FAMILY SAFETY – ROTARY ACTION GROUP - INFORMATION

Rotary’s Role in Helping Clubs Reduce Abuse & Domestic Violence

Texts:

Manual of Forensic Odontology (ASFO)

Edited by: C. Michael Bowers DDS, D-ABFO

Gary Bell, DDS. D-ABFO

Available on-line at: www.asfo.org (Texts)

Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter

by James A. Monteleone

G.W. Medical Publishing Inc.

Mosby-Year Book Inc.

ISBN: 1-878060-24-4

Membership & Resources Website Information:

Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences

www.csfs.ca

Check out: “Student Zone” and “Resources” headings on website.

Click onto: “How to Become a Forensic Scientist”

Then check out article: “All You Ever Wanted to Know about Forensic Science but	didn’t Know Who to Ask” by Gail S. Anderson

b) American Academy of Forensic Sciences

www.aafs.org

c) Oral Health Journal

www.oralhealthjournal.com/issues

DPM – Summer 2001

P.A.N.D.A. – A Dentist’s Introduction to Recognizing Child Abuse

Oral Health – January 2002

Paediatrics: Dentistry’s Responsibility to Child Abuse

Dentistry’s Role in Mass Fatality Incidents – August 2010

Oral Health – January 2012

Viewpoint – A Failure to Report Abuse – comparing the Penn State (Paterno & Sandusky) child abuse event to Canadian dental practices/professionals.

Stride Magazine – Promoting Excellence in Seniors Care

October 2006 issue – Pgs. 20 – 21

Developing a Safety Guide for Seniors

Email: Admin@StrideMagazine.com

(905) 640 3048

2) Membership & Resources Website Information: - continued

e) (Canadian) National Clearinghouse on Family Violence

www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence

(Click onto “Publications” then click onto specific topics as: “Domestic Violence”, “Child Abuse”; “Family Violence”, etc. All items are FREE!)

Child Maltreatment in Canada: Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse &

Neglect by Nico Trocme & David Wolfe

www.hc-sc.gc.ca/nc-cn	& www.phac-acpc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence

3) COURSES & CONFERENCES:

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

(Odontology Section: ASFO) www.aafs.org Click: Courses & Meetings

February 15 – 20, 2021	Houston, Texas

February 21 – 26, 2022	Seattle, Washington

February 13 – 18, 2023	Orlando, Florida

February 19 – 24, 2024	Denver, Colorado

American Society of Forensic Odontology www.asfo.org

February 16, 2021	Houston, Texas

February 22, 2022	Seattle, Washington

February 14, 2023 Orlando, Florida

February 20, 2024 Denver, Colorado

c) Jocelyn Coupal, Crown Attorney	1426 West 5th Avenue

Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1G3

www.JocelynCoupal.com

d) Canadian Women’s Foundation	www.canadianwomen.org

Ask for “Fact Sheet”

4.) ROYAL COLLEGE of DENTAL SURGEONS of ONTARIO (RCDSO):

Website: www.rcdso.org

Go to Website and on top headers, click onto: Public Protection

Click onto header:	Sexual Abuse Program

On right side of site, there are various downloads on:

Practice Advisory

Mandatory Reporting

Funding for Therapy & Counselling – Application form

Community Resources for Sexually Abused Victims

4.) ROYAL COLLEGE of DENTAL SURGEONS of ONTARIO (RCDSO): … continued

Click onto header:	Duty to Report

The list has various videos and information on the following topics:

Duty to Report Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect

Locating a Children’s Aid Society

Reporting Child Abuse / Neglect: It’s Your Duty

Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal

Yes You Can! Dispelling the Myths around Sharing Information with the Children’s Aid Society

“Silence is Deadly: The Dentist’s Role in Domestic Violence Prevention”

by Antwanette Newton

- supplement to Dispatch, November/December 2008

5) Journal of Dental Education

“What Victims of Domestic Violence Need from the Dental Profession”

April, 2009 Vol. 73 No. 4 Pgs. 490 – 498

6) ONTARIO DENTAL ASSOCIATION

ODA member dentists can contact The ODA for CE Course (Core 1), brochures & pamphlets on various topics including:

It’s Your Duty, Child Abuse recognition,

Child & Family Services Act (CFSA)

Detecting and Reporting Child Abuse

CALL: 1 – 800 – 387 1393 or Email: member@oda.ca

7) Ontario Provincial Government Services:

Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS)

Re: (NEW) Child, Youth and Family Services Act CYFSA)

The CYFSA is in effect as of April 30, 2018 and replaces the Child and Family Services Act (CFSA). Pamphlet available FREE via website.

