Protecting children through mandated child-abuse reporting

Educational Forum, The, Winter 2003 by Dombrowski, Stefan C, Ahia, C Emmanuel, McQuillan, Kathleen

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They cry in the dark, so you can't see their tears

They hide in the light, so you can't see their fears

Forgive and forget, all the while

Love and pain become one and the same

In the eyes of a wounded child

Because Hell

Hell is for children

-PAT BENATAR

U.S. singer/songwriter, 1953

Stefan C. Dombrowski is Assistant Professor of Graduate Education at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His research interests include child development, child

maltreatment, and psychological assessment.

C. Emmanuel AMA is Associate Professor of Graduate Education at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His research interests address mental health and legal issues in education.

Kathleen McQuillan is Assistant Professor of Graduate Education at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New jersey Her research interests focus on behavioral interventions for children in schools.