Handbook

This subject provides students with a core knowledge base about the definition, identification and consequences of all types of child maltreatment. It also provides information on the legal, organisational and professional responsibilities placed upon professionals to respond to such maltreatment.This is an introductory subject for undergraduate students about child abuse and child protection. The subject deals with a major social problem, child abuse, and the complex and often controversial policy and community response to that problem, child protection. The subject will explore how these matters are socially constructed in an Australian context. Students should be aware that the content of this subject deals with case studies, and descriptive content about how children are abused and the consequences of that for the child and family and professionals that may be confronting and/or upsetting. The subject must not be used as an avenue for investigating personal experiences of abuse or child protection practices.