{"id":2986,"date":"2014-10-19T00:34:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T00:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/?page_id=2986"},"modified":"2016-05-09T17:08:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T17:08:25","slug":"child-abuse-and-neglect-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/?page_id=2986","title":{"rendered":"Child Abuse and Neglect Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Legislature passed new laws in the 2014 Session to protect the safety and welfare of children after a series of articles in the Miami Herald found that the deaths of 479 children were the result of abuse and\/or neglect.<\/p>\n

All Somerset Academy Village employees and agents of Academica are required by law<\/a> to report any suspected case of child abuse, abandonment or neglect, as well as alleged misconduct by instructional personnel or school administrators which affects the health, safety, or welfare of a student.<\/p>\n

\"Child<\/a><\/p>\n

It is the responsibility of every staff member to report all cases of suspected abuse to HRS. Any teacher who must contact HRS must inform the administration for the appropriate follow-up. Any case of abuse involving a member of the staff will be reported to the administration and to HRS. Staff members are to report cases to HRS at 1-800-96-ABUSE, document the report in their Anecdotal records and log the phone call.<\/p>\n

Such indicators may include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n

Unexplained bruises or welts
\nUnexplained burns
\nUnexplained fractures
\nUnexplained cuts abrasions
\nVerbal<\/p>\n

Failure to report misconduct may result in penalties up to termination of employment and revocation of an educator’s certificate.<\/p>\n

Report to:<\/b>
\nName: Ms. Shannine Sadesky
\nTitle: Principal
\nPhone: (954) 390-0971<\/p>\n

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The Florida Legislature passed new laws in the 2014 Session to protect the safety and welfare of children after a series of articles in the Miami Herald found that the deaths of 479 children were the result of abuse and\/or neglect. All Somerset Academy Village employees and agents of Academica are required by law to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":55,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3382,"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986\/revisions\/3382"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somersetwm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}