- MISSION STATEMENT
- AGENCY ROLES AND DESCRIPTIONS
California Youth Authority [CYA]
Child Protection Hotline
Community Care Licensing Division
County Counsel
Court-Appointed Counsel for Children in Dependency Court
Criminal Court
Delinquency Court
Department of Children and Family Services
Department of Corrections -- Parole
Dependency Court
Educators
Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect
ICAN Child Abduction and Reunification Task Force
ICAN Adolescent/Teen Suicide Death Review Team
ICAN Child Death Review Team
Juvenile Dependency Mediation Court
Law Enforcement.
Los Angeles Child Advocates Office -- Court Appointed Special
Advocates
Medical Professionals
Mental Health Professionals
Multi-Disciplinary Interview Centers
Probation Department
Prosecutors
Public Defender
Regional Centers
Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement [SAFE] Team
- MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
- MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Mandated Reporter Occupations
What to Report -- Mandatory
Mandatory Reporting Requirement
Additional Reporting Requirements for Health Practitioners Only
Coroner's Report
What to Report -- Discretionary
How To Make a Report
The Child's Disclosure
Communication
Confidentiality
Immunity
Criminal Liability
Internal Agency Procedures for Suspected Child Abuse Reporting
Removal of Children from School
Cross-Reporting Requirement
Supplemental Cross Report
How to Make a Cross Report
Suggestions to Ensure Appropriate Response to the Initial Report
Mandated Reporter Training
- INITIAL RESPONSE
Mandatory Response by DCFS
Emergency Response Children's Social Workers
Immediate Response by Law Enforcement
Recommendations for Cooperative Field Response
Initial Contact
Crime Scene Preservation
Medical Needs
Interviews of Victims and Witnesses
First Responders' Interview with the Suspect
Documentation
Temporary Custody and Placement of Children
Medical Examination of Child in Protective Custody
Procedures for Transporting a Child
- CHILD DEATH AND POTENTIALLY FATAL CHILD
ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS
Considerations When There Are Surviving Siblings
Medical Personnel
Coroner
Law Enforcement
District Attorney
County Counsel
Protective Orders
DCFS
- FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT
Law Enforcement
DCFS
- SPECIAL AREAS OF CONCERN
Child Abduction Cases
Drug-Endangered Children [DEC] Cases
Incidents in Out-of Home Care
Native American Children
Special-Needs Children
- Developmental Disability
- Physical Disability
-- Motor Impairment
-- Visual Impairment
-- Hearing Impairment
- Psychiatric Disability
- MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
Sexual Abuse
Physical Abuse
- History and Assessment
- Physical Examination
-- Bruises
-- Burns
-- Skeletal Injuries
-- Abusive Head Trauma
-- Intra-abdominal Injuries
-- Intrathoracic Injuries
- Some Suggested Diagnostic Tests for Physical Abuse
Cases
Non-Organic Failure to Thrive
- History
- Physical Examination
- Intervention
- VICTIM SERVICES
Mental Health Services
Victim Witness Assistance Program
Court Appointed Special Advocates [CASA]
- LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Criminal Court
Juvenile Court
- Delinquency Court
- Dependency Court
Family Court
Criminal Case Presentation
Criminal Filing Guidelines
Criminal Proceedings In Court
Dependency Case Presentation
Dependency Proceedings In Court
- Initial Hearing
- Jurisdictional Hearing
- Disposition Hearing
- Periodic Review Hearings
- Selection and Implementation Hearing
Juvenile Dependency Mediation
Family Law Proceedings in Court
- Family Court Duty to Evaluate Child Abuse Allegations
- Child Custody Evaluator
- COMMUNICATION
Family and Children's Index [FCI]
- PROTOCOL DISSEMINATION, TRAINING AND REVIEW
Protocol Dissemination
Protocol and General Training
Protocol Review
- APPENDICES
Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN)
National Center on Child Fatality Review (NCFR)
Supported by ICAN Associates, Inc.
If you need someone to train supervisory staff at your agency on the Protocol, please contact Loren Solem-Kuehl, ICAN Program Administrator at solemlb@dcfs.lacounty.gov, or by phone at: (626)455-4585.
STAFF
Executive Editor: Deanne Tilton Durfee
Senior Consultant: Michael Durfee, M.D
Managing Editor: Valerie Doran
Training Coordinator: Paul Click
Staff Contributors: Meghan Cleveland, Paul Click, Valerie Dalena, Loren Solem-Kuehl, Mary Nichols, Vivian Ng, Edie Shulman, Cathy Walsh,
Boratha Yeang
Design: Laurence Kerr, Paul Click, Valerie Doran
ICAN/NCFR
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V. Doran (626) 455-4540 doranv@dcfs.co.la.ca.us
P. Click (626) 455-4549 pjclick@mac.com
FX (626) 444-4851
www.ican-ncfr.org
