NURS 466Systems and Community Responses
An exploration of the multidisciplinary response to child maltreatment. CMAS 466 / NURS 466 Systems and Community Responses (3) An exploration of the multidisciplinary response to child maltreatment. The roles, responsibilities, and interconnected relationships between the systems that interact when responding to child maltreatment issues will be analyzed. The forensic medical response, challenges, and multidisciplinary team best practices to child maltreatment case are examined. Students will explore responses and best practices within the health care, judicial, child protection, social service, educational, mental health, human service, and community systems. This course provides students with the opportunity to work with a variety of majors and understand more clearly the interdisciplinary nature of child maltreatment prevention, advocacy, and response.