Video and Multimedia

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Web Resource: Child Welfare Information Gateway: What is Child Abuse and Neglect?

Description: This website provides fact sheets about how abuse and neglect is defined in federal law, the major types of abuse and neglect, recognizing signs of abuse and neglect, long-term consequences, and how to prevent abuse and neglect.
Learning Objectives: 5-1: Describe the definition and scope of child neglect including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse; 5-3: Summarize the consequences of child neglect including both short- and long-term outcomes; 5-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that have been developed to address child neglect including evidence of their effectiveness.

Web Resource: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

Description: Overview of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and provides definitions, statistics, grants, and programs dedicated to abuse and neglect prevention and treatment.
Learning Objectives: 5-1: Describe the definition and scope of child neglect including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse; 5-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that have been developed to address child neglect including evidence of their effectiveness.

Video Resource: Child Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement

Description: Video provides definitions and statistics of child abuse and neglect and brief stories of two children.
Learning Objective: 5-1: Describe the definition and scope of child neglect including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Video Resource: PBS Child Abuse Prevention Month video

Description: Amigos for Kids president, Rosa Maria Pasencia, discusses the importance of fostering healthy and safe environments for children.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that have been developed to address child neglect including evidence of their effectiveness.

Video Resource: Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: The Science of Neglect

Description: Video explains why significant deprivation and neglect is harmful in the earliest years of life and why effective interventions are likely to pay significant dividends in better long-term outcomes in learning, health, and parenting of the next generation.
Learning Objective: 5-3: Summarize the consequences of child neglect including both short- and long-term outcomes.

Video Resource 4: When to Contact Child Protective Services

Description: An interview with retired FBI SSA Jim Clemente about the appropriate time to call CPS.
Learning Objective: 5-4: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that have been developed to address child neglect including evidence of their effectiveness.