Child Maltreatment and Sexual Abuse

Catalog description

The course aims to expose students to the various types of child abuse typified in Law 57 of 2023 known as Ley para la Prevencion del Maltrato, Preservacion de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Proteccion de Menores and Family First Prevention Services Act, and the processes of identification, evaluation, intervention, and prevention. Child abuse is a public health dilemma that needs to be addressed from various perspectives, specialties, and intervention models. Emphasis will be placed on the roles of the school psychologist as a consultant, evaluator, researcher, administrative staff, therapist, and educator. Active participation in public policy issues that impact children and youth in Puerto Rico will be promoted. Several models will be studied to understand the responses to trauma as a consequence of abuse. Also, students will explore ways to identify, prevent, evaluate, and address trauma in schools and learn crisis intervention techniques.