Family Handbook 2017-18

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Protec on  from Reprisal  This Policy prohibits  reprisals against  individuals, ac ng  in good  faith, who  report  incidents of  abuse or neglect or act as witnesses.  the School will  take all  reasonable and prac cal measures  to  prevent  reprisals or  threats of  reprisal. Reprisal  is defined as any act of  retalia on, either direct or  indirect. Any  such  reprisal may  result  in disciplinary ac on. This ac on will be determined by  the  nature of  the  reprisal and would  range  from a  le er of warning,  to  suspension,  to possible  termina on.  ● to provide guidelines  for documen ng  indicators of abuse  ● to provide a  list of  indicators which will  serve as a  tool  to detect and  report  suspicions of  child abuse  ● to  recognize normal and problema c  sexual behaviour  in  school‐age  children.  Signs,  symptoms or  clues, which, when  found on  their own or  in  various  combina ons may point  to  child abuse, are  called  indicators.  Indicators may:  ● be apparent  in  the  child’s physical  condi on and/or manifested  in  the  child’s  behaviour;  ● manifest  in  the behaviours and a tudes of adults who abuse  children, and  cause  others  to ques on  their  care of  children  (although most adults who have abused  children are not mentally  ill,  risk  factors  to  take  into account are adults  that  present with  some personal dysfunc on,  such as mental  illness, personality  disorder or  substance abuse);  ● be non‐specific and  common  in  children and  therefore difficult  to assess why  they  are present,  for example bed‐we ng nightmares,  clinging or  increased  self‐s mula on may be  related  to  stress  in  the  child’s  life  such as marital discord,  family  illness or death;  ● point  to a history of abuse  such as  the  re‐enactment of adult  sexual behaviour or  explicit  sexual knowledge  inappropriate  to  the  child’s age and  stage of  development.  Appendix A—Possible  Indicators of Child Abuse  The objec ves of  this  sec on are: 

Last Updated Aug. 18, 2017  Havergal College Family Handbook 2017–18

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