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Children's Aid Society
Plan child abuse progrom.
The Huron County Children's
Aid Society took a step towards
establishing a county wide
program for the prevention and
treatment of child abuse following
a seminar last week involving a
cross section of professional
people.
The seminar featured guest
speaker Dr. Robert Bates, pedia-
trician director and head of the
Child Abuse Team at the Hospital
for Sick Children, Toronto and
centered on the responsibility of
professional people in the preven-
tion of child abuse and neglect
and the establishment of a high
calibre of interaction between
agencies in child abuse cases.
Children's Aid Director Bruce
Heath explained that there is a
high calibre of co-operation
among the agencies and schools
dealing with child abuse but there
still exist gaps from one system to
another than should be closed. He
added that in dealing with the
cases the relations should be with
people and not groups.
Discussion centered on the
responsibility of the individual to
report possible child abuse cases
to the CAS. Dr. Bates said that if
a doctor neglects to report a child
abuse case there still exists the
responsibility among the nursing
staff to report it to the nursing
supervisor. Heath said that the
hospitals in Huron. County have
no formal prOcedure for the
reporting and follow up of child
abuse cases.
Dr. Bruce Thomson said that
doctors follow a code of ethics and
have a contract with each patient
and must respect that contract.
He added that the seminar was
beneficial in bringing
professional people and agencies
together and he hoped it would
i foster more nvoh ement amo ig
the agencies and improve the
Describe
Church built
in 1876
Mrs. I. Evans invited the
members of the Afternoon Unit to
her home on Tuesday. There were
21 ladies present who recorded 47
visitations made during the
month.
Mrs. Miller called the meeting
to order by reciting the poem, "In
November". The theme, of the
devotions was "Peace" convened
by Mrs. Crocker.The verse of
Scripture referred u s to John
14:27. In opposition to this verse
other characteristics such as
Hatred, Injury, Discord, Doubt,
-Darkness and Sadness were
introduced. Verses of Scripture as
solutions to these problems Were
read by Mrs. Sholdice,
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Mrs. Evans, Members joined in
the reading of No. 517 in the
Hymnary. Prayer of St. Francis of
Assissi was read by Mrs. Crocker.
Prayer for the Nations was
offered by Mrs. J. Turnbull.
A skit On Stewardship was
presented by Mrs. B.
McCutcheon and Mrs.- IL Hupfer
which revealed the current
projects available to the U.C.W.
and the degree of value in each,
Mrs. Steffler read a description
of the church in 1876 when it was
built. At that time it was 48' x 85'
arid 28 ft. high with a seating
capacity of 550. The building is of
Grecian archiiectUre of Brantford
white brick With blue limestone.
The lights were installed by
J.D.PenningtOn at a cost of $73.
Mr. Wilkinson was the builder.
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correspondence between them.
He added that communication
between agencies was a big factor
and that doctors Would not
co-operate with agencies that
abused patient's. Numerous bad
experiences with agencies led to
the breakdown in, correspondence
and co-operation.
The point was raised that codes
of ethics between professions
interfere in dealing with child
abuse cases and hamper the
follow up procedures.
CAS family service Co-ordinator
Esther Ross claimed that most
people are simply afraid to report
a child abuse case to the CAS or
other agencies because of their
possible future involvement.
"PeOple hold the CAS as a
possible threat but we are not as
terrible as everyone thinks," she
said. "At times I feel like a
dragon with a big heart and no
one knows it."
A representative of the public
health nurses said that if they
were called to investigate a
,possible child abuse case they
were unable to testify in court and
present potential key evidence. In
such instances the public health
nurses were at fault in their
incapability to provide evidence.
Heath said that because of this
and other instances in which
people are-afraidto get involved-it
will be necessary to use subpoe-
nas. He added that although the
agency was almost forced to
begin issuing them they would be
used with discretion and only
when necessary.
CAS solicitor, Norm Pickell,
supported. Heath's statements
saying that if the evidence was
vital to a case then there existed
no alternative but to subpoena
witnesses.
`,"Subpoenas will, have to be
used in other isolated, cases if an
employer requires proof of an
employee's involvement," he
said. ."We should have an
interaction and Oaith' between
grOups dealing with a case
because we will get into trouble if
we rely on the legal realms."
John Siertsema, " principal of
McCurdy Public School, said that
teachers were in a difficult
position since they were not
qualified to comment on a case or
give evidence on the medical
aspect. He said the matter was
simply out of the teachers' field,
but if they reported a case to the
public health nurse, what is their
responsibility from there.
Sergeant Mery Witter of the
Goderich Police Department said
that people are most reluctant to
report cases to the police, He
that in a child abuse case
.ice's first priority was to
contact an agency , but he
reiterated that people in the
County were just too reluctant to
call them.
Reported cases of child abuse
number 24 in 1974 and 25 in. 1975
and Heath hopes to establish a
follow up committee with repre-
sentatives of all agencies and
professions to curb the instances
of child abuse.
The committee would maintain
representatives of all fields to
compare expectations, gaps in
policies and examine the piratical
issues.
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