vulnerable kids or suspects?
· Discussion of any child abuse and neglect policies already in place
· Does the analysis involve the key community sectors?
· What are the measures taken to protect young girls?
Analysis of Whether Alternatives Reflect Ethical Behavior on The Part of The Public Agency
· Do the alternatives violate policies of police who record and store information regarding cases of child abuse and neglect?
· Was in which the alternatives support the confidentiality of medical reports from care facilities that handle child abuse-based cases
Logistical Needs for Each of The Proposed Alternatives
a. Formation of Community Coalition
· Religious organizations (clergymen)
· School principals
· Community medical specialists (nurses, clinicians, and doctors)
· Government officials
· Well-framed mentoring programs
· Newsletters, posters, pamphlets, and information sessions
b. Supporting Parents, Caregivers, And Families
· Cars (to facilitate the movement of social workers and community-based organization staff)
· Counselors (to educate parents on good parenting)
· Community social workers
· Grant fund from the state government
· Parent education classrooms
Analysis of The Future Analysis of Each of The Alternative to Determine If the Success Has Been Achieved
a. Formation of Community Coalition
I. Schools implementing child abuse and neglect classes as part of the coalition
II. Government implementing mentoring programs for youth at all schools
III. Non-governmental organizations providing training on stress management approaches for parents
b. Supporting Parents, Caregivers, And Families
I. The government set aside funds to facilitate child abuse-based programs
II. Aid and care agencies visiting various homes to offer financial and moral support to parents struggling with parenting roles
III. Increased community counseling centers accessible to the public
Monnat, S. M., & Chandler, R. F. (2015). Long-term physical health consequences of adverse childhood experiences. The Sociological Quarterly, 56, 723–752. DOI: 10.1111/ tsq.12107
Conclusion
Policies make a state to establish processes of preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect cases. The IDCS has taken steps to prevent its dominance in the Indiana state. IDCS has advocated for legal reforms through new policies in all settings to help in advancing its role of child-abuse prevention and rehabilitation for children. It has emerged as an instrumental in controlling efforts for supporting the interests of abused and neglected kids in Indiana. IDCS has high levels of child abuse and identifies many cases of court in child welfare cases in the United States. However, it has incurred high expenditures in its operations to curb child abuse and neglect; thus, it needs a supportive policy and proper legislative settings to advance its program.
References
Clark, J. R. (2017). Reporting Abuse. Air medical journal, 36(6), 287-289.
Doerner, W. G. (2017). Victimology. Routledge.
Doerner, W. G. (2017). Victimology. Routledge.
Doyle, C., & Cicchetti, D. (2017). From the cradle to the grave: The effect of adverse caregiving environments on attachment and relationships throughout the lifespan. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 24(2), 203–217. Doi: 10.1111/cpsp.12192
Emily Allchin, A. J. (2019). The Role of Socioeconomic Interventions in Reducing Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Systematic Review. Current Epidemiology Reports, 423–441.
Eugene Flango, V. (2015). Can central registries improve substantiation rates in child abuse and neglect cases? Child Abuse & Neglect, 403-413.
Evaluation of the Indiana Department of Child Services. (2018, June 18). Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://www.in.gov/dcs/files/IndianaEvaluationReportCWGFinal
LeTendre, M. L., & Reed, M. B. (2017). The effect of adverse childhood experience on clinical diagnosis of a substance use disorder: Results of a nationally representative study. Substance Use & Misuse, 52, 689–697. DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1253746
Mack, J. L. (2019). Indiana has the second-highest child abuse rate in the nation, the report says.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/04/01/report-
Indiana-has-second-highest child-abuse-rate-nation/3330020002/
Monnat, S. M., & Chandler, R. F. (2015). Long-term physical health consequences of adverse childhood experiences. The Sociological Quarterly, 56, 723–752. DOI: 10.1111/ tsq.12107
Peterson, C., Florence, C., & Klevens, J. (2018). The economic burden of child maltreatment in the United States, 2015. Child Abuse & Neglect, 86, 178–183. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.09.018
van der Kolk, B. A. (2017). This issue: child abuse & victimization. Psychiatric Annals, 35(5), 374-378.
Running head: IDENTIFYING THE POLICY PROBLEM
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IDENTIFYING THE POLICY PROBLEM 5
Identifying the Policy Problem
Unit 3 Assignment 1
January 30, 2020
Identifying the Policy Problem
Child abuse takes place in all parts of the world and has been a common problem that can be mentally, emotionally, sexually, and even physically. Indiana has been one of the most common states that report child abuse in the year 2017. Indiana has been among the many states that have reported the high rates of child abuse. There were around 29,000 cases of child abuse in Indiana. Old people in Indiana were reported to have molested their granddaughters, and other many cases still under investigation. The interviews that have been conducted on both male and female suspects showed that the warrant had been issued for their arrest. Many have been arrested and charged with the issue of child abuse. Many have been however building shortly after they have been arrested.
The victims advocate that they been kept safe since the crimes that they have been charged with being exposed. The forensic interview that they have been subjected to entailed a detailed conversation about the entire alleged crime, which is either to corroborate or disprove the entire case or the allegations (Clark, 2017). The interview that took place in the Indiana Department of the children’s service entails speaking with the immediate family so that they can be able to talk about the safety of the children molested.
The law enforcement agencies are issuing a warrant to the suspects, while the victims are advocating for them to put place by the DCS. They will need to have developed the safety plan for all the children that are abused. They are also expected to answer some of the questions that are in regard to the case from the family and what action is to be taken in regard to the interventions that are required to the victims. The crime takes the easy target, or the victims who are ready to abuse or they lack parents or do not have the guardian.
In most cases, the granddaughters are mostly the good target from their grandfathers. No one can be sensing there is a danger, or there is anything that is happening to the children. The old people perceive them as the vulnerable target, and they are also accessible to them any time. The many grandfathers who abuse the children have the opportunity and the motivation to offend the victims that are lacking parental care at the same time looking for the girls whom they abuse. From the studies that are being done, it shows that the abuse that is done on the children is random and they are premediated.
Because of the nature of the abuse, it shows that the people who abuse the children are the people who know very well about the children and their parent’s routine as well (Clark, 2017). They know when the children are alone and when they can know them, and hence that makes them conduct such acts. They can be able to relate to the patterns that they need to offend the children in everyday life. Tracking the patterns and the routine of the children and the parents makes the suspects commit the crimes in very normal ways.
The young girls are becoming the most unprotected targets for the suspects since they are also becoming more dependent on the chance as well as the opportunity to offend. This makes them the most unprotected target for the suspects and took advantage of the situation. When the situation is being taken advantage of, there are some extreme costs on personal beings like the child being abused and the entire family. The personal costs can be classified into what is termed as the emotional trauma to what is termed as the monetary cost (Doerner, 2017).
The young girls that are abused have been going through personal costs such as shame, guilt, and even self-blame. This has been termed as normal as sexual assault. When the girls are going through all that emotional cost, the girls are likely to encounter loss of friends because of the lack of trust among them. There are many other issues that come along with these crimes, there is the aspect of victimization that end up hurting the family and the child being abused, it will not catch us by surprise that they end up losing sleep and they experience anger, overwhelming stress that cause them lots of headache and fatigue as well as worry.
There is an economic loss. The parents may be taking off work for some periods for them to attend the court hearings. They may also need to make the hospital visits or stay with the children who are having a bad day, which in turn means they my need some comfort. These are among the many personal costs that come in light with this kind of abuse. When the child is abused, then that does not only affect the child only but also the family and the entire community at large. The abused children are seen to be like attracting attention because of what happened to them, and they end up feeling ashamed.
There are other many consequences that come along with this as they also face social consequences as well. The society started to feel the hatred and rage towards the offender who abuses the children. The society will need to look into the case and see if there are any kind of red flags that they need to pay attention to. When such cases are brought into the light, then they need to bring the different sides of the case and see what action will need to be put into analysis to prevent making the people feel weary.
Thankfully, there are some policies that are being brought up to help in such cases when they are put into action. They can help to ease the mind of the victims and well and the mind of the family and the society at large. In the United States, there are some social responsibility policies that are being put in place, and they are used to mandate the people and anyone who will be witnessing or know the suspect the child abuse of different types and then report them to the child authority (Doerner, 2017).
There are some penalties that come along with the person failing to report the abuse of the child to the relevant authorities. There are different bodies that are mandated within this particular policy, and they are like women, the law enforcement officer, as well as the therapist and the other many professionals (Doerner, 2017). One of the main health concerns is sexually transmitted diseases. There are many diseases such as HIV/AIDS, and the sexual offender is tested for them as the law states and when they commit the same offense, they can be charged with the felony of the third degree.
When the victims are tested, they also start taking the antibiotics and tested for all the other diseases within 72 hours. In conclusion, sexual assault happens to different children in the whole world. Not all states are subject to this, but some states are worse than the other. In some states of Indiana, the rates are almost double. Because of that, the policies and the procedure are needed so that they can help to keep the children in the society safer. When the incidents take place, then the report needs to be done, and the many avenues start to make the child feel safe again.
I conducted a SWOT analysis, and here are my findings.:
Strength
The Indiana swot analysis has considerable interest in the way the children are being treated in the community. The governor has been coming up with the ways to find the solution to the administrative agendas as some of the pillars and fostering the bills of rights. The state’s budget has been assisting the DCS in terms of finance through funding. They have been interacting with the directors so that to solicit feedback about the challenges and the strength in the organization. The DCS is very consistent with the children as well as the families all around the states, leasing the trauma among children and produce positive outcomes.
Weaknesses
Some of the problems that they face are the epidemic that has been contributed by the number of the families and the children that are in the DCS case and the management system. The over-reliance that is on a reactive system that has been built on the removal of the key approach to speak about the parental addiction that will help to serve Indiana.
Opportunities
The agency mainly focuses on the efforts of the Indiana department of the children (DCS). They plan to engage the families in their mission to partner with the stats and the local community. The agency plans to keep referring to the service they offer to the clients and involve them in the system. The agency plans to keep the number of clients high. Then they can overspend on the money that has been budgeted for.
Threats
There are many children that are in-home care that are in the states and nationally. DCS has a higher rate of child abuse and then neglect the referral for child welfare. There are very high rates of court involvement in child welfare cases. There is an uneven organizational climate as well as the culture cross the countries that are contributed by the low morale. There is the workload in the cases that the agencies had, and that has caused the management to be centralized (Evaluation of the Indiana Department of Child Services, 2018).
References
Clark, J. R. (2017). Reporting Abuse. Air medical journal, 36(6), 287-289.
Doerner, W. G. (2017). Victimology. Routledge.
Mack, J. L. (2019). Indiana has the second-highest child abuse rate in the nation, report
says. Retrieved January 22, 2020, from
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/04/01/report-indiana-has-second-highest-child-abuse-rate-nation/3330020002/
Evaluation of the Indiana Department of Child Services. (2018, June 18). Retrieved January 22, 2020, from
https://www.in.gov/dcs/files/IndianaEvaluationReportCWGFinal