In 1996, he helped pass Elisa's Law, which lifted some of the confidentiality restrictions
surrounding child abuse cases to hold child welfare agencies more accountable.
Not exact matches
While the standard of practice and «duty to protect» the
child in all
cases of
child abuse requires the
child's protective separation from the abusive parent, in treating attachment - related pathology
surrounding divorce a potential Strategic family systems intervention may be available to
While the standard of practice and «duty to protect» the
child in all
cases of
child abuse requires the
child's protective separation from the abusive parent, in treating attachment - related pathology
surrounding divorce a potential Strategic family systems intervention may be available to simultaneously resolve the family pathology while also protecting the
child from the abusive pathogenic parenting of the allied parent.
In this video presentation she answers questions about
child sexual
abuse cases in the criminal court system and dispels some of the myths
surrounding contaminating evidence.
Fact: «The sheer prevalence of the problem of violence and the dynamics
surrounding it make it clear any assumptions about equal partnership in these
cases are out of the question... the majority of women never report the assaults or in fact ever tell anyone about it (Johnson, 1996) and thus may not be believed if the first time the issue is raised is at the point of separation... may avoid going to court out of fear of retaliation, a fear which is not unfounded given the data on the escalation of violence at separation... agree to whatever the husband wants in an attempt to pacify him... as an exchange for custody... may appear unstable or emotional while their batterers are perceived as confident, rational and economically secure (Rosnes, 1997)... all the research flies in the face of what Rosnes argues is presently happening in the courts:»... judges assume that wife
abuse is not necessarily damaging to a
child, and that being violent does not necessarily affect a father's parenting ability....