Access the CYFSA and its supporting regulations on the e-Laws website at:

https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/17c14 and from the MCYS website:

http://www.ontario.ca/children

8) VEGA Project – www.vegaproject.mcmaster.ca

VEGA (Violence, Evidence, Guidance, Action) Project was developed at McMaster University

Medical Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA. The project supports victim violence and

their children and is an evidence-based guidance and education resource to assist health

care and social service professionals in recognizing and responding safely to family

violence. VEGA focuses on three main types of family violence: child maltreatment,

intimate partner violence (IPV) and children’s exposure to intimate (family) partner

violence.

9) ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION:

Hamilton Spectator – www.thespec.com

Peel County Children’s Aid Society (CAS) – www.peelcas.org

City of Hamilton CAS – www.hamiltoncas.com

Clinical Symposia, Child Abuse, CIBA Pharmaceutical Company, CIBA-GEIGY

Canadian Medical Journal – www.cmaj.ca

USA Department of Health & Human Services –

https/aspc.hhs.gov/reports/screening-domestic-violence-health-care-settings www.hhs.gov

Statistics –

Domestic Violence (Ontario) – www.women.gov.on.ca/owd/english & www.haltnow.ca/whatisabuse/childabuse/statistics

Family Violence in Children – www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224

Abuse Statistics – www.abusestatistics.com/zapmeta 9) Contact information:

Dr. Frank M. Stechey

Cell / Text: (905) 977 9978

Email: fstechey@gmail.com

Office:

c/o Upper Paradise Dental,

634 Stonechurch Road West,

Hamilton, Ontario

CANADA

L9B 1A7

Phone: (905) 574 4488

June 2020

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Focus Groups & Partnerships

All health care professionals & associated staff;

Police Services (Victim Services, Child Abuse Branch, Sexual Assault Team, Senior Support Officers,

Major Crimes Unit & Domestic & Family Violence teams, etc.);

Justice personnel;

Senior/Nursing homes & their workers;

Women’s Shelter home case workers;

Children’s Aid Society case workers;

Crime Stoppers programs throughout Ontario;

Hospital Emergency Room personnel;

EMS Responders; Patient Transfer agencies;

Public Health & Community Services Units;

local teaching institutions involved with courses dealing with patients;

Sports groups & organizations (leagues, teams, coaches, instructors, etc.);

Goals & Objectives of B.E.A.R.

Early recognition of physical abuse;

Description & types of physical abuse to victims of all ages;

Definition of “mandated reporters”;

Awareness of provincial and/or national Laws dealing with the reporting of suspected abuse by “mandated reporters” (eg. Child & Family Services Act);

Legal requirements on reporting abuse and neglect for both the public and health care professionals;

Documentation of abuse for medical-legal records;

Ease and anonymity in reporting suspected abuse cases;

Prompt reporting of suspected abuse;

Provide information on Action Plans to report and Refer Sources to appropriate agencies to follow-up on

observed suspected abuse;

Increase the number of reported cases to the proper authorities;

Monitor number of calls to various agencies;

Update existing communication materials as needed.

Benefits of the B.E.A.R. Program?

Increase your knowledge base on physical abuse;

Better understand your role within the Child, Youth & Family Services Act (CYFSA) in Ontario and similar Acts within local geographical jurisdiction;

New understanding of how to recognize physical abuse;

Increase your concept of multi-disciplinary referral partners/teams;

Ultimately to reduce abuse and domestic violence trauma for victims of all ages.

For more information:

Dr. Frank Stechey

c/o Upper Paradise Dental,

634 Stonechurch Road West,

Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA

L9B 1A7

Office:	(905) 574 4488

FAX:	(905) 574 9707

Cell:/Text:	(905) 977 9978

Email:	fstechey@gmail.